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By Laura MaggiSta� writer

Thousands of people weath-ered long waits, some in the hot sun, to sign up for disaster food stamps in New Orleans, Coving-ton and Westwego on Wednes-day, the fi rst day that residents of the nine parishes hit hardest by Hurricane Isaac could receive the assistance.

At the A lar io Center in Westwego, hundreds were camped out even before state workers opened the doors. The line of appli-cants eventually snaked around the building and out into the park-ing lot. At UNO’s Lakefront Are-na, the line was mostly inside the air-conditioned building, but some applicants reported waiting four or fi ve hours to be seen by one of the Department of Children and Family Services workers. The wait was long as well at First Bap-tist Church on Louisiana 1085 in Covington, where at 3:30 p.m. there were still about 300 people

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Applicants taken in alphabetical order

Thousands get in line to apply for food help

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By Christine HarveySt. Tammany bureau

In Slidell to tour the damage caused by Hurricane Isaac, FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate said Wednesday morning that he will make sure the agency does every-thing it can to support Gov. Bobby Jindal, his team and local offi cials in moving along the recovery process in south Louisiana.

Fugate met with St. Tammany Parish Pres-ident Pat Brister, Slidell Mayor Freddy Dren-nan and other elected offi cials to learn about the damage on the north shore and answer questions about FEMA’s ability to help.

During the meeting, Brister took the opportunity to press Fugate about a hurri-cane protection plan for St. Tammany Par-ish, as well as all of the parishes in the Lake Pontchartrain basin.

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He assures officials of help

FEMA director views damage in Tammany

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By Jennifer BoquetRiver Parishes bureau

As Frenier residents return to their homes to dry out and clean up, some are also reassessing their future in the small waterfront community in St. John the Baptist Parish that was on the front lines of the storm surge brought in from Lake Pontchartrain by Hurricane Isaac.

For Louie Lipps, owner of The Crab Trap restaurant, that means shutting the doors of his lakefront business for good.

“I want to thank my customers for the last seven years,” he said. “But I’m not going to reopen. There are too many rules and regulations.”

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By Benjamin Alexander-BlochSta� writer

wight Robinson spent Wednesday afternoon looking for his mother’s casket along the levee in eastern Plaquemines Parish. He had just driven past his aunt’s crypt, now

tucked in the slant of the east bank levee that skirts the Mississippi River.

Robinson, 59, was walking through

the world in utter shock. He was over-whelmed and in disbelief that Hurri-cane Isaac had moved the crypt about a quarter mile from its cemetery. When he walked out to examine it, he locked his keys in his car.

As he awaited help, he paced with a long shovel along Louisiana 39, the high-way that runs between two levees from Braithwaite past Pointe a la Hache.

For one, journey back includes a search for mother’s casket

Plaquemines residents returnto find memories, ponder future

Craig FugateFEMA chief goes from Slidell to Madisonville

Pat BristerCalls forfl ood barrierat Rigolets

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Chad Guidry holds up a piece of his shower as he tries to salvage belongings in Frenier. ‘There’s nothing left of my house except for pilings,’ he said. ‘It was devastating to come down that road and not see it.’

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Hundreds of people wait outside the Alario Center in Westwego on Wednesday to get disaster food benefi ts being offered by the state for residents affected by Hurricane Isaac. People whose last names begin with A, B or C fi lled out applications Wednesday.

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DFred Leslie is helped into a boat by Jesse Shaffer after he and his half-brother made their way to Leslie’s house to retrieve items Wednes-day. The Braithwaite neigh-borhood is still under four feet of water eight days after Hurricane Isaac came ashore to the south.See PLAQUEMINES, A-8

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