Dallas Convention Center
Red Cross Hurricane Evacuation Shelter
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- Areas served
- TX & LA
- Eligibility
- Hurricane Evacuees
- Fee for service
- No
- Service
- Temporary
Notes
12:00 AM CDT on Sunday, August 31, 2008
Texas agencies and local officials ramped up evacuation readiness across the state's coastal region Saturday. And Gov. Rick Perry said Texas could receive 45,000 Louisiana residents in advance of Gustav, now expected to become a Category 5 storm and bash that state's coast Monday afternoon.
Of those, some 4,100 New Orleans residents are due to arrive in North Texas beginning today. About 1,000 will be sheltered at the Dallas Convention Center downtown, with the rest spread across smaller sites in Fort Worth and area suburbs.
Dallas officials, along with staff and volunteers from the American Red Cross, worked Saturday to prepare the convention center. But First Assistant City Manager Ryan Evans, who is coordinating Dallas' response, said it wasn't clear exactly when today the evacuees would arrive.
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07:14 AM CDT on Friday, August 29, 2008
Dallasnews.com
The city of Dallas is making sure it's ready to receive up to 900 evacuees at the Dallas Convention Center.
"Hopefully, that won't happen. But if it does, the convention center will have cots, three squares a day, movies, a recreation area and as many other comforts as possible," said Kenny Shaw, the city's emergency management director.