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Another shelter opens for Galveston residents
10:18 AM CDT on Friday, September 26, 2008
GALVESTON – Residents of Galveston who found their homes uninhabitable when they returned this week after fleeing from Hurricane Ike now have another shelter to stay in – tents set up at an old elementary school, city officials said Thursday.
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One shelter was opened at a community center Wednesday, the day residents were allowed to return to the island and inspect their homes, but it quickly filled up.
Galveston City Manager Steve LeBlanc said the city is working with the Red Cross to provide temporary shelter for up to 500 displaced residents in tents at an elementary school no longer in use.
"We've been working furiously to get some shelters," he said. "We are doing the best that we can. We're telling those folks to be patient."
The city and school district are also working on setting up shelters at other schools when they are cleaned up. Mr. LeBlanc said officials had been working to open shelters off the island, in nearby Texas City, but they had not been able to find any locations.
Schools remained closed Thursday, but officials said they will reopen seven of the district's 12 schools by Oct. 6.
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