Does anyone know how it is decided what state survivors will go to?

Arugula Latte

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Tue Sep-06-05 07:30 PM
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Does anyone know how it is decided what state survivors will go to?

I'm just thinking, for example, of the thousand or so expected to land in Portland in a couple days. Were these people told: "You are going to Portland -- take it or leave it" ... or was there some effort to place people where they perhaps have ties or have some preference of going to?

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GreenPartyVoter

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Tue Sep-06-05 07:31 PM
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1. Rumor is it is the first one.. They just hustle 'em somewhere

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TomInTib

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Tue Sep-06-05 07:32 PM
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2. eenie meenie miney mo..... n/t

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preciousdove

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Tue Sep-06-05 07:42 PM
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3. They are asking them if they will go...

They couldn't get anyone on the cruise ships or volunteers to go to snow country; (Feds shut down evacuation from Texas this morning.)

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/texassouthwest/stories/090705dntexkatrinaairlift

Katrina Evacuee Relocation Thread
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=104&topic_id=4657680&mesg_id=4657680

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Chalco

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Tue Sep-06-05 07:44 PM
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4. At least for the people that arrived in DC today, they didn't know

they were coming here until they got on the place. Not too sensitive if you ask me!

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splat

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Tue Sep-06-05 08:20 PM
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5. I asked the Red Cross that today

Edited on Tue Sep-06-05 08:26 PM by splat

The answer: People are being matched to needs. If real housing is available, like on military bases, they'll send people with medical needs and families there.

I know that one person actively expressed a preference for a city, pursued it and they're authorizing a bus ticket there.

Upgrades?? Texas is a long way from where he used to call home, a Midnight Cowboy butt-busting ride for people who've already been in transit to god knows where for days.

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OhioChick

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Tue Sep-06-05 08:22 PM
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6. If it's anything like how this whole disaster

has been handled..........than it's a free-for-all and no one knows anything.

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