REUTERS: Displaced workers settle in at Shell oil terminal
Sewer and water lines are being laid to be connected to trailers provided by Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for workers at the Shell Sugarland facility in St. James, Louisiana, September 15, 2005. FEMA is providing 165 trailers for workers and their families displaced by Hurricane Katrina at a community they’ve named Sugarville.
Friday 16 Sep 2005
By Ben Berkowitz
ST. JAMES, La., Sept 15 (Reuters) – Compared with many others forced from their homes by Hurricane Katrina, residents of Sugarville have comfortable new houses, complete with amenities like soft beds, DVD players and full refrigerators.
Of course, “Sugarville” is actually a huge dirt lot on the grounds of the Royal Dutch ShellSugarland Terminal in this southeastern Louisiana town. The “houses” are Fleetwood Enterprisestrailers supplied by the Federal Emergency Management Agency to house oil workers and their families displaced by the storm that devastated the U.S. Gulf Coast.