FEMA Sends Ice Trucks Bound For New Orleans to Maine

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Dozens of trucks, contracted by FEMA, that were supposed to deliver ice to victims of hurricane Katrina have been diverted to Portland, Maine for the time being. Nobody knows why.

City officials say they have no idea why the trucks are here, only that the city has been asked to help out with traffic problems. But the truck drivers spoke to said they went all the way down to the gulf coast with the ice -- stayed for a few days -- and then were told by FEMA they needed to drive to Maine to store it.

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