TO ALL WEST TENNESSEANS

[tndefender]

I just received this via email.

"Late yesterday afternoon a meeting involving government agencies and
non-profit organizations was conducted at the Memphis Shelby County
Emergency Management Agency. The purpose of the meeting was to begin
developing plans to respond to the influx of Gulf Coast refugees.
Briefly here's the current situation and the most likely next steps:
- Approximately 10,000 refugees are now in the Memphis area with another
2,000 expected to begin arriving sometime Thursday. More will arrive as
the rescue and evacuation operation progresses. Hotel rooms are not
available and even if rooms were available many of the refugees are
simply in no position to pay for rooms, meals, etc. Sometime today
(Thursday, September 1) government officials will declare that we are a
host state for responding to victims of Hurricane Katrina.
The Red Cross will desperately need help in staffing these shelters for
refuges with available volunteers. If you or anyone you know could be
a standby volunteer for these shelters or to man the phones at one of
these disaster agencies, please log on to http://www.1-800-volunteer.org and
register to be a Hurricane Katrina Response Volunteer."