New Orleans Hotel Provides Shelter to Journalists

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Channel: Voice of America · 2008 · Travel & Events

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Up to two million people evacuated the city of New Orleans and surrounding areas in advance of Hurricane Gustav, which was not nearly as severe as Hurricane Katrina three years earlier.  VOA's Barry Wood in New Orleans tells us about a French Quarter hotel that for traveling journalists provided welcome shelter from the storm.

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