Katrina Evacuees Search for Any Work, Anywhere

Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita put many people out of work, more than 400,000. These people are looking for new jobs in different cities and suddenly raising the unemployment and displacement of so many people. These people are moving all around looking for temporary or permanent work. To help these people out, non-profit organizations and numerous job fairs are making the search for a job a little easier. There is an online job bank for hurricane survivors that lists over 80,000 jobs. But does this mean that the job bank online is exclusively for hurricane survivors to use? Why is there suddenly a concern about unemployed workers when they are everywhere? Some of the businesses in the south are hiring hurricane survivors just to be able to help out and provide a paycheck. A couple of workers have walked off and went back home, and the employers were fine with just being able to help a little. Isn't this hurting the economy? These displaced people are moving to cities that already have an unemployment problem.