Ark. pols blast FEMA for tornado response
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- Ark. pols blast FEMA for tornado response
- A Space Eye on Tornado’s Wrath
- Analysis: Germany’s Tornado challenge.
- ‘It had to come in the tornado’: Bibb woman convinced bowling…
- Hurricane Part Dos
- FEMA Auctions off Hurricane Trailers
- … Concerts Into Fundraisers for Victims of Deadly Tornado…
Ark. pols blast FEMA for tornado response
USA Today – Mar 8, 2007
Democrats dominate Arkansas politics and all but one member of Arkansas’ six congressional members are Democrats. Wednesday both Ross and Pryor repeated their calls for FEMA to move government trailers parked at Hope to Desha County for displaced residents there. The trailer were originally intended for Hurricane Katrina survivors. Pryor said that while Arkansans opened their homes churches and shelters to help Katrina evacuees after FEMA failed to respond quickly to the 2005 disaster the federal agency now won’t move the trailers 100 miles from Hope to Dumas to help Arkansans. “It’s just bewildering” Pryor said. Paulison has told the senator Pryor said that the agency can’t move the trailers to Desha County until Bush makes the disaster declaration. Pryor challenged that reasoning saying Congress passed legislation last year to allow for the “common good use” of the trailers.
A Space Eye on Tornado’s Wrath
Space Com – Mar 8, 2007
MsoNormal{margin:0in;margin-bottom:. 0001pt;font-size:12… 0pt;font-family:Arial’>. 0pt;font-family:Arial’>HereIkonos shows the result of the tornado’s rampage in a March 5 view (top) ascompared to a Feb. 0pt;font-family:Arial’>. 0pt;font-family:Arial’>The clusterof rectangular and U-shaped buildings in the lower left of both images comprisethe main structures of Enterprise High School which sat directly in thetwister’s path.
Analysis: Germany’s Tornado challenge.
Free with registration – UPI International Intelligence – AccessMyLibrary.com – Mar 8, 2007
–>CPYRIGHT 2007 United Press International Byline: STEFAN NICLA BERLIN March 8 (UPI) — Germany’s Parliament Friday decides on a controversial mission of German reconnaissance jets in Afghanistan where a NAT spring offensive aims to drive back the Taliban. The German government agreed last month to send eight Panavia Tornado reconnaissance planes — six in constant flying with two back-up planes — and roughly 500 additional soldiers to Afghanistan to aid the NAT-led International Security Assistance Force. The Tornados are tasked with identifying potential targets for ISAF and the U. -led peration Enduring Freedom and will relay back to mission control highly detailed photos of the ground in Afghanistan. The jets could fly their first missions as early as mid-April but as Germany’s lawmakers.
‘It had to come in the tornado’: Bibb woman convinced bowling…
Free with registration – Macon Telegraph – AccessMyLibrary.com – Mar 8, 2007
‘It had to come in the tornado’: Bibb woman convinced bowling ball deposited in yard by last week’s storms. (08-MAR-07) Macon Telegraph (Macon GA). 8–When Connie Griffith looked into her backyard Friday morning she saw a shiny red bowling ball. How the ball mysteriously appeared in Griffith’s southwest Bibb Coun.
Hurricane Part Dos
Pitch Weekly – Mar 8, 2007
what no Tawny? Subject(s):The HurricaneWe unknowingly picked “d” when we went to check out. We paid a $6 cover to see… ” Much of the Hurricane Part Dos is still the same which is a plus. The round bar is one of the coolest in town. A stack of molded circles — stacked and decorated like an upside-down wedding cake and painted in shades of blue yellow and maroon — hangs over the wood bar. Circular shelves of liquor surround the center post. Behind the bar that night were two familiar faces: Dutch whom we met at Pin-Up Bowl and T.
FEMA Auctions off Hurricane Trailers
Christian Broadcasting Network – Mar 8, 2007
com – FEMA is auctioning off thousands of trailers used by storm victims in hurricanes Katrina and Rita. The fire-sale prices have mobile home dealers worried. Dealers fear the government will flood the market with the trailers and depress prices. Critics say the agency ordered more trailers than it needed and left them exposed to the elements. It is estimated that FEMA has 60000 trailers in storage nationwide- exactly how many were never used is unclear.
… Concerts Into Fundraisers for Victims of Deadly Tornado…
Free with registration – PR Newswire – AccessMyLibrary.com – Mar 8, 2007
Hicks is partnering with the American Red Cross to raise funds for victims of the violent tornado that struck Enterprise Alabama on March 2 killing eight students and destroying the local high school. Hicks a native of Birmingham is currently headlining his first national tour with dates scheduled through May. CPYRIGHT 2007 PR Newswire Association LLC.