PRESS RELEASE DSS Announces Updated Shelter Information
DSS has four state-run Critical Transportation Needs Shelters open right now with a capacity of approximately 10,000 people. They are full. The locations are:
Bastrop Monroe
Alexandria Five Medical Special Needs Shelters are open with approximately 1,000 patients taking refuge. Several hundred spots remain. The locations are:
Alexandria Bossier City Hammond Monroe Five other states are currently sheltering Louisiana residents. They are:
Oklahoma-4,000 Alabama - 3,000 Arkansas -3,000 Tennessee-1,050 Georgia Kentucky General Population Shelters: 123 are open in Louisiana with at least 25,500 taking shelter right now. The shelter information points are working well and the Shelter Information Task Force says people did listen to warnings and started to appear in shelters earlier than they usually see during a storm. DSS continues to encourage those who are on the road to stop at the shelter information point below in order to receive a reservation and ensure they have a spot in the nearest general population shelter available. The shelter-information points (also listed on the Louisiana evacuation guides) are located at:
Tourist Welcome Center, 836 I-20 West, Tallulah. Sammy's Truck Stop, I-49, Exit 53, 3601 La. 115 West, Bunkie. Med Express Office, 7525 U.S. 71, Alexandria. LSU-Shreveport, P.E. Gym, One University Place, Shreveport. Pickering High School, 180 Lebleu Road, Leesville. Tourist Information Center, 8904 U.S. 165, Oberlin, La DSS Secretary Ann Silverberg Williamson strongly encourages mobile home residents in non-evacuation areas, to contact their local emergency officials to receive information on available in-parish shelters. For the latest on Hurricane Gustav, you can log onto emergency.louisiana.gov or call the state's emergency hotline at 1-866-288-2484 to hear a recorded message with the most up-to-date information.
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