ORLEANS RESOURCE CENTER ACTUALLY
OPENED UP A NOT TOO LONG AGO
HERE AT THE CONVENTION CENTER
FOR EVACUEES, AND THEY TELL ME
THEY’RE JUST GRACIOUS AT ALL THE
HELP THEY’VE BEEN RECEIVING FROM
RIGHT HERE IN NEW ORLEANS.
MONDAY LEADERS OPENED THE CITY
OF NEW ORLEANS RESOURCE CENTER
UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE IT’LL
PROVIDE THE ESSENTIAL SERVICES
LIKE CLOTHING HYGIE PRODUCTS
MEDICINES COUNSELING SERVICES IN
MORE TO THE 9,000 PLUS EVACUEES
FROM ACROSS SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA
CURRENTLY RESIDING IN THE CIT
AT ABOUT 30 DIFFERENT HOTELS.
TIMOTHY IS FROM WALSH AND SAYS
HE AND HIS FAMILY WILL MOST
LIKELY HAVE TO STAY IN NEW
ORLEANS LONGER THAN EXPECTED
COULDN’T SEE AN OUTHOUSE.
OR ANYTHING THAT COULD RELATE
RUTHIE’S OUT.
I’D BE LIKE A WEEK OR TWO BEFORE
THE LECTURES WILL BE BACK HOME.
THEN.
THERE’S THE SEAN TO BANKS FROM
LAKE CHARLES NOW FOUR MONTHS
PREGNANT BANKS THAT SHE HAD BEEN
CONCERNED ABOUT WHERE TO GO FOR
CARE UNTIL TODAY BOBBY BEING
PREGNANT.
I GOT A CHANCE TO SPEAK WITH
SOMEONE PERTAINING TO THE END
ABOUT YOU KNOW, IF AS FAR AS IF
I NEEDED A NURSE ALONG THE WAY
OF NEW STADIUM THE NATIONAL
GUARD IS ALSO ON SITE FOR
EVACUEES WHO NEED TO BE TESTED
FOR COVID-19 OFFICIALS.
SAY THE RESOURCE CENTER DOESN’T
GET FEDERAL OR STATE BENEFITS.
MOST OF WHAT’S PROVIDED COMES
FROM VOLUNTEERS AND DONATIONS TO
HELP OUT OUR NEIGHBORS ONCE
HELPED US.
I WANT THESE.
NEIGHBORS TO FEEL WELCOME
BECAUSE THEY ARE WELCOME AND WE
KNOW UNFORTUNATELY A PIECE OF
WHAT THEY WERE GOING THROUGH
RIGHT NOW AND WE WANT TO MAKE
SURE THAT SOMEONE NEED IMMEDIATE
NEEDS CAN BE MET STILL FOR THOSE
WHO HAVE YET TO COME TO GRIPS.
WITH THE DAMAGE THEIR PROPERTIES
RECEIVED IN THE WRATH OF LAURA
EVEN WITH THE HELP THEY’RE
CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS
NEXT FOR THEM WHEN ALL THE
RESOURCES RUN OUT.
MY BIGGEST CONCERN IS WHEN WE’RE
NOT ALLOWED  LIKE WHEN OUR
TIME IS UP AND THEY CAN’T HELP
US ANYMORE.
I GOT TO MAINTAIN.
A MY FRAME OF GET MYSELF
PREPARED?
FOR THE NEXT STEP BECAUSE THIS
WAS JUST PHASE ONE OF YOU KNOW,
WE ARE ELECTRICITY AND WATER FOR
A WHILE.
SO IS GOING TO BE ROUGH.
THE CENTER IS CLOSED FOR
TONIGHT, BUT I’M TOLD THAT IT
WILL REOPEN AT 10 A.M. UNTIL 4
P.M. AND IN THE MEANTIME, YOU
CAN FIND OUT HOW YOU CAN DONATE
TO THE CENTER BY VISITING OUR
WEBSITE WDSU.COM FOR NOW A
