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mysteriew

09-10-2005, 12:04 AM

A woman who wants to let hurricane survivors stay in her house has run into some red tape from the Red Cross, News 5's Juliette Vara reported.

Roseanna Foster has a bedroom she said is open to the evacuees who need it.

"It's not the Hilton, but they're welcome to it," Foster said.

Foster saw Vara's report about Edward Baines, his pregnant wife and their one-year-old son who had to celebrate his birthday at a Mount Lookout shelter.

She said she wanted to take in the family, so she called the Cincinnati Red Cross. http://www.channelcincinnati.com/news/4955604/detail.html

SieSie

09-10-2005, 12:26 AM

From that same link:
The Red Cross is working on a way for families to legitimately adopt evacuees, but the process could take weeks, officials said.

"We've never evacuated a city in the United States in history -- we've never done this before," Dinkel said. "Are mistakes being made? They sure are."

I hope they work quickly to provide a legitimate "adopt-a-family" program.

SewingDeb

09-10-2005, 02:36 AM

Is this because the 13 year old girl was raped by an evacuee who was staying with her family?

SieSie

09-10-2005, 10:59 AM

Is this because the 13 year old girl was raped by an evacuee who was staying with her family?
I hadn't heard this. Do you have a link? That's awful, if true. :(

izzyB

09-10-2005, 11:00 AM

I hadn't heard this. Do you have a link? That's awful, if true. :(

this happened in my area, in plano, it is indeed true and if i knew how to link to the dallas morning news i would do so. the man's name has been published in the paper, and he was a distant relative of the family. this has been in all the media in dallas.

mysteriew

09-10-2005, 11:26 AM

I guess I just object to the tone of the whole thing. I considered offering to take a family in, but rejected it for personal reasons. But who is Red Cross to tell someone that they can't? That is Red Cross making the person's choice of who to associate with. That is what I find objectionable. Just because the person happens to be in a Red Cross shelter, doesn't mean the Red Cross has the right to make the decision for the evacuee and the person offering her home.
I can understand them making a flyer outlining the reasons why it is not a good idea. I can understand Red Cross taking the position of- good luck in finding someone, but we can't be a party to it. But the tone I am getting is that Red Cross is not going to allow it. That is what I object to.

MrsMush99

09-10-2005, 11:40 AM

Here's a link to the story about the 13 year old girl.

http://www.dallasnews.com/s/dws/news/city/collin/plano/stories/DN-katsexassault_07met.ART0.North.Edition2.13994b60.h tml

Evacuee charged in sexual assault Plano: Man staying with relatives accused of attacking girl, 13

08:05 AM CDT on Wednesday, September 7, 2005

By JENNIFER EMILY / The Dallas Morning News

A Hurricane Katrina evacuee staying with a Plano family was arrested Tuesday and accused of sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl, police said.

Freddie Murray, 48, of New Orleans was charged with aggravated sexual assault of a child. Mr. Murray is a distant relative of the girl, police said. Police didn't know the exact relationship.

"The guy is an evacuee staying with distant relatives, and he allegedly assaulted a 13-year-old staying at that residence," Plano police spokesman Officer Carl Duke said. "He's been taken out of the residence and is in jail."

More at link.

izzyB

09-10-2005, 12:19 PM

thanks for providing the dallas morning news link to this sad story.

MrsMush99

09-10-2005, 12:38 PM

thanks for providing the dallas morning news link to this sad story.
Your very welcome izzy.:) It is a very disturbing story.

BillyGoatGruff

09-10-2005, 03:14 PM

A woman who wants to let hurricane survivors stay in her house has run into some red tape from the Red Cross, News 5's Juliette Vara reported.

Roseanna Foster has a bedroom she said is open to the evacuees who need it.

"It's not the Hilton, but they're welcome to it," Foster said.

Foster saw Vara's report about Edward Baines, his pregnant wife and their one-year-old son who had to celebrate his birthday at a Mount Lookout shelter.

She said she wanted to take in the family, so she called the Cincinnati Red Cross. http://www.channelcincinnati.com/news/4955604/detail.html
I can kind of understand that. There are a lot of registered sex offenders that got evaced out, not to mention people responsible for arson, murder & rape. I would recommend only taking in families with a single mother and/or small children or the elderly. They got everyone out--including the bad apples.