A Look at the Katrina 'Refugee' (evacuee) Situation Around the Country

Tampa Bay Online ^ | Sep 10th, 2005 | The Associated Press

[M. Espinola]

An estimated 377,700 Hurricane Katrina refugees are in shelters, hotels, homes and other housing in 33 states and Washington, D.C., according to the Red Cross and state officials:

TEXAS: An estimated 205,000 in shelters and homes

LOUISIANA: About 54,000 in 240 shelters, 659 in special needs shelters

ARKANSAS: About 50,000 in shelters, motels and homes

TENNESSEE: 15,500

MISSISSIPPI: 13,262 in 104 Red Cross shelters

MISSOURI: Nearly 6,100 in homes, hotels and church camps

FLORIDA: 3,472 in 48 shelters

ALABAMA: 2,183 in shelters; 660 in hotels; 116 in state parks; more in homes

KENTUCKY: 116 at Murray camp in western Kentucky, plus estimated 3,100 statewide

OKLAHOMA: 2,352 in four shelters

INDIANA: At least 70 in two shelters; more than 2,000 statewide

ILLINOIS: More than 2,000

MARYLAND: About 2,000 seeking Red Cross or local assistance

VIRGINIA: 1,841

NORTH CAROLINA: 450 in shelters, at least 1,381 in other housing

GEORGIA: 1,384 staying in 11 Red Cross shelters

OHIO: About 20 in two Red Cross shelters, at least 1,357 staying in hotels and with family and friends

MINNESOTA: 1,000, plus 54 families with Red Cross chapters

COLORADO: About 350 in one Red Cross shelter, plus more than 700

SOUTH CAROLINA: 239 in one shelter, 800 in hotels, 228 in Charleston hotels

CALIFORNIA: 807 families in hotels and one Red Cross shelter

KANSAS: About 800, mostly in hotels and homes.

MICHIGAN: 216 at Fort Custer Training Center, Red Cross assisting 300 families

NEW MEXICO: 28 at the Albuquerque Convention Center, more than 450 statewide

NEW JERSEY: About 400 staying with relatives or in motels.

UTAH: About 300 people at Utah Army National Guard's Camp Williams

ARIZONA: 347 in two shelters

WEST VIRGINIA: 308 at National Guard Camp Dawson

NEW YORK: 303 cases in Red Cross shelters

MASSACHUSETTS: 209 at Camp Edwards, plus more than 40 families

PENNSYLVANIA: At least 200 in homes, shelters, other locations

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: About 200 people at a Red Cross shelter

WISCONSIN: 200 people in one shelter

RHODE ISLAND: 106 in Navy housing, 75 in hotels and homes

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[Zacs Mom]

Additionally, here are the State by State reported Katrina Deaths:

Hurricane Katrina death tolls reported by state and local officials as of Friday. Officials have said they expect the toll to reach the thousands.


ALABAMA: 2

FLORIDA: 14

GEORGIA: 2

LOUISIANA: 118

MISSISSIPPI: 211

TOTAL: 347

(I hadn't realized that Mississippi's death toll had reach that high)

[kb2614]

(I hadn't realized that Mississippi's death toll had reach that high)

Noticed that, huh?? The MSM seems to cover NO more than the Mississippi gulf coast and it got a direct hit from the hurricane.

[Iowa Granny]

Add Iowa to the list. We were prepared for 5000. We got 20.

http://www.dmregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050910/NEWS08/509100321/1001&lead=1

[B.Bumbleberry]

Nowhere is there any mention of churches. I'll bet most of the effective relief effort has been extended by churces of various sorts.

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

They stopped sending them here to Charleston SC because of the threat of a hurricane hitting us, something I've been saying they should do for days. At least until hurricane season winds down a bit.

[M. Espinola]

Iowa has been added and thank you Granny :)

[NameItClaimIt]

"Nowhere is there any mention of churches. I'll bet most of the effective relief effort has been extended by churces of various sorts."

The "EVIL!!!!!!" Mega-churches, like the Potter's House in Dallas, Lakewood in Houston, and the infamous Saddleback Church in CA, are using the prosperity gospel quite effectively.

Sure don't see the bashers around lately, heehee. Walmart, too, has come up with $35 MIL in a blink of an eye--and...and some of the material goods will be made in China that wallyworld donates. Surely the evacuees will not accept anything made in China /s.

[Zacs Mom]

Iowa Granny ~ Texas was prepared 25,000 and got nearly ten times that many and I fear this is going to have some really long term negative effects on Texas.

kb2614 ~ I have to admit I've not watched much coverage on TV ~ I cannot bear to listen to those self-serving, hate-peddling, fear-monging lying jerks! They have gone so far beyond simply being biased they have crossed over into being absolutely seditious and I can no longer stomach listening to them.

[Iowa Granny]

I fear this is going to have some really long term negative effects on Texas.

Many who are far removed from the affected area share your concern.

I sit up here wondering if Louisiana would be so generous to Texans.

[visualops]

We were told that the hospital systems here(upstate SC) were taking in some 1000-2000 patients. I would assume this is seperate from any other evacuees.

[M. Espinola]

In many cases faith based disaster relief was first on the ground to help the storm victims and continues working around the clock.

Some examples:

Recalling loss, N.Y. responds

Houston mayor may be having 'Giuliani moment'

First Baptist Church of Knoxville, a Red Cross shelter, is asking for people to donate supplies to be given to evacuees.

Northeast Mississippi Churches reach out to aid storm victims

Bahamas Local Salvation Army sets up Katrina Disaster Relief Fund Jewish groups rally to help Katrina victims

Biloxi´s Beth Israel Congregation, the only synagogue on the Mississippi coast, still stands two blocks from the beach, though the building suffered heavy damage.

Religious groups in the Wichita area and denominational relief agencies are accepting donations to help Hurricane Katrina victims (listing, websites, phone numbers).

$273-Million Given by Major Donors for Hurricane Relief

NY County gears up to find shelter for refugees from Katrina's fury

Cingular, Sprint give Katrina victims bill breaks

[M. Espinola]

I hope you guys are not effected.

Here is the big picture

Ophelia Weakens Again

[M. Espinola]

Thus far Mississippi is reporting the most hurricane related deaths. So many lived on beach front property there. Let's hope the toll does not reach much higher.

[ozzysmom]

Several of the larger churches in our city have converted their gyms into shelters so you know this is most probably going on all over the country. My mom's church in NE Louisiana is also feeding and housing some evacuees.

[LucyJo]

I'll bet most of the effective relief effort has been extended by churces of various sorts.
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If I was a betting person, I'd put some cash on that bet.

A friend of ours, who is a missionary, said that he had seen the RC take credit for what the church was doing even to the point of taking a picture of the tent used by the church to distribute needed items to leave the impression that it was part of their effort. This is not to say that good isn't done by the RC, but the faith based groups hit the ground running because they aren't hindered by red tape.

Church groups, with rare exceptions, don't toot their own horns to garner praise. They want the glory to go to the Lord. The things they are doing in this relief effort are just a magnification of what they do all of the time to help those in need.

[DocH]

We know that, while poor, many, if not most of these displaced people are probably good citizens, the question that has to be asked is...

Just WHERE have all the savages gone that created all of the despicable chaos, looting, shooting, raping, and murdering down in NO after the hurricane hit?

I hope none of those animals are in the shelter just up the road from where I live, and where my daughter gets group tennis lessons, and my wife goes to run and play tennis with her friends.

It's not the refugees skin color that bothers me, it is the CULTURE that incited the violent ACTIONS that were perpetrated in BROAD DAYLIGHT and in FRONT OF LIVE TV CAMERAS, by a not too insignificant number of "people" down in NO.

These violent actions result from a welfare/nanny-state "plantation" atmosphere created by democrat politicians over YEARS to help them maintain power, AND from a gangster culture that glorifies violence and instant-gratification (even at the expense, or very LIVES, of others, including, and especially, fellow blacks living in the same culture), and that looks down on achievement and education.

It also results from a culture that would rather look back to certain inequities, and continue to blame others for failure, rather than to look forward and take personal responsibility for whatever happens, success or failure.

As I said, it's not about race, but it IS about a culture of violence.

[stopem]

Texas was prepared 25,000 and got nearly ten times that many and I fear this is going to have some really long term negative effects on Texas.

I agree totally, we are already seeing negative effects, arrests for sexual assault. (not unsubstantiated rumor)

[LucyJo]

I have to admit I've not watched much coverage on TV ~ I cannot bear to listen to those self-serving, hate-peddling, fear-monging lying jerks! They have gone so far beyond simply being biased they have crossed over into being absolutely seditious and I can no longer stomach listening to them.

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Nor do I...have to mind my blood pressure...can't abide their attitudes, and the obvious, leftist agenda driven slant of their stories. Thank goodness for the "alternative" news sources!

[stopem]

God bless those people and their families!

Saw an interesting interview with the mayor of Virginia Beach VA. She said that they did not allow anyone to build right on the coast line, if they build on the beach it was way inland. That was the best idea I heard, she also mentioned all of the evacuation plans and shelters were already in place. I know that if a cat5 hits no matter how far inland you may be you will be hit, but at least if it is a cat3 or less for most part it will be wind damage.

In addition for those that know with a certainty that their coastline or in the case of N.O. are below sea level , or on a faultline, or areas like Laguna Beach and mud slides, if you know the risks and you still build and rebuild taxpayers should not be made to pay again and again.