Del. Evacuees Seek Shelter At Lewes Area High School - WMDT 47 News - Delmarva's Choice

LEWES, Del. - Martha Phillips and Terry Short, like most other Delaware residents are trying to escape the wrath of Sandy.

"We just met up here and found a deck of cards," said Phillips. 

Both ladies are staying here at Cape Henlopen High School in Lewes, one of the many shelters set up in the state.  The Long Neck residents say they weren't taking any chances and hope others follow suit.   

"I just hope everything works out fine with the storm and more people come into the shelter instead of trying to stay with their trailer homes," said Short.    

The Red Cross, along with other organizations are trying to keep evacuees as safe and secure as possible.

"We have security, we have medical facilities provided by both the Delaware Public Health Services and the Delaware National Guard," said Rick Peterson, the shelter manager for Red Cross.

"We're going to do everything we can to make sure that you stay healthy until you can get back to your home," said Dr. John Mulkey, Col. for the Delaware National Guard.

With the uncertainty of Sandy, volunteers are on their toes.     

"We didn't even know we we're going to come here until 8 o'clock this morning so we don't know what's next," said Steve Thomas of AmeriCorps NCCC. "We don't know how long we're going to be here.  We don't know where we're going after this."

In Sussex County, there are two other shelters at Milford Middle and Indian River High, which is the only one not accepting pets.  Also, there are two in Kent County, Dover High and Smyrna Middle.

If you need a ride to the nearest shelter, you can call the Kent County Emergency Operations Center at 302-735-3465.  Sussex County EOC is 302-856-7366.