Veteran's Day

Scout:

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 the Sun Herald:

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 the Gulfport construction cam to keep tabs

And conservatives said Mississippi was all rebuilt years ago....

A.

Comments

[scout]

I know it shouldn't have, but this surprised me and thus made its way into my lil ol bike/fantasy football/whatever hits my fancy blog.

thanks for picking it up A.

[minusp]

And conservatives said Mississippi was all rebuilt years ago....

Well, Trent Lott's porch is all better now, so the important things are taken care of.

/s

[scout]

Actually I don't think Lott's porch was ever rebuilt

[MapleStreet]

Quite interesting. Here you have a group whose fate was totally under the govt. The group was in a retirement home in Miss., probably because they had local roots there - and keeping older folks in contact with their roots is a strong factor in quality care of the elderly.

And still how long has it taken ?

[pansypoo]

fodder for georgee!