SHELTER, Dumas Auditorium
Red Cross, Special Needs Evacuation Shelter
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About this facility
- Areas served
- Terrebonne Parish
- Eligibility
- Impacted by Hurricane Gustav
- Fee for service
- No
- Service
- Temporary
Notes
9/29/2008 2:09:20 PM
TERREBONNE PARISH CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENT
PRESS BRIEFING
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2008 – 10:30 A.M.
SHELTERS
The remaining shelter sites are Schriever Recreation Center and Dumas Auditorium. The remaining evacuees are primarily those individuals whose homes were severely damaged by the storms and will need to seek more long term housing. Officials are awaiting information on the states transitional housing plan.
** The special needs shelter has closed.
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9/26/2008 11:17:55 AM
TERREBONNE PARISH CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENT
PRESS BRIEFING
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2008 – 10:30 A.M.
SHELTERS
** State will be closing the special needs shelter on Friday, September 26, 2008. Approximately 180 residents are currently sheltered in Terrebonne Parish. The remaining shelter sites are Schriever Recreation Center, Dumas Auditorium. The remaining evacuees are primarily those individuals whose homes were severely damaged by the storms and will need to seek more long term housing. Officials are working with FEMA to locate transitional housing.
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https://louisiana-nss.communityos.org/zf/nss/shelterpublicreport/state/la
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SOURCE: http://www.dailycomet.com/article/20080907/HURBLOG/809070275&title=Evergreen_Junior_High_now_opened_to_shelter_hurricane_victims
Dumas is housing about 85 people and has nurse on site for special need citizens.
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Officials aim to open Red Cross shelter Saturday
Published: Friday, September 5, 2008 at 8:37 p.m.
Last Modified: Friday, September 5, 2008 at 10:42 p.m.
HOUMA -- The American Red Cross will be opening at least one shelter in Terrebonne, hopefully tomorrow, officials said.
The shelter will be at Dumas Auditorium, officials said at a press conference this afternoon.
Ashlee Gunter, program manager for the Bayou parishes, explained about the program.
“It’s going to be a safe place for people to stay,” Gunter said. “We’ll feed them three meals a day.”
But she cautioned that people should stay with family if possible. “We encourage them to use that option and use shelters as a last resort.”
While it’ll be safe, it won’t be the lap of luxury, Gunter said. People should bring changes of clothes, bedding, and emergency supplies like medications, formula, and diapers.
The buildings have some generator power for lights, but workers are doing their best to get the capacity necessary to run air conditioning, Gunter said.
SOURCE: http://www.houmatoday.com/article/20080905/hurblog/809050219