how many people do u think are here permantely from new orleans

there is no way of knowing how many will stay in houston.

I think they are estimating between 5 and 10 thousand. I think that most of the evacuees moved perminently to Baton Rouge though.

check www.hurricanehousing.org it tells u how many beds has been taken and how many avialable in the US. so far it says about 125,000 beds taken so far.

I believe people move permanently spread all over the US, not only Houston or Baton Rouge. Some are spread temporarily, also.

Hopefully most of them eventually return back to New Orleans to rebuild the city. But I heard there is more than 200k in Houston now.

Actually, yes, there are tons spread all over the south. We have taken several people all the way here in Louisville, and many children have been enrolled in our schools for the rest of the year.
There are also a lot of people who evacuated here to family before Katrina hit.

We're housing evacuees up the river in the Twin Cities, as well.

A local news station interviewed a family who evacuated here from New Orleans and they said they don't plan on going back. I wonder what other evacuees are planning to do.

And once they empty out the water, there'll be vast rebuilding efforts needed. Is there tha much excess housing stock in Houston and especially Baton Rouge anyway? I read about FEMA leasing two Carnival cruise ships to dock in Houston's harbor?

And once they empty out the water, there'll be vast rebuilding efforts needed. Is there tha much excess housing stock in Houston and especially Baton Rouge anyway? I read about FEMA leasing two Carnival cruise ships to dock in Houston's harbor?

That would be going to New Orleans to get the rest of the people.

I hope New Orleans rebuilds, It's culture was that of no other city I could think of.

If NO is not rebuilt in a years time, I could see at least half of the displaced persons finding new homes and lives in nearby cities and states, especially Houston and the rest of Texas where some 300,000 of them are already there. I also heard that Illinois will take in 10,000 refugees, Cali. Utah, Arizona.......

Galveston is part of houston no?
If not.. when the fk did houston get a harbour?

Houston Ship Channel

Galveston is part of houston no?
If not.. when the fk did houston get a harbour?

Yeah the Houston ship channel.

The Ecstasy and the Sensation will be berthed at Galveston’s cruise ship terminal for up to six months. 5,000 Hurricane Katrina refugees are scheduled to arrive at the Port of Galveston on piers 37, 39 and 40 today.

I think it's entirely possible that 100,000 to 150,000 NO evacuees will permanantly settle in the Houston area. That is if they can find decent jobs.

There have been so many intervews where people say they are staying in Houston for good. One man said "Houston is the land of milk and Honey" and that he was staying there for good.

I heard like 2,000 people are in LA right now, up in Echo Park.

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They are planning on moving up to 10,000 evacuees to Illinois, mainly Chicagoland.

My high school just got it's first Katrina evacuee/refugee/victim, ayoung lad from a rough part of New Orleans.

My school has gotten quite a few kids from New Orleans that were just enrolled recently as well.

Tempers flare between Houston, Louisiana students and their mothers

How will the evacuees adjust in their new home?

05:14 PM CDT on Tuesday, September 13, 2005

By Wendell Edwards / 11 News

Three students were taken to area hospitals with injuries from the altercation.

Security will be increased Wednesday at a southeast Houston high school where a fight broke Tuesday between Louisiana and Houston students.

"Man, they were just going at it," said Larry Citizen, a student. "Man, that's all it was -- Louisiana versus Jessie Jones."

When it was over, three Jones High School students were in the hospital and five were in police custody.

The scene got even uglier when parents arrived.

A loud verbal confrontation broke out between mothers of some of the students involved in the first fight.

"They jumped on my nephew inside this school, busted him in the head. They're sending him to the hospital," yelled one woman.

Police separated the group of women and threatened to arrest them if they didn't calm down.

"They jumped on my son, but yet you want to arrest me," complained one mother.

"Let us work it out, OK?" one HPD officer told the angry parents.

KHOU
A verbal confrontation broke out between the students' mothers who showed up at the school.
One mother of a student who was arrested ended up in handcuffs herself.

The first fight started around 9 a.m. when a bus rolled up carrying Katrina evacuees enrolled at the school.

According to police, someone threw a can at one of the evacuees and that set off a fight involving several students.

Ambulances were called to the scene to take the injured to Ben Taub Hospital. It's not clear whether they were evacuees or Houston students.

Of the five arrested, Two are from Louisiana and three are Houston students. All are charged with disruption of school activities.

Witnesses at the scene say today's incident was retaliation for another altercation on Friday.

Parents say tensions had been strained since the evacuees started school here last week.

KHOU

Three Houston students and two from Louisiana were arrested.

"They beat my nephew up. We're from New Orleans," said one woman.
"We need to go home. We need to go home because ya'll don't want us here anyway," said another evacuee.

Michael Lewis says, from his perspective, the students are just mirroring the frustration of many adults.

"You have ladies that have been trying to get on welfare and food stamps, trying to get government assistance, housing. And then evacuees coming here and getting it instantly," said Lewis. "The whole city is a melting pot."

HISD says officials reminded students that fighting of any kind will not be tolerated.

"We expect our children to have behave better than this. Also we've said to the New Orleans kids, you are our guest, but you have to follow the rules." said HISD spokesman Terry Abbott.

Extra police officers and a group of ministers will try to help keep the peace at the school beginning Wednesday.

About 200 evacuees are attending Jones High School in the 7400 block of St. Lo. That's the largest number of evacuee students in any Houston school.

HISD officials say a total of 3,000 Louisiana students are attending their schools.



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Just when New Orleans' residents thought they were safe in Houston, look at the just released path of soon to be Hurricane Rita...aiming right at Houston with an expected category 3 impact.

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/storm_graphics/AT18/refresh/AL1805W5_sm2+gif/151209W_sm.gif

Category 3 :lol: That storm is going to be at minimum a weak Category 5. Katrina did it in under two days and it passed over florida. This storm won't pass over any type of rugged terrain. The Gulf of Mexico water is still very warm, so once it enters, expect rapid intesification. Not to mention, there is minimum wind shear and a cold front won't move out of the midwest.

the gulf is at its warmest right at the Texas gulf coast. I told yall Houston is not in a pretty spot itself.

Wow, God must REALLY hate the South.

Wow, God must REALLY hate the South.

lol

looks like they are gonna move NO evacuees that remain at shelters to other states. How many were left?

What kind of storm protection/levees does Houston have?

What kind of storm protection/levees does Houston have?

I dont think they have any.

What kind of storm protection/levees does Houston have?

Well, it's several miles inland, so the absolute worst of this hurricane, if it does hit in that area, hopefully won't reach Houston. The areas that should be most concerned are communities on the barrier islands.

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If a Cat 5 hit Galveston, it would be destroyed. 25 miles inland where Houston lies the stom would probably still be a Cat 4. or a strong Cat 3. Houston would be in deep shit.

wasn't Allison just a tropical storm and it caused bad flooding in Houston

"Three students were taken to area hospitals with injuries from the altercation."

It's so good to know that through it all, adversity brings out what's good in all of us.

It makes me feel good about humanity!

wasn't Allison just a tropical storm and it caused bad flooding in Houston

most of the flooding was from the rains over the next days.. some places receiving 60-80 inches of rain...or from nearly all of the waterways in houston overflowing.

Look below.

The storm would still be a Category 5 when it moved over Houston. 25 miles is very little and all of the water from Galveston Bay will flood up and into Houston if the eye wall passes to the left of Houston. There, it is also where the most severe winds are. The NWS cracks me up with these predictions (Category 3) :lol: That's wishful thinking.

The storm would still be a Category 5 when it moved over Houston. 25 miles is very little and all of the water from Galveston Bay will flood up and into Houston if the eye wall passes to the left of Houston. There, it is also where the most severe winds are. The NWS cracks me up with these predictions (Category 3) :lol: That's wishful thinking.

What information do you have that the NWS lacks?

The NWS cracks me up with these predictions (Category 3) :lol: That's wishful thinking.

It is now a category 3.... http://www.breitbart.com/news/2005/09/23/D8CQ4NO06.html