People Make Their Way West

Hurricane evacuees begin arriving in California 9/4/2005, 4:28 p.m. CT

Another 300 families were headed for San Francisco, where the local Salvation Army and the faith-based community was working to arrange temporary housing. It wasn't immediately clear when they were expected to arrive.

"The most important thing is to get children stabilized and get them into schools," said Annemarie Conroy, director of the city's Office of Emergency Services and Homeland Security.

Initially families will go to a temporary shelter set up at St. Mary's Cathedral, while federal officials and the Red Cross determine a transitional housing plan, Conroy said.

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"The most important thing is to get children stabilized and get them into schools," said Annemarie Conroy, director of the city's Office of Emergency Services and Homeland Security.

I think that's a very strange thing to say...but that's me....

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