Shelters: Tennessee
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| URL | http://www.crisiswiki.org/Shelters:_Tennessee |
|---|---|
| State | Tennessee |
| Resource type | Preparing for an emergency, Getting help after an emergency, Recovery, News |
| Resource sub-type | Shelters/Lodging/Relocation/Evacuation |
| Types of emergencies handled | Severe weather; Flooding and tsunami |
| Area(s) covered | Tennessee |
Contents |
Tennessee Shelter Information
During Any Storm
- Shelter info
- Other
Ike Specific Information 2008
- NewsChannel19 - TEMA formally advised FEMA Region IV that Tennessee will not be available to provide shelter for Ike evacuees
Gustav Specific Information 2008
- Tennessean.com - flights of 6,000 evacuees to Memphis, Nashville, Knoxville, Kingsport and Chattanooga
- Nashville Shelter Information - Nashville Red Cross Shelters
- WATE.com
- Knoxville:
- Kingston Colonial Heights Methodist Church
- Park West Church of God
- Kingsport Civic Auditorium shelter
- Parkway Church of God on Middlebrook Pike
- First Baptist Church downtown
- Bearden:
- Central Baptist Church (on standby)
- Murfreesboro:
- MTSU Rec Center is housing refugees
- Gustav evacuee: MTSU ‘a good place to ride it out’ DNJ Aug 31 2008
- The shelter, a combination effort between MTSU and the Heart of Tennessee chapter of the American Red Cross, is designed to hold 425 people. The first busload arrived at 11:30 a.m., followed by a second around 1:45 p.m. By 4 p.m., the shelter had a total of 231 people.
- Memphis: CommercialAppeal.com - Memphis area shelters: "There are 12 shelters operating in Shelby County, another in Tunica and one in West Memphis."
- 9 shelters for those evacuated by FEMA
- 3 shelters for those who fled on their own (all at capacity )
- Bishop Byrne High School
- Memphis Catholic High
- Cummings Street Missionary Baptist Church
