"I mean, if they drive to Ohio, are we to shelter them?"
No, I don't think it's FEMA's responsibility to shelter refugees everywhere (although I certainly hope private entities and charities would step up to the plate where needed) -- but this, to me, seemed senseless. Here was a person who was at a place actually *set up* to handle refugees, but because he'd been relatively responsible and left New Orleans on his own, he was being turned away, while those who had stayed in New Orleans were being accommodated.
I also question the fact that after the Astrodome was named as the next step in the evacuation plan, this problem (refugees showing up on their own) should have been anticipated and addressed. In this age of computers, etc., surely someone could have printed up sheets of shelter names and addresses (that were actually taking people in) and passed them out, or *something*?
JMHO.
CNN- Did the first Busload of folks LOOT THE BUS THEY ARRIVED ON?