Katrina victims evacuate FEMA park

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HAMMOND, La. - Dozens of families evacuated from a FEMA trailer park that had been plagued by sewage leaks and power outages were in temporary homes Monday, and the Federal Emergency Management Agency said it had requested work permits to dismantle the site this week.

Many of the residents were moved to other FEMA locations in the Hammond area, agency spokesman Manuel Broussard said.

"Some families were concerned about schooling for their children, and we have found housing for them close to their schools," Broussard said. Likewise, he said, the agency has kept people who had jobs in Hammond close to town

"They know how to put me out, but they don't know how to help me out. That's how I look at it," said Tobias, who lost his New Orleans home in Katrina's flooding and then was told to leave his Hammond trailer over the weekend. He and about 20 relatives, including 10 children, lived in four trailers, and were anxious about being split up.

"Pack and pray. That's what they told us," he said.

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