First Gustav Evacuees Begin Arriving In Tyler

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“They already have a bracelet with a barcode,” Captain Akin said. “They will walk through the scanner and it automatically loads into the computers. We have a list of where they need to go.”

“We are really streamlining this process,” said Susan Guthrie, city of Tyler communications director. Before leaving Beaumont, evacuees have already been entered into an intricate computer system that will keep track of them once they make it to Tyler.

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