About five hundred of the evacuees from Hurricane Gustav have taken refuge in Georgia. Some three hundred of them are being hosted at Villa Rica, west of Atlanta.
Many of the evacuees arrived at the center, not far from the Alabama state line, in convoys after an all-night drive.
Lisa Matheson of the Red Cross says they’re sheltering them in a gym at a local recreation center:
“This is where we have approximately 250 cots set up to take in the evacuees. We were very fortunate in this shelter, that we had several ancillary rooms where we could take the overflow to accommodate the nearly 300 people who are here.”The evacuees are being given three meals a day, recreation facilities and medical assistance is they need it.
Villa Rica is one of six shelters the Red Cross has opened statewide, including Columbus, Dalton, La Grange, Lawrenceville and Tift County.
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