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Red Cross volunteer Ruth Wilcox of Saxe, Va. shows Henry Davis of Cairo, Ill. a hand trick at the Shawnee Community College shelter Thursday, May 5, 2011 in Ullin, Ill.
(Laura Simon)
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Joann Salley of Cairo, Ill. fixes her daughter Dorothy's hair inside the shelter at Shawnee Community College Thursday, May 5, 2011 in Ullin, Ill. Dorothy and her two-week-old son J'quan Eugene Salley have been at the shelter for a week.
(Laura Simon)
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Kyrah Crowly, 5, and Kierah Stewart, 9, of Cairo, Ill. hang out on cots inside the shelter at Shawnee Community College in Ullin, Ill. Thursday, May 5, 2011.
(Laura Simon)
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Red Cross volunteer Ruth Wilcox of Saxe, Va. shows Henry Davis of Cairo, Ill. a hand trick at the Shawnee Community College shelter Thursday, May 5, 2011 in Ullin, Ill.
(Laura Simon)
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Artwork of children hangs on the entry doors to the shelter at Shawnee Community College Thursday, May 5, 2011.
(Laura Simon)
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Maggie Williams sits in the State Convention of Baptists in Indiana mobile laundry and shower unit outside Shawnee Community College in Ullin, Ill. Thursday, May 5, 2011. Williams washes loads of laundry for people staying in the shelter at the college.
(Laura Simon)
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Michelle Young and Deshaun Young look over the shoulder of Demarion Cleaves as he reads "Dribbles the Basketball" at Shawnee Community College in Ullin, Ill. Thursday, May 5, 2011.
(Laura Simon)
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Roy Dixon of Cairo, Ill. plays a game of chess inside the Shawnee Community College shelter in Ullin, Ill. Thursday, May 5, 2011. Dixon has been at the shelter since Saturday and is "ready to go home."
(Laura Simon)
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Kierah Stewart, 9, of Cairo works on homework inside the shelter at Shawnee Community College in Ullin, Ill. Thursday, May 5, 2011.
(Laura Simon)
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Henry Davis speaks with Red Cross volunteer Dorothy Pace inside the shelter at Shawnee Community College in Ullin, Ill. Thursday, May 5, 2011. Davis, a Cairo, Ill. resident, has been at the shelter for eight days.
(Laura Simon)