Evacuees?

Where did this term come from? I do not like it.

When I think of evacuating, I think of emptying one's bowels. This is even more inappropriate since so much of the "white wing" of the GOP has termed New Orleans as "the colon of America" over the years.

What is wrong with calling those seeking shelter from a storm "refugees"? That's always what they've been called before.

God help them if someone ever starts calling them "insurgents" (from the "storm surge").

Also, saying they have merely evacuated implies they wil soon have something to which to return. I think the majority of them will never be returning. They are not only refugees. They are migrants within their own country. They will eventually be "resettled' in new communities.