I didn’t realize that hundreds of retired veterans became Katrina
evacuees who were sent to Washington DC. And over 4 years later they
are still there awaiting the completion of the rebuilding of their
retirement home in Gulfport, Mississippi. From theSun Herald:blockquote>
WASHINGTON
— The hundreds of Hurricane Katrina evacuees from Gulfport’s destroyed
Armed Forces Retirement Home today are looking at their last Veterans
Day in Washington. And for almost all of them, it couldn’t come too
soon.For four years, they have adapted, or not, to life at the
beautiful Washington campus, but with 10 months to go before the newly
rebuilt facility reopens on the Mississippi Coast, the veterans talk of
little else but getting back to Gulfport.SNIP
Of the
414 residents in Gulfport when Katrina hit in 2005, about 350 were
evacuated to Washington — many on 10 buses provided by AFRH. Now there
are 202 Gulfport residents still in Washington, said AFRH spokeswoman
Sheila Abarr, and at least 170 are on the return list
Here is theGulfport construction cam to keep tabs
And conservatives said Mississippi was all rebuilt years ago…
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