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September 1, 2008
Posted: 01:48 PM ET
The eeriness was chilling. I heard rats scamper above me in this abandoned house. A mattress on the floor. Signs of life, but not tonight. A dedicated homeless advocate named Mike Miller took us on a tour of some of the thousands of abandoned homes used by the homeless in New Orleans. Early Sunday morning, Miller went from one rickety building to the next, looking for stragglers who may be riding out the storm or who don’t know about the mandatory evacuation. 
Inside one of the abandoned homes  Miller works for Unity of Greater New Orleans, a non-profit group that helps the homeless find housing. When we were here in May dozens of people still lived under the freeway in tents, a stark reminder that the memories of Hurricane Katrina were still vivid. In the darkness of the underpass, only one man remained, sprawled on the cement and seemingly oblivious to the impending hurricane. He told us he planned to leave, but Miller says many of the homeless in this city won’t heed the warnings to get out. “I’ve been looking for you,” Miller said to one man in a park. He managed to take at least one man to a bus station where he would get a free ticket out of New Orleans. It would be just a temporary escape. This is their home, Miller told us, and they will be back. Soon it would be time for Miller, his wife and baby to leave too. He will return another day to help the invisible people of New Orleans. (SIU Producer Scott Zamost contributed to this report). Posted by: Abbie Boudreau |
 
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