Cruise Ship Shelter Plan Abandoned
A plan to shelter Louisiana evacuees on the Carnival cruise ships has been cancelled. It was a great plan. Housing for 4000 people. Lots of public transportation real close to UTMB, and lots of recreational facilitiies on and off the ships. The only problem is the the folks don't want to go.I really don't understand their reluctance, seems a way of making the best out of a bad situation. Doesn't matter, its not up to me to understand.
Some Carnival Corp. representatives this week traveled to Houston shelters in an attempt to answer questions evacuees had about taking refuge in the ships.
Federal officials say they never expected such resistance.
But some shelter residents, traumatized by the destruction they saw in New Orleans, said they feared being near water again. Others, who the storm separated from family, said they were reluctant to leave Houston shelters until they reconnected with relatives. Some said they didn’t want their lives uprooted again.
“I think they wanted to know about the ships and what it’s like,” said Tim Gallagher, a Carnival spokesman. “It was becoming apparent that some of them were not familiar with cruise ships.
“With everything they had been through, the unknown perhaps was a little daunting.”
posted by Liberty @ 5:45 AM
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