http://www.amyaltonjeffries.com multimedia journalist extraordinaire Mon, 22 Feb 2010 03:48:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 http://www.amyaltonjeffries.com/2005/10/louisiana-town-adjusts-to-new-neighbors-in-katrinas-wake/ http://www.amyaltonjeffries.com/2005/10/louisiana-town-adjusts-to-new-neighbors-in-katrinas-wake/#comments Sat, 08 Oct 2005 21:52:11 +0000 Amy http://www.amyaltonjeffries.com/?p=145 broadcast on Weekend All Things Considered, National Public Radio

The Federal Emergency Management Agency has opened its first large-scale trailer park for hurricane evacuees in Louisiana. Almost 600 travel trailers have been installed on what used to be cow pasture in East Baton Rouge Parish on the western edge of Baker. The city, population 14,000, already knows the strain of hosting evacuees.

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