It isn't just a local issue. Evacuees across the region say they are low on funds and need more help than many relief agencies are able to provide.

"We took what money, which wasn't much, it was bill money. Now we're going back and we ain't got money to pay bills," said James Pratt, Sr., an evacuee in Texas.

But for some in the community, the requests for more, more, more has them saying, enough is enough. The Rev. John Sweeney, founder of Victory Outreach Center, which operates a bargain store and a food kitchen, says he hears that often.

"Once people feel burned, when they give to help someone and they feel unappreciated, they are hesitant to help again," said Sweeney.

Sweeney has worked with people in need for decades. While many requests for help are legitimate, he says he has found that there are people more than happy to take as much as they can get.

"We have the needy, but sadly we also have the greedy," said Sweeney. "And sometimes they work the system; they go from church to church, agency to agency, and we try to put them through a screening process. Sometimes we get criticized for that, but we feel that the best way to help someone is to really help them."

One of the things stressed at Victory Outreach is personal responsibility, making the choice to help yourself if you can.

Dr. Susan Eaves, a behavioral specialist with Weems Community Mental Health, says some of the evacuees could be feeling the same panic they felt during Katrina, even if from the outside the situation is viewed differently.