Always in Transit

Here's Bonnie Sweeney during our trip across the region by ambulance.

The region that we cover is so broad that oftentimes it takes us half an hour or more to get from or home base at the Heymann center to one of our sites.

We networked and distributed flyers after the shelter clinic this morning for an immunization clinic we'll run out of a motel ballroom tomorrow at Iberia Inn.

The owner told us that when the evacuation started, he cut his rates in half, and filled all of his rooms, the hallways, the ballrooms, and even the office with people. After the hurricane, he and his staff chipped in to feed all of the people staying there. It was several days before any relief agencies were able to provide any food. FEMA paid for each of the evacuees to stay for two weeks, but he's worried about what will happen once that's up.

A lot of the folks staying in hotels, motels, and campgrounds evacuated from some of the parts of New Orleans that are still under water. There is an imcredible drive to return home...