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SHELTER FROM THE STORM — In Registro, city officials created a flood evacuee shelter program by constructing an exposition hall with a roof but no walls on the fairground. When the risk areas flood, the residents are relocated to the shelter area where heavy plastic is draped from the roof to form walls. Evacuee families partition the enclosed area with their furniture and other belongings to provide personal privacy. An advantage of using the fairground is that the city has a legitimate reason for evicting those favelados who find the temporary shelter to be quite acceptable as permanent living quarters. When time for the regularly scheduled events that utilize the exposition space comes near, the city has a publicly acceptable rationale for evicting the homesteaders.