Bush Visits Alabama High School Hit By Tornado
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- Bush Visits Alabama High School Hit By Tornado
- US agency shuts down trailer site housing dozens of Hurricane Katrina…
- Forecaster predicts ‘very active’ hurricane season
- BACK T NATURE: Woman devastated by hurricane brings fishing to other…
- Bush tours deadly tornado’s damage in Alabama
Bush Visits Alabama High School Hit By Tornado
FXNews – Mar 4, 2007
His disaster relief chief came along for a firsthand look at the damage so he could make quick recommendations to the White House on requests for help from Washington. The trip quickly put together Friday was intended to highlight his administration’s stepped-up efforts through the Federal Emergency Agency in particular to help disaster victims. The White House came under withering criticism for its sluggish response to Hurricane Katrina in 2005. More than 30 tornadoes killed at least 20 people across the Midwest and Southeast on Thursday. In this southeastern corner of Alabama the storm injured 50 people and damaged or destroyed about 370 homes among the 22000 residents. n the second leg of his visit Bush toured Americus Ga. about 120 miles south of Atlanta where storms killed two people and destroyed dozens of homes and businesses… n the second leg of his visit Bush toured Americus Ga. about 120 miles south of Atlanta where storms killed two people and destroyed dozens of homes and businesses. A tornado smashed into Sumter Regional Hospital filling it with glass dirt and debris and flooding two operating rooms. It was deemed unsafe for its 100 patients. The president stopped by the home where the two had died; the tornado tore the back of the house away leaving rooms exposed. When she saw Bush Benita Fletcher called her boyfriend and then handed her phone to the president. “President Bush calling” Bush said.
US agency shuts down trailer site housing dozens of Hurricane Katrina…
International Herald Tribune – Mar 4, 2007
Many of the residents were moved to other FEMA locations in the Hammond area agency spokesman Manuel Broussard said. For Allsee Tobias though it still felt like yet another failure of the federal government to help Hurricane Katrina victims even if the goal was to safeguard their health. “They know how to put me out but they don't know how to help me out. That's how I look at it” said Tobias who lost his New rleans home in Katrina's flooding and then was told to leave his Hammond trailer over the weekend. He and about 20 relatives including 10 children lived in four trailers and were anxious about being split up.
Forecaster predicts ‘very active’ hurricane season
Ireland nline – Mar 4, 2007
Forecaster William Gray said he expects 17 named storms in all this year five of them major hurricanes with sustained winds of 111mph or greater. The probability of a major hurricane making landfall on the US coast this year: 74% compared with the average of 52% over the past century he said. Last year Gray?s forecast and government forecasts were higher than what the Atlantic hurricane season produced. There were 10 named Atlantic storms in 2006 and five hurricanes two of them major in what was considered a ?near normal? season. None of those hurricanes hit the US Atlantic coast ? only the 11th time that has occurred since 1945. Gray?s research team at Colorado State University said an unexpected late El Nino contributed to the calmer season last year.
BACK T NATURE: Woman devastated by hurricane brings fishing to other…
Free with registration – Sun Herald – AccessMyLibrary.com – Mar 4, 2007
The mother of two was left dealing with stress of starting over at the age of 38. Like the residents of South Mississippi following Hurricane Katrina Espenscheid bounced back in a positive manner. In fact while dealing with nature in the worst possible way Espenscheid took her recovery fight to the cause — nature itself — and founded Fishin’ Chix a group designed to get women involved in the popular sport of fishing both salt and freshwater. This weekend Espenscheid has been hosting seminars geared toward women during.
Bush tours deadly tornado’s damage in Alabama
China Post – Mar 4, 2007
Midwest and Southeast on Thursday. Bush designated Coffee County in Alabama’s southeastern corner as a disaster area releasing millions of dollars in federal aid for recovery and individual assistance. Bush also got a bird’s-eye view of the tornado damage as his Marine ne helicopter followed the deadly storm’s path. Bush scheduled the trip to highlight his administration’s increased efforts through the Federal Emergency Agency in particular to help victims. “That’s the new FEMA” the agency’s director R. David Paulison told reporters aboard Air Force ne during the flight from Washington. The White House and the disaster relief agency came under severe criticism for the government’s sluggish response to Hurricane Katrina that tore through Louisiana and Mississippi in 2005… “That’s the new FEMA” the agency’s director R. David Paulison told reporters aboard Air Force ne during the flight from Washington. The White House and the disaster relief agency came under severe criticism for the government’s sluggish response to Hurricane Katrina that tore through Louisiana and Mississippi in 2005. “With the system we used in the past we were waiting for a local community to become overwhelmed before the state steps in and waiting for the state to become overwhelmed before the federal government steps in” Paulison said. “That doesn’t work. We have to go in as partners. ” Paulison said he was on the telephone with state emergency officials hours after the tornadoes hit.