actually, i am from new orleans. i was still kind of going to meetings when katrina hit. i actually met my wife while helping with the effort. the witnesses did do alot down here. of course, they only helped fellow witnesses, as other churches helped everyone. i never heard of anyone asked to give their insurance money to the www. this doesn't mean it didn't happen, i'm just saying, i never heard anything like that. i actually helped with the hubs, and, they were well run.
as for the vietnamese population, they were and still are a great inspiration to all of us here. they did not wait on their butts and wait for the government. they took the lead in cleaning up their neighborhoods. alot of people followed.