BIRMINGHAM, Ala-- Mayor Larry Langford said the Magic City is helping Gustav evacuees with compassion and love.
At last check, Birmingham has already housed more than 3,000 evacuees. The city expects that the number could double to 6,000 people.
The Red Cross is housing people from Louisiana and lower Alabama. In fact the Associated Press describes New Orleans as a ghost town, saying residents are really taking the mandatory evacuations seriously. At the BJCC, evacuees are constantly arriving, being processed through Red Cross.
Langford is encouraging evacuees to become familiar with Birmingham during the day so that everyone returns their respective shelter by 9 p.m. -- to get a bed count and ensure everything goes smoothly.
"We are praying to God that the hurricane has minimal impact on New Orleans. We want to make the people comfortable while they are here. We do need volunteers to come down and help us and at the same time if everything goes well Birmingham will have once again risen to the occasion," Langford said.
Officials are looking for more space for some 3,000 to4,000 more evacuees because more buses are headed to Birmingham every hour.
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