More stand in Red Cross lines rather than Help Wanted lines

**jackie** · 10-08-2005, 01:03 PM

What every happened to "If you don't help yourself, no one else will?"

**kitten645** · 10-08-2005, 01:15 PM

Sadly not surprising.

**Laura's Babies** · 10-08-2005, 01:48 PM

In defense of those who do work and would love to have a job..... I am wondering if that job fair was advertised at the Red Cross shelters, Fema places, food stamp offices and where ever it could reach the people who need the jobs. I think there is STILL a lack of communication problem in SE Louisiana and the ability to get the word out to promote such events. I never saw anything on TV promoting the job fair for those who had access to a TV and I watch the Baton Rouge channel every day, only about 30 miles up the road from Hammond where the job fair was.

**lizbud** · 10-08-2005, 02:44 PM

I would think these people need places to live too. What good is a low
paying job when you lack everything including an address.I understand
from news reports that poorer areas where a lot of "service" workers did
live have been completely destroyed. No houses, apartments, stores,etc?
What are these folks supposed to do ?

**Laura's Babies** · 10-08-2005, 03:38 PM

That have set up a RV city with about 100 RV's for some of them close to Baton Rouge but as of yesterday, they had only about 33 famlies move in. These people are so tied up trying to get just the basics in life that they don't have time to go get free housing? They are trying to set up more Mobile Home cities around the SE Louisiana area but it is not anything that can be done overnight. The park my son manages in Ponchatoula right up I-55 from New Orleans has room for about 30 more RV's and has offered it to FEMA, if FEMA will put in the sewage, water and electrictiy for the spots. They are super busy there already getting other spots ready for FEMA homes to be moved in but Kevlin and the owner both had full time jobs and can only work so many hours a day!

People with property have offerd it to FEMA to use provided FEMA does the work and finances everything but I really think the problem is finding people to do the work!? I don't know??