Disaster Relief for People and Their Pets

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Disaster Relief Just as Louisiana began to reconstruct itself from a natural disaster another hurricane hits and causes many evacuees sent back to shelters. Many people fail to understand or realize how people and pets still don't have a place to live. Because shelters are overpopulated due to recent natural disasters, many pets of disaster victims still need a permanent place to live. Recent disasters caused people to become homeless. Many people did not believe the hurricanes were going to cause as much damage as they did to the affected cities. Once the storms were over with, the destruction left was overwhelming for the people in the community. In New Orleans, the city had to open the Superdome to evacuees whose homes were underwater: "Capt. John Pollard of the Texas Air Force National Guard said 20,000 people were in the dome when the evacuation efforts began. By Thursday afternoon, the number had swelled to about 30,000" (Foster). There were some people who did not want to leave their home because they were afraid to loose their valuables to looters that were on the loose. Once the storm calmed down, people began to take advantage of other peoples' loss. They began looting abandoned homes and started breaking into stores in order to get food, water, and clothing to survive until help arrived. Still some people took it to the extreme and stole electronics which they could not use due to the lack of electricity. Police officers were allowing people to take things as long as they kept it under control. Many evacuees started coming together to help each other get through the crisis. People that had extra clothes, food and water would share what they had with people in need. Victims were also trading food for water or... ... middle of paper ... ... Snarl Superdome Evacuations." The Associated Press News Service 2 Sept. 2005. Newsbank. San Antonio College Lib. 31 Oct. 2005. http://hermes.sac.accd.edu McGill, Kevin. "22,000 Katrina Evacuees Still Homeless." The Associated Press News Service 13 Oct. 2005. Newsbank. San Antonio College Lib. 13 Oct. 2005. http://hemes.sac.accd.edu Parker, Laura, and Manning, Anita. "Trapped New Orleans Pets Still Being Rescued." USA Today. 06 Oct. 2005. 01a. Academic Search Premier. San Antonio College Lib. 28 Oct. 2005. http://hemes.sac.accd.edu Raum, Tom. "Feds Mobilize Massive Rita Relief Effort." The Associated Press News Bank Service 24 Sept. 2005. Newsbank. San Antonio College Lib. 10 Oct. 2005. http:// hermes.sac.accd.edu

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