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FEMA setting up detainment camps (News)

Tuesday, September 6, 2005 23:27

This is a narrative by a family that went to bring help and supplies to a cabin that their church had agreed to let FEMA use to house refugees from New Orleans. They brought food, clothes, and a caring spirit for people who had lost everything. When they got there, FEMA told them they weren't allowed to donate any clothes, and most of their food (especially the healthy stuff) was turned away because the military thought it might cause people to "riot". Nobody (including the church that owns the cabins) will be allowed to use the kitchen for "safety" reasons. The refugees will not be permitted to leave the camp for any reason. Also, outsiders who don't have "official badges" won't be allowed in.