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Updated: 11:34 AM Sep 1, 2005
Texas Agrees To Take Thousands More Hurricane Refugees
Texas agreed Thursday to take in an additional 25,000 refugees from Hurricane Katrina.
Posted: 12:05 PM Sep 1, 2005 |
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Texas agreed to take in an additional 25,000 Hurricane Katrina refugees from Louisiana and house them in San Antonio Thursday.
Robert Black, the spokesman for Gov. Rick Perry, said Louisiana asked Texas to provide shelter for more evacuees. He says Perry has spoken with the mayor and county judge in San Antonio to begin making the plans.
Black says no site's been selected for housing the refugees and no timetable's been determined for moving them.
He says more details were expected later in the day.
The refugees are in addition to about 25,000 already being moved into the Houston Astrodome, mostly from the Superdome in New Orleans.
Officials said access to the Astrodome would be limited to those who took shelter in the Superdome, but other refugees are arriving in Houston on their own, swelling the number of evacuees by an undetermined amount.
The process of transferring hurricane victims from New Orleans to Houston was interrupted Thursday morning when someone fired a shot at a military helicopter.
There were conflicting reports that the evacuation process had been suspended because of security concerns, but some officials said the transfer of refugees was continuing.
Trash fires and fights have erupted outside the Superdome, where crowds of angry people face heavily armed National Guard members across barricades as they wait to get on the buses for Houston.
Rescuers were expressing concern Thursday about violence and lawlessness in the city.
Looting has been widespread for several days and there were reports Thursday that angry survivors are now turning on rescuers.
The head of Acadian Ambulance, which is evacuating the sick and injured from the Superdome, says the evacuation won't resume until security officials "gain control.”
HOW YOU CAN HELP: HURRICANE ASSISTANCE WEB SITES
Click Here For Information About Ten Cares, Central Texas Shares Drive To Help Hurricane Victims
Click Here For Charity Tips From FEMA
Click Here For American Red Cross Web Site
Click Here For Salvation Army Web Site
Click Here For Second Harvest Web Site
Click Here For Catholic Charities Web Site
Click Here For National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster Web Site
Click Here For Louisiana Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Web Site
Click Here For United Methodist Committee On Relief
Click Here For Episcopal Relief & Development Web Site
Click Here For Information On Southern Baptist Relief Efforts
HURRICANE INFORMATION RESOURCES
Click Here For WWL-TV Survivors Web Forum
Click Here For National Hurricane Center Web Site
Click Here For National Weather Service Web Site
Click Here For Hydrologic Information Center For Information On River Flooding
Click Here For Federal Emergency Management Agency Web Site
Click Here For Louisiana Homeland Security Web Site
Click Here For City Of New Orleans Web Site
Click Here For Louisiana Governor’s Web Site
Click Here For State Of Mississippi Web Site
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