An excerpt from the 2005 blog. The Polk County Health Department had contacted GuideOne for four volunteers to help with an expected planeload of refugees from New Orleans. The TV had been showing pictures of the set-up in the Varied Industry building on the fairgrounds. There was provision for 1,000 people, including a few acres of cots. Debbie and I arrived at the fairgrounds and checked in at the security area to get tagged. Then, we walked the few blocks to the Varied Industries building, the same building where I saw the President the day before the 2004 election. We noticed many campers and RV’s in the parking lots around the building. What an amazing response: so many resources were put together in just a few days. Then we started noticing dogs around many of the RVs. If there wasn’t a dog there was an empty kennel. As we went in the southeast entrance of the building it was clear what was going on- a dog show was in full swing. The sea of cots had been replaced with thousands o...