Elders Abandoned

HOUSTON (AP) - Texas Governor Rick Perry says an investigation
is planned into why staff at a public housing complex in Houston
apparently left elderly residents without care overnight during
Hurricane Ike.
Perry says many of the residents of the federally subsidized
Independence Hall complex have medical problems and needed help.
After residents complained, a FEMA task force showed up at 2
o'clock Sunday morning and checked on them. The agency says they
checked again during daylight hours and that residents who wanted
to leave were taken to a shelter at a convention center.
Of a total 260 residents, about 50 went to the center. Some
others went to stay with family members.
The property manager says she couldn't really force residents to
leave, but could just "keep an eye" on those who stayed.