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COURTESY/The American Red Cross/Danie Cima

In the overnight hours of Aug. 28 into Aug. 29 the shelter population at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston, Texas, nearly tripled to over 9,000 residents (nearly twice the size of Worland). "No one will be turned away." Was the mantra of service at the Houston Mega Shelter. Pictured is one of five bays of dormitories at the shelter. In the overnight hours of Aug. 28 into Aug. 29 the shelter population at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston, Texas, nearly tripled to over 9,000 residents (nearly twice the size of Worland). "No one will be turned away." Was the mantra of service at the Houston Mega Shelter. Pictured is one of five bays of dormitories at the shelter.