Katrina Refugees - No Place To Go - Oh, Really?

[Tombstone]

As officials call a halt to any more refugees going to the Astrodome in Texas, authorities are frantically trying to find or setup new camps for the thousands of stranded Katrina victims.

Let's think about what we can do for them:

1. Keep them in public centers with minimal facilities.

2. Build FEMA tent camps.

3. Build clapboard temporary housing in refugee areas.

OR - use our military bases that are scheduled to be closed (during war) by our brilliant Pentagon planners. Let's take a look at the current bases on this list:

Pentagon List of Recommended Military Base / Facility Closings

A list of military facilities the Defense Department recommended for closure:

Alabama

Abbott U.S. Army Reserve Center, Tuskegee

Anderson U.S. Army Reserve Center, Troy

Armed Forces Reserve Center, Mobile

BG William P. Screws U.S. Army Reserve Center, Montgomery

Fort Ganey Army National Guard Reserve Center, Mobile

Fort Hanna Army National Guard Reserve Center, Birmingham

Gary U.S. Army Reserve Center, Enterprise

Navy Recruiting District Headquarters, Montgomery

Navy Reserve Center, Tuscaloosa

The Adjutant General Bldg, AL Army National Guard, Montgomery

Wright U.S. Army Reserve Center

Alaska

Kulis Air Guard Station

Arizona

Air Force Research Lab, Mesa

Allen Hall Armed Forces Reserve Center, Tucson

Arkansas

El Dorado Armed Forces Reserve Center

Stone U.S. Army Reserve Center, Pine Bluff

California

Armed Forces Reserve Center Bell

Defense Finance and Accounting Service, Oakland

Defense Finance and Accounting Service, San Bernardino

Defense Finance and Accounting Service, San Diego

Defense Finance and Accounting Service, Seaside

Naval Support Activity Corona

Naval Weapons Station Seal Beach, Detachment Concord

Navy-Marine Corps Reserve Center, Encino

Navy-Marine Corps Reserve Center, Los Angeles

Onizuka Air Force Station

Riverbank Army Ammunition Plant

Connecticut

Sgt. Libby U.S. Army Reserve Center, New Haven

Submarine Base New London

Turner U.S. Army Reserve Center, Fairfield

U.S. Army Reserve Center Maintenance Support Facility, Middletown

Delaware

Kirkwood U.S. Army Reserve Center, Newark

Florida

Defense Finance and Accounting Service, Orlando

Navy Reserve Center, St. Petersburg

Georgia

Fort Gillem

Fort McPherson

Inspector/Instructor, Rome

Naval Air Station Atlanta

Naval Supply Corps School, Athens

U.S. Army Reserve Center, Columbus

Hawaii

Army National Guard Reserve Center, Honokaa

Idaho

Navy Reserve Center, Pocatello

Illinois

Armed Forces Reserve Center, Carbondale

Navy Reserve Center, Forest Park

Indiana

Navy Marine Corps Reserve Center, Grissom Air Reserve Base, Bunker Hill

Navy Recruiting District Headquarters, Indianapolis

Navy Reserve Center, Evansville

Newport Chemical Depot

U.S. Army Reserve Center, Lafayette

U.S. Army Reserve Center, Seston

Iowa

Navy Reserve Center, Cedar Rapids

Navy Reserve Center, Sioux City

Navy-Marine Corps Reserve Center, Dubuque

Kansas

Kansas Army Ammunition Plant

Kentucky

Army National Guard Reserve Center, Paducah

Defense Finance and Accounting Service, Lexington

Navy Reserve Center, Lexington

U.S. Army Reserve Center, Louisville

U.S. Army Reserve Center, Maysville

Louisiana

Baton Rouge Army National Guard Reserve Center

Naval Support Activity, New Orleans

Navy-Marine Corps Reserve Center, Baton Rouge

Roberts U.S. Army Reserve Center, Baton Rouge

Maine

Defense Finance and Accounting Service, Limestone

Naval Reserve Center, Bangor

Naval Shipyard Portsmouth

Maryland

Defense Finance and Accounting Service, Patuxent River

Navy Reserve Center, Adelphi

Pfc. Flair U.S. Army Reserve Center, Frederick

Massachusetts

Malony U.S. Army Reserve Center

Otis Air Guard Base

Westover U.S. Army Reserve Center, Citopee

Michigan

Navy Reserve Center Marquette

Parisan U.S. Army Reserve Center, Lansing

Selfridge Army Activity

W.K. Kellogg Airport Air Guard Station

Minnesota

Navy Reserve Center Duluth

Mississippi

Mississippi Army Ammunition Plant

Naval Station, Pascagoula

U.S. Army Reserve Center, Vicksburg

Missouri

Army National Guard Reserve Center, Jefferson Barracks

Defense Finance and Accounting Service, Kansas City

Defense Finance and Accounting Service, St. Louis

Marine Corps Support Center, Kansas City

Navy Recruiting District Headquarters, Kansas

Navy Reserve Center, Cape Girardeau

Montana

Galt Hall U.S. Army Reserve Center, Great Falls

Nebraska

Army National Guard Reserve Center, Columbus

Army National Guard Reserve Center, Grand Island

Army National Guard Reserve Center, Kearny

Naval Recruiting District Headquarters, Omaha

Navy Reserve Center, Lincoln

Nevada

Hawthorne Army Depot

New Hampshire

Doble U.S. Army Reserve Center, Portsmouth

Naval Shipyard Portsmouth

New Jersey

Fort Monmouth

Inspector/Instructor Center, West Trenton

Kilmer U.S. Army Reserve Center, Edison

New Mexico

Cannon Air Force Base

Jenkins Armed Forces Reserve Center, Albuquerque

New York

Armed Forces Reserve Center, Amityville

Army National Guard Reserve Center, Niagra Falls

Carpenter U.S. Army Reserve Center, Poughkeepsie

Defense Finance and Accounting Service, Rome

Navy Recruiting District Headquarters, Buffalo

Navy Reserve Center Glenn Falls

Navy Reserve Center Horsehead

Navy Reserve Center Watertown

Niagra Falls International Airport Air Guard Station

North Carolina

Navy Reserve Center, Asheville

Niven U.S. Army Reserve Center, Albermarle

Ohi

Army National Guard Reserve Center, Mansfield

Army National Guard Reserve Center, Westerville

Defense Finance and Accounting Service, Dayton

Mansfield Lahm Municipal Airport Air Guard Station

Navy-Marine Corps Reserve Center, Akron

Navy-Marine Corps Reserve Center, Cleveland

Parrott U.S. Army Reserve Center, Kenton

U.S. Army Reserve Center, Whitehall

Oklahoma

Armed Forces Reserve Center Broken Arrow

Armed Forces Reserve Center Muskogee

Army National Guard Reserve Center Tishomingo

Krowse U.S. Army Reserve Center, Oklahoma City

Navy-Marine Corps Reserve Center, Tulsa

Oklahoma City (95th)

Pennsylvania

Bristol

Engineering Field Activity Northeast

Kelly Support Center

Naval Air Station Willow Grove

Navy-Marine Corps Reserve Center, Reading

North Penn U.S. Army Reserve Center, Morristown

Pittsburgh International Airport Air Reserve Station

Serrenti U.S. Army Reserve Center, Scranton

U.S. Army Reserve Center Bloomsburg

U.S. Army Reserve Center Lewisburg

U.S. Army Reserve Center Williamsport

W. Reese U.S. Army Reserve Center/OMS, Chester

Puerto Rico

Army National Guard Reserve Center, Humacao

Lavergne U.S. Army Reserve Center, Bayamon

Rhode Island

Harwood U.S. Army Reserve Center, Providence

USARC Bristol

South Carolina

Defense Finance and Accounting Service, Charleston

South Naval Facilities Engineering Command

South Dakota

Ellsworth Air Force Base

Tennessee

U.S. Army Reserve Area Maintenance Support Facility, Kingsport

Texas

Army National Guard Reserve Center No. 2, Dallas

Army National Guard Reserve Center (Hondo Pass), El Paso

Army National Guard Reserve Center, California Crossing

Army National Guard Reserve Center, Ellington

Army National Guard Reserve Center, Lufkin

Army National Guard Reserve Center, Marshall

Army National Guard Reserve Center, New Braunfels

Brooks City Base

Defense Finance and Accounting Service, San Antonio

Lone Star Army Ammunition Plant

Naval Station, Ingleside

Navy Reserve Center, Lubbock

Navy Reserve Center, Orange

Red River Army Depot

U.S. Army Reserve Center No. 2, Houston

Utah

Deseret Chemical Depot

Virginia

Fort Monroe

Washington

1LT Richard H. Walker U.S. Army Reserve Center

Army National Guard Reserve Center, Everett

Navy-Marine Corps Reserve Center, Tacoma

U.S. Army Reserve Center, Fort Lawton

Vancouver Barracks

West Virginia

Bias U.S. Army Reserve Center, Huntington

Fairmont U.S. Army Reserve Center

Navy-Marine Corps Reserve Center, Moundsville

Wisconsin

Gen. Mitchell International Airport ARS

Navy Reserve Center, La Crosse

Navy-Marine Corps Reserve Center, Madison

Olson U.S. Army Reserve Center, Madison

U.S. Army Reserve Center, O'Connell

Wyoming

Army Aviation Support Facility, Cheyenne

Army National Guard Reserve Center, Thermopolis

Think we don't space or facilities? Think again.

[lady cop]

will they utilize these Tombstone?

[telaquapacky]

Great idea! What suggestion box will you slip it into?

[hotsauce]

can we make you in charge?

[Accountable]

25,000 due in to San Antonio's Kelly Air Force Base. Already started arriving.

[Tombstone]

Accountable wrote: 25,000 due in to San Antonio's Kelly Air Force Base. Already started arriving.


Wonderful!

[capt_buzzard]

Chris for PRESIDENT

[Adam Zapple]

I think using former facilities from prior BRAC initiatives would be a great idea. But it will be several years before those bases on this years list are closed. If the bases are to close, the last thing they need are thousands of refugees.

[Xxena]

There were thousands being sent to Minneapolis/St. Paul area according to my daugther that lives around there and about 3000 -3500 coming to chicago

as of 2 nights ago. BUT some of the Military bases, espeically closer to their

original homes would be an excellent idea... and most definitely set up to house thousands of people along with areas for showers, toilet etc, food prep and eating, medical assistance etc.

How come all the people in government that get the big bucks can never come up with anything that remotely resembles an intelligent idea... always comes from us drones out here in taxpayer land

THAT is the LIST OF THE BASES scheduled to be closed.. THAT long list...

THAT is some scarey stuff... are we going the route of the UK and others in their firearms/defense paranoia, downsizing military, neuturing the law enforcement

offices and leaving the rest of the population to defend themselves with paperclips and rubber bands from the mad and the bad of the world that prey on us without fear ?

According to your list there are a LOT of military facilities in Texas alone, would it not make more sense to move the people that cannot find alternative housing other than the dome shortly into these facilities that are more equipped to handle large groups of military personnel and their families for these people and the familes - its makes sense to put them to some good use for the time being rather than move military people out and let them sit vacant or at the hands of greedy developers enticing the Pentagon hiearchy with the lowball bids for the land

once cleared. That happened here after they closed the Glenview Naval Air base.. I knew a LOT Of guys that went through that base over the years. NOW its mega shopping mall haven with outragouesly priced townhomes and condo's.. some developer/group made a small fortune on the pennies it threw to

the government for the land once the base was deserted !

[observer1]

I think that's a wonderful idea to use our bases. However, a few on here, such as in Pascagoula, MS & Baton Rouge, LA may have sustained some severe damage due to the hurricane.

[Accountable]

Found out just today that the buildings we're using on Kelly, the base in San Antonio, is privately owned. Somebody bought them from the gov't some time ago and is charging standard rates to the Red Cross. Not everyone is charitable, just nice.