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Some refugees said they are ready to stay in Memphis forever. Some can't wait to get back to New Orleans.

Elvis Hyde is one of the latter.

Hyde spent four nights at the Comfort Inn and is moving temporarily to Lafayette. He has in-laws in Lafayette who are renting him an apartment. Their in-laws found him a one-bedroom apartment for $800 - the price in Monday's paper. On Tuesday, the owner wanted $2,000 for the apartment. His family is reporting the person to the state Attorney General for price gouging.

to NO teachers that face unemployment as the schoolyear begins:

Interim Orleans Public Schools Superintendent Ora Watson said Thursday that �at a minimum I believe it will be a couple of months� before the storm-damaged school system can become operational. She urged displaced families to enroll their children temporarily in other school systems.

Watson, in a telephone interview, also said that �it may be prudent� for Orleans teachers in the system to seek work elsewhere. She could not guarantee that teachers who do not find other jobs will continue receiving paychecks from the Orleans system without interruption.

�I would encourage them not to wait,� she said.

to "facts on the ground" over a neighborhood's condition:

Central Marrero suffered some fallen trees and roof damage but very little sign of flooding from Hurricane Katrina, Marrero Estelle Volunteer Fire Chief Perry Leblanc said Thursday.

�We can�t go through all the streets yet� because of fallen trees and power lines, Leblanc said, but subdivisions including Oak Knoll, Hill Crest and Oak Forest did not contain any floodwater. �We didn�t see any water line on the houses,� he said.

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