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America's Armageddon

2005-09-01

Like a TV movie of the week, the first bus of Katrina refugees reported to arrive at the Astrodome in Houston, Texas, three hundred fifty miles from New Orleans, were those who took evacuation into their own hands.

For the refugees stranded outside, in cars or shelters along the Gulf Coast and in cities like Hattisburg, the future is unknown.

One fact is clear. Many who did not leave their homes before the hurricane hit stayed because they lacked the means. They are America's poor.