We will post a list of shelters as they are opened by each parish during weather emergencies. Each parish in the Greater New Orleans area, as of 1996, has assumed the responsibility of surveying, opening, staffing, and running all public shelters during hurricanes.
Parishes are responsible for covering the financial burden as well.
The Red Cross, which traditionally performed these tasks and assumed the liability and related costs, will no longer provide sheltering south of Interstate 12. This decision was based on the belief that sheltering in Southeast Louisiana is too great a risk for Red Cross staff and the general public. However, not all of the public can or will evacuate in enough time to clear the risk area and local government will have the responsibility to find expedient shelters for them. Please read it.