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Evening August 29, 2005: New Orleans Official Say May Open Convention Center as Temporary Refuge

2005-08-29

At some point this evening, city officials say they might open the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center as a temporary refuge to shelter an estimated 50,000 people made homeless by the storm. [Times-Picayune, 8/30/2005] FEMA officials will later say that they knew nothing of this plan .