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# Hurricane survivors find footing in SM By Daily Press staff
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/hurricane-survivors-find-footing-in-sm-by-daily-press-staff/
- Published: 2005-09-08T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T07:44:35.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Real Estate & Housing, Santa Monica, #archive-import

Several individuals from New Orleans and the surrounding Hurricane Katrina disaster area have arrived in Santa Monica and sought the help of the local chapter of the American Red Cross.

All of them have traveled to Santa Monica on their own and have not been sent by any governmental agency, officials said. Victims are entitled to aid through numerous other federal, state and local government programs, including unemployment compensation as well as the American Red Cross.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has just begun issuing $2,000 debit cards to hurricane victims. The cards can be used for travel, housing, food, clothing and other necessities.

Victims who have checked in with the Santa Monica chapter already have made their own short-term housing arrangements and the chapter did place one family in a hotel.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on September 8, 2005.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/090805.pdf?ref=smdp.com)