Behind the Scenes of the Relief Effort

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Just thought I'd let you know about a few things going on BEHIND the scenes in the hurricane relief effort. As you may know, I'm located in Shreveport, Louisiana. For the geographically-deprived among you who suffered from a liberal education, that's the NW corner of the state, far removed from New Orleans.

There are currently three "official" shelter sites in town housing over 15,000 refugees, and another new shelter just opening in the CenturyTel arena across the river in Bossier City that will be able to accomodate several thousand more. There has also been some discussion of the construction of a "tent city" on the west side of town.

Relief supplies are pouring into Barksdale AFB. Hundreds of semi-trucks of food, water and other supplies are congregating on the base, with a line over a mile long of trucks waiting to clear security at the base's East gate, which is closed to all but FEMA traffic. We've had a steady stream of C-130 cargo aircraft going back and forth between Barksdale and New Orleans all day.

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