Not today, but it looks like people are going to be homeless for some time. 
In the aftermath of other disasters, people have found that visiting 
cultural institutions  gave them solace. Also, if you have children, 
visiting a zoo or museum may be a distraction and something "normal" to do.

Is there some reason you do not identify yourself?
Pat Miller

At 08:24 AM 8/31/2005 -0400, you wrote:
>personally going through hurricanes jeanne and francis
>i can tell you one thing - going to a museum is the LAST thing on their 
>minds right now.
>
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>>Something similar is going on in Houston.  According to reports I read on
>>the web, all museums and zoos there are free to citizens of Louisiana,
>>Mississippi an Alabama through the end of October.  A number of people will
>>no doubt be out of their homes for quite a while.  Nice to see the Houston
>>museums pitching in to help them through it.
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