Residents of Plaquemines Parish find shelter at a local high school after Hurricane Isaac made a mess of their neighborhoods.
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It is not clear when they will return home. (Aug. 31)
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[Notes:AP][Notes:Aug. 31, 2012][Notes:Belle Chasse (Plaquemines Parish), LA.][Notes:Reginald Fountain]SOT: Pretty stressed now. Pretty stressed now. Not really breaking but I'm ready to go home. Basically that's it. I'm ready to go home, get back on with my life. I love living in Plaquemines Parish, I don't love the hurricanes. I'm not moving. I'm not leaving for anything. I'm going to go back home and try it again. Hopefully keep my fingers crossed it won't happen again.[Notes:Tiffany Phillips]SOT: We evacuated Monday and it's been really hard on us, because, it's like we've been through this before with Katrina and now we have to go through it all over again. Rebuild, some people probably not going to go back because there's nothing to go back to.[Notes:James Demolle]SOT: Me, I take one day at a time all the time. One day at a time because we just came off a big disaster with Katrina. Then we came off another disaster with BP. So I learned how to just deal with stress. I'm dealing with stress right now. But one day at a time, take it like that, that's it.STORYLINE:All were evacuated from various locations in Plaquemines Parish and have been staying at Belle Chasse High School since Monday night.All have no idea when they'll be able to return to their homes. There are about 100 people staying at the school right now.(****END****) ANCHOR VOICE: -------------------------VIDEO PRODUCER: ---------------------------VIDEO SOURCE: AP-----------------------VIDEO APPROVAL: ----------------------------VIDEO RESTRICTIONS: None----------------------------------MARKET EMBARGO (S): --------------------------------SCRIPT/WIRE SOURCE:
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