‘We Called It Hurricane FEMA’
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‘We Called It Hurricane FEMA’
Washington Post – Mar 12, 2007
"It was like shock and awe" recalled Ron Harrell 40 a tenant. "We called it Hurricane FEMA. "The Yorkshire residents were eventually scattered to other FEMA parks. But their sudden evacuation last weekend illustrates the upheavals that still accompany life in a government trailer park 18 months after the hurricane struck the Gulf Coast in August 2005. About 12000 households in Louisiana live in such settlements temporary arrangements that only out of desperation are being stretched out indefinitely. Almost all of the trailers’ occupants were renters before the storm; unlike homeowners they received no direct rebuilding assistance from the federal government. Some parks are rife with crime.
Instant IT: the GA’s Hurricane Central helps coordinate the…
Free with registration – Computerworld – AccessMyLibrary.com – Mar 12, 2007
“The GA managing director overseeing the recovery asked if we could put something together that would allow the teams to coordinate their work share documents and keep up to speed on what other people were doing” says Cicco. “The key goals were to make it easier for them to plan their work and to ensure efficiency by avoiding overlap. ” Congress had assigned the GA the task of reviewing the hurricane recovery efforts. The job entailed the coordinated efforts of 13 mission teams specializing in areas as diverse as banking public health and flood control–as well as the participation of staff from the U. Department of Homeland Security the.
NBI brings new technology to hurricane panels
Sarasota Herald-Tribune – Mar 12, 2007
Patent ffice in Washington D. The goal of NBI Corp. is to bring tested technology to the hurricane protection industry by creating State of Florida Building Commission-approved products that are affordable easy to deploy in the event of a hurricane and that offer the same or greater degree of protection as steel aluminum or polycarbonate. Phone: 358-2000 or.