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...King struck out with the relief organizations, he began looking online. He found openyourhome.com started by Serena Howard, a mother of five in Fayetteville, Ark. (So far, Howard says, she has registered almost 30,000 would-be hosts and placed 2,000 evacuees.) That's where King found the Meehan-Hoo family...
Yolanda and Jan Meehan-Hoo evacuated Slidell, La., with their children and Yolanda's mother, who has Alzheimer's and diabetes, one day before the hurricane hit. They drove away from the storm for more than 28 hours, averaging 10 m.p.h. most of the way. The brakes of their gray Suzuki Esteem hatchback eventually gave out, so they rode the emergency brake. "I said, 'C'mon, baby, you gotta get us out of here,'" says Yolanda. "She names her cars. This one was Betsy," explains Jan, laughing and holding Yolanda's hand in the Attleboro kitchen...
...conservative retiree would want to play host to a lesbian couple and their family, Yolanda instructed Jan to poke around for clues. But, says Jan, "I felt at ease almost instantly." King and his wife Marie Hancock-King offered a tour of the house and pointed out where the Meehan-Hoo kids could sleep. "Marie asked how she should refer to us," says Jan. "She said, 'You gotta educate me.' I said, 'I call Yolanda my wife, and she calls me her wife...
...town of Attleboro has aggressively adopted the Meehan-Hoos. Locals have given them $600 in Old Navy gift cards and $60 in Borders certificates. A nearby inn has donated a romantic dinner for two for the couple. A coffee shop will deliver a pastry tray every week, "from now until whenever," according to Kim Allard, a city councilor who has helped arrange donations. "It's unbelievable," says Yolanda. "I told Jan, 'There's no way we can ever move out of this town...
Last Thursday evening the three Meehan-Hoo kids sat around the kitchen table and painted pictures of their house in Louisiana, which is now under three feet of water. Then the boys played video games with Marie's daughter Sabrina, while Taylor, 9, climbed the tree out front. The population in the Attleboro household has almost doubled. "This hectic situation has got to calm down," admits King. They plan to hold weekly family meetings and vent freely all the time. To Jan's relief, Marie has started to chastise the Meehan-Hoo kids. "She jumped in and said...