My wife and I live in the Dallas-Ft Worth area and wondered if anyone else has thought of this question: "How do we prepare for a massive influx of evacuees?"

NOTE: This is not meant to be tirade against evacuations. I'm happy to help those escaping from harm's way. I'm just curious about "how to do a better job" preparing for their arrival.

I thought of this as Hurricane Dean was initially predicted to hit the southeastern Texas Coast. While not directly in the past of the storm, DFW would be in the path of a mass exodus of evacuees (much like Hurricane Rita '05). I do remember that our gas supplies in DFW ran low with price spiking (those arriving from the coast needed to fill up as they arrived and filled up again before they left.) I also remembering planning to house some of my friends' family in our house/backyard until the situation calmed down.

Looking forward to your thoughts