After Katrina, FEMA eventually managed to deliver and set up about 38, 000 of these travel trailers.
For them, there are boutique companies such as Timeless Travel Trailers, of Wheat Ridge, Colo.
Mayor MORAN: That's right, we were working with FEMA to provide some sites for emergency travel trailers.
Now there are nearly 600 travel trailers arranged in rows, each with its own power and water hookup.
It does not have the parking, or the right demographics, for 25, 000-pound motor homes or 40-foot travel trailers.
Barnett said the parish asked FEMA more than two weeks ago for 23, 000 travel trailers but, as of Tuesday, had received just 300.
The electric wiring in a lot of the travel trailers are not really meant to sustain families 24 hours a day for a couple of years.
They also called for the relocation of high-profile vehicles -- including vans, motor homes, travel trailers and hitched boats -- that could hinder traffic if expanded evacuations become necessary.
He's doing all he can to make sure that those who want to can move from the auditorium to the town's newest subdivision of travel trailers just down the street.
Mr. MIKE HIRSCH (Federal Emergency Management Agency): We want to make sure, before people move into mobile homes and travel trailers, that there are no toxic materials in the area.
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Down in the area Katrina hit, more than 100, 000 travel trailers have been ordered to shelter displaced residents of the region, but those trailers seem to be moving in slow motion.
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In October of 2005, shortly after the storms, federal officials cautioned government workers to limit their time in travel trailers, but a similar warning was not give to the trailers' new inhabitants.
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