TX: Evacuees Face Long Stays In Makeshift Shelters & Wally Mart warehouses!!

[Breeze54]

Evacuees Face Long Stays In Makeshift Shelters

http://www.thebostonchannel.com/weather/17417133/detail.html

Ike has moved on, but the storm's deadly surge has kept thousands of evacuees holed up in some
cramped quarters, unable to return to flooded neighborhoods left dark without electricity.

Nearly 5,000 evacuees are housed in shelters in San Antonio. The Texas Parks and Wildlife
Department said more than 4,000 people rode out the storm in tents, RVs and campers.

In Tyler, city officials are trying to figure out what to do with 1,600 people huddled inside
what once served as a Wal-Mart warehouse.


Oh man.... :(



Ways To Help Storm Victims

POSTED: 5:41 pm EDT August 31, 2008
UPDATED: 8:47 pm EDT September 13, 2008

As the devastation from Hurricane Ike becomes more clear, here is a list
of agencies that most often help people affected by disasters.

Links to each in list below here: http://www.thebostonchannel.com/weather/17354392/detail.html#

# American Red Cross
# American Refugee Committee
# AmeriCares
# ASPCA
# Baptist World Aid
# Catholic Relief Services
# Christian Children's Fund
# Christian Reformed World Relief Committee
# Church of God
# Church World Service
# Direct Relief International
# Episcopal Relief and Development
# Farm Share
# Feed the Children
# Food for the Hungry
# Habitat for Humanity
# Hosea Feed the Hungry and Homeless
# Interchurch Medical Assistance
# International Aid
# International Medical Corps
# International Mission Board
# International Relief and Development, Inc.
# International Relief Teams
# International Rescue Committee
# Life for Relief and Development
# Louisiana Disaster Recovery Foundation
# Lutheran Disaster Response
# MAP International
# Mercy (M-USA)
# MercyCorps
# Moveon.org: Hurricane housing
# NAACP
# National Organization for Victims Assistance
# Operation Blessing
# Operation USA
# Oxfam America
# Presbyterian Disaster Assistance
# Project HOPE
# Quarters From Kids
# Relief International
# Salvation Army
# Samaritan’s Purse
# Save the Children
# Society of St. Vincent de Paul
# Southern Baptist Convention
# SPCA
# The Children's Health Fund
# The Baton Rouge Area Foundation
# The US Coast Guard Foundation
# The Humane Society of the United States
# The United Way
# UNICEF USA
# United Methodist Committee on Relief
# World Concern
# World Emergency Relief
# World Health Organization
# World Hope International
# World Relief

Slideshows
Photos: Ike Leaves Disaster In Texas
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Ike's Damage Includes Platforms, Pipelines - VIDEO
http://www.thebostonchannel.com/weather/17417133/detail.html

Houston on curfew... 9 PM to 6 AM Sunday through Saturday

[scarface2004]

1. this sucker is gonna cost a lot of money!!!

better get some of that iraq occupation money over here, we need it now.

[Breeze54]

6. I hear the Iraqi's have $79 billion! Maybe they'll volunteer to fix the electricity?

I heard/read that that simpleton cJerkoff was asking for international help to fix the wires in the Gulf!

:wtf:

[LeftyMom]

2. Operation Blessing is Pat Robbersome's scam.

A few of those other religious charities are also shady or likely to make people sing for their supper.

I'd encourage people to be choosy about who gets their charitable giving.

[Breeze54]

4. True... people should be discriminating, for sure! n/t

[gratuitous]

3. So when does Barbara Bush fly in on her broom?

And tell the evacuees how well all this is working out for them?

[Breeze54]

5. No kidding... I'd like to know what skin tone the 1600 have too!

:grr: