Many Rita victims still wait for relief
(AP)
Updated: 2005-09-28 19:57

Nederland City Manager Andre Wimer said "it's been a terribly frustrating four days" because of problems getting help from the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

"I can appreciate the difficulty in responding to a disaster that was this widespread but at the same time we certainly feel we've not received a level of service that was satisfactory," he said.

Perry and President Bush surveyed parts of the damaged region Tuesday, asking for patience while federal and state relief makes it way there.

"There's always going to be those discombobulations, but the fact is everyone is doing everything possible to restore power back to this area," Perry said.

About 476,000 people remained without electricity in Texas on Tuesday, in addition to around 285,000 in Louisiana. About 15,000 out-of-state utility workers were being brought to the region to help restore power.

Ortiz was blocking residents from returning for three to five days because of a lack of services. The estimated 2,000 people who stayed put during the storm, which made landfall Saturday along the Texas-Louisiana border, face an overnight curfew.

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