At a hearing of the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee, acting director David Paulison said that of all the challenges presented by the devastating twin hurricanes Katrina and Rita, the most difficult is housing.
"In Florida last year, we had four hurricanes and we housed more people than ever in the history of FEMA in the government, which is between 15,000 and 20,000 people," he said.
"We have to house now between 400,000 and maybe 600,000 people, so it's just incomprehensible what we have to deal with," said Paulison, who said people displaced by the storm remain holed up in a variety of situations, including mobile homes, cruise ships, hotels, motels and trailers."
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