Evacuees Worry Aid Will End Despite Fema's Assurances
Deseret News (Salt Lake City) › October 23, 2005
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ATLANTA -- Every few weeks, Ralonda Cain fears that she and her year-old daughter, having made it through the hurricane that swamped their New Orleans home, will be homeless.
Cain is among the thousands of storm evacuees living in hotel rooms in Georgia, with the federal government paying the bill. Every two weeks or so, the evacuees have received an extension of their stay. But the more time that passes, the more they worry that they'll be told the program is over -- that they have to leave.See the full content of this document
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Evacuees Worry Aid Will End Despite Fema's Assurances
"I'd have no place to go," said Cain, 26, who is staying at a Comfort in Atlanta, along with about 300 other evacuees. "We have a place to stay. We have food. The only worry is how long it will last."
Officials with the Federal Emergency Management Agency say that she shouldn't worry, that none of the evacuees will be put out i...See the full content of this document
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