Lakewood which is the former Compaq Center is right in Houston.
Apparently they can't handle 20,000
Well, I hope they're in contact with the bus drivers, so they take the people to another shelter.
Probably a temporary glitch or some fire marshall thumping around about no occupancy permit, or it could be some kind of security issue.
The DOME is full....25,000 people are in the DOME...that's as full as it can go...
Looked like every square inch of the field is taken.
It is not as if those people are illegal immigrants.
They knew it would fill, and have other shelters in Houston to divert the overflow to. That's what Perry said earlier.
Hopefully someone else will take them in. The dome is full I understand. Aren't there shelters all over the US that could help?
They are saying a fire marshall stopped it. No where near 20,000 inside.
That would be the same CNN that's been reporting all day that the plan all along was to put 25000 in the dome, then put the overflow elsewhere, right? Now that we've gotten to 25K, they've conveniently forgotten about the rest of the plan, because "turned away" is a bigger story than "diverted as planned". Ted would be proud of them.
Lakewood which is the former Compaq Center is right in Houston.
"Cities all over Texas immediately turn away and look busy..."
Watch the ACLU, Revvvvv Jackass and Speeding Sharpton sue the dome...MARK IT!
Notice how Governor Perry pats himself on the back for taking in the "refugees", but doesn't offer up any venues in Austin.
Michael Savage has suggested that Bush immediately stop his plan to close the many large U.S. military bases that already have infrastructure in place and use them to house these desperate refugees.
Banner up on www.cnn.com but no story yet.
The overflow are being taken to other centers. [They aren't being turned out on the streets.]
What about Boston? Denver? Berkley? Surely there are other American cities the rest of the evacuees can be taken. Houston does not have the social services available to take on every single evacuee from New Orleans.
"Turning away" is not entirely accurate. They are Re-directing to other shelters.
This has got to be complete fubar... I live in Houston and just saw on a local channel that they're running low of supplies in there as well. Supposedly only a few thousand are actually inside.