Evacuees compare Robeson shelter conditions to Katrina

Name: Evacuees compare Robeson shelter conditions to Katrina
Uploaded: 2016-10-10T23:03:03.000Z
Duration: 2 min 9 s
Description: Hundreds of Lumberton residents were forced to flee their homes early Monday as water from Hurricane Matthew poured into their neighborhoods.

Hundreds of Lumberton residents were forced to flee their homes early Monday as water from Hurricane Matthew poured into their neighborhoods.

Posted 10/10/2016, 11:03:03 PM Updated 9/23/2025, 7:51:31 PM

A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THIS AREA

ARE STILL IN SHOCK.

WE ARE ALSO GETTING A LOOK AT

SOME OF THE FLOODING GOING ON

IN ROBESON COUNTY.

EARLIER GOVERNOR McCRORY HAD

TOLD US A LEVEE HAD BROKE AND

THAT WAS CAUSE AGO LOT OF

FLOODING.

THE LEVEE DIDN'T ACTUALLY

BREACH BUT THE WATER WAS SO

HIGH, IT WAS GOING AROUND THE

LEVEE.

GILBERT BAEZ HAS A LOOK AT SOME

OF THAT.

>> Reporter: THIS IS A SHELTER

THAT HAS BEEN SET UP.

WE HAVE SEVERAL HUNDRED PEOPLE

HERE AND THEY ARE TELLING US

THE CONDITIONS ARE NOT THAT

GOD.

THE FLOOD VICTIMS ARE BEING

BUSSED TO SEVERAL HIGH SCHOOLS.

VICKI MOORE IS ONE OF THEM.

>> I HARD A NOISE WHICH IS WHAT

WOKE ME UP OUT OF MY SLEEP.

WHEN I WOKE UP, WE HAD TO GET

OUT.

I HAD TO THROW MY BABY ON MY

SHOULDER AND GET THE EL

BAKRAOUI AND THE CLOTHES WE HAD

ON.

WE DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO GET

ANYTHING.

>> Reporter: MOORE SAYS SHE

THREW HER BABY OVER HER

SHOULDER AND LEFT WITH THE

CLOTHE ON HER BACK.

THERE IS OWN ONE GENERATOR AT

THIS SITE AND TWO PORTABLE

TOILET FOR HUNDREDS TO HAVE USE

INCLUDING THOSE IN WHEELCHAIRS.

CHRISTINE SPIVEY SAYS THE

CONDITIONS OF THE SHELTER

REMIND HER OF THOSE EXPERIENCED

BY HURRICANE KATRINA SURJIVERS

PEOPLE OUTSIDE USING THE PORTA-

POTTIES.

THEY DON'T WANT NOBODY TO COME

IN HERE AND USE THE BATHROOM IN

THE SCHOOL.

>> Reporter: THE EMERGENCY

OPERATIONS CENTER IN LUMBERTON

IS PACKED WITH SEVERAL AGENCIES

TRYING TO COORDINATE THE

RESCUE.

THEY SAY THE SCOPE OF THE THE

OPERATION A LITTLE

OVERWHELMING.

>> WE NEED MORE RESOURCES.

WE NEED EMERGENCY ELECTRICITY.

WE NEED ICE, WATER.

WE NEED THE NORMAL SUPPLIES

THAT YOU WOULD NEED IN A

SITUATION LIKE THIS.

>> Reporter: FEMA AND OTHER

AGENCIES ARE HELPING.

BUT EVACUEES SAY THEY NEED HELP

RIGHT NOW.

>> CAN YOU ALL PLEASE SEND SOME

HELP, FOOD, CLOTHES, WHATEVER

YOU HAVE.

YOU DON'T HAVE -- JUST THROW IT

BY THE ROAD.

WE NEED WHATEVER YOU CAN GIVE

AND DONATE TO US.

>> YOU CAN SEE THERE ARE A

NUMBER OF DONATION AND CLOSE

BUT THEY IMMEDIATE MUCH MORE.

CAN YOU GET IN CONTACT WITH THE

RED CROSS TO DONATE ANYTHING