By the numbers look at Louisiana evacuees in Texas
06:56 PM CDT on Wednesday, September 7, 2005
Associated Press
By the numbers look at Louisiana evacuees in Texas:
EVACUEES
-- Governor Rick Perry's office says approximately 97,000 refugees are in Texas shelters operated by the Red Cross, plus civic and faith-based groups. Another 105,000 people are in hotels and other locations, for a total of about 202,000 refugees.
-- The estimated number of refugees staying in major Red Cross shelters in Houston, Dallas and San Antonio is at least 30,000:
HOUSTON
Astrodome: 2,930
Reliant Arena: 1,800
Reliant Center: 2,000
George R. Brown Convention Center: 1,366
DALLAS
Reunion Arena, 7,122
Convention Center, 9,825
SAN ANTONIO
Former Kelly Air Force Base and other shelters: 5,193
-- Perry has asked U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt for assurances that Texas will get 100% reimbursement for providing Medicaid and other services to refugees.
-- Texas public schools report have enrolled nearly 11,000 school-age refugees.
-- College students displaced by Hurricane Katrina are eligible for in-state tuition rates at Texas colleges and universities.
-- The Federal Emergency Management Agency has authorized cities and counties to pay for temporary housing assistance for refugees from 12 to 18 months.
-- The Texas Health and Human Services Commission has provided more than 60,000 Louisiana families with emergency food stamps over the past week.
-- The Texas Department of Criminal Justice is providing a number for displaced probation or parole offenders to check in, telling their location and to secure supervision.
A Mississippi National Guardsman clears bags of chickens from the beach Tuesday in Gulfport, Miss. The bags came from shipping containers that broke apart during Hurricane Katrina; the containers and their contents litter the Gulfport area in the storm's wake.