Scores of Hurricane Laura evacuee awoke on Friday to bad news.
They were being asked to vacate their hotel rooms.
Many of them don’t have homes to go back to.
Even more have families they need to shelter, like San Stephenson of Lake Charles.
"My children come first before anything if it was up to me I could stay at my house no electricity or water. When you have children you need to make sure their welfare is in safety. That is my main concern.”
Many family heads called the 800-number they were provided by state officials only to find endless waiting for representative or no answer at all.
"I called them, waited two hours on hold. They told me they were going to email me with the reservation; never received it. Other people have been on hold for five hours," said Sires Ceasar from Lake Charles.
WWL-TV affiliate KHOU-TV in Houston says the Texas Division of Emergency Management is working with the Red Cross to move evacuees further inland due to Houston still being vulnerable to hurricanes as the season winds down.
"We applied for FEMA; they have given me no information. Apparently they have to go and inspect the house," Stephenson said "FEMA has not given us a voucher for housing."
Meanwhile residents were given a new phone number with more accessible representatives and shorter wait times.
This will allow evacuees to make reservations as they move North toward Dallas.
The Red Cross also says they have people on the ground in Houston to assist people.