Evacuees leave Oklahoma City shelter

 
By Augie Frost
Published: September 6, 2008

The last bus carrying Hurricane Gustav evacuees was expected to leave Oklahoma City Friday night and head to Louisiana.

The 564 people who remained at the Lucent Technologies plant-turned-shelter Friday morning were to board buses and head for Shreveport , La., police Sgt. Paco Balderrama said. They were to be fed a McDonald's meal, and the last bus was scheduled to leave by 10 p.m.

"We were given infor...


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