Shame on them - Super 8 Motel in Houston kick out NOLA survivors

[DoYouEverWonder]

Texas Shelters Fill With Katrina Refugees

August 31, 2005, 11:44 PM EDT

DALLAS -- They lost their homes. Now some Hurricane Katrina survivors are losing their hotel rooms.

"We have nowhere to go. We're actually getting put out of here, and we're willing to pay to stay. It's just ridiculous," said Kim Bacchus, 39, part of a group of about 15 family members from New Orleans who were not allowed to book additional nights at a Super 8 Motel in Houston.

The shortage of hotel rooms for Katrina victims is igniting already short fuses and increasing the pressures of aid workers across Texas. Thousands of survivors sought refuge in the state after flooding forced evacuations in New Orleans.

The American Red Cross could not provide immediate information on the number of shelters open across Texas, but shelters were known to be open in Houston, Dallas, Austin and cities all along the Texas-Louisiana border.

http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/nation/wire/sns-ap-katrina-texas,0,783526.story?coll=sns-ap-nation-headlines

[madeline_con]

1. So those with a N.O. address are turned away??!!

How f'ed up is THAT?

[bobbieinok]

5. doesn't it say refugees from NO are being replaced by refugees from NO??

[madeline_con]

7. So it does...

[Erika]

2. Corporatism is globalist as is Bush

They have no sense of nationalism, none at all.

[Lindsay]

3. Nationalism, hell.

They have no sense of humanity.

[donheld]

4. Absolutely appalling

:grr::grr::grr:

[Eugene]

6. Refugees are kicked out to make room for refugees. Insane!

Hundreds of thousands of people have been displaced.
This is exactly the kind of situation where the
state or federal government must step forward
if only to manage resources and coordinate the response.

Hey Homeland Security! That's your job now.

[Mr_Spock]

8. Sonsabitches

Well, I can't boycott them since I never stayed in one :rofl: