I read tonight that many, many people from New Orleans are going to be placed in Baton Rouge.  Don't get me wrong, they need to be able to go somewhere, but to double the size of a city in a few days...  Baton Rouge is NOT prepared for this.  It frightens me.  There are not enough police, hospitals, roads, housing... and with the state of looting and crime in New Orleans, I fear the crime will spread and grow.

A very good friend of mine just got power on and she wrote tonight, "So we are trapped here! The city is in chaos. Wal-Mart parking lots have become refugee camps. The store shelves are still empty. Our population DOUBLED in 24 hours and our infrastructure cannot handle the burden. And now lawlessness is growing here as some refugees who are getting desperate (or maybe just taking advantage) are robbing us at gunpoint. We are locked into our home with a loaded shotgun at our sides."
I am afraid for my friends in Baton Rouge.  I graduated high school there.  I fell in love for the first time there.  Had sex for the first time there.  Made friendships that have carried on for over half my life.  I am afraid, very afraid...

I still pray for the people of New Orleans who have lost everything.  I want them to be placed and given the opportunity to heal.  I just want thought put into what happens next so they are not leaving one war zone to go into another and thus the chaos spreading.

Boy am I glad that I am not president and I am just some lady who is worried and concerned.