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New Orleans Evacuee Compares Louisiana Shelter to Jail

New Orleans Evacuee Compares Louisiana Shelter to Jail

We go to Gonzales–between Baton Rouge and New Orleans–where a shelter has been set up for evacuees. One New Orleans evacuee compares the shelter to jail and says, “It ain’t our fault that the hurricane came and we had to come here. Like we had to end up in a place that we got to be told what to do.” [includes rush transcript]

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