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- New rleans Still at Risk Army Data Show
- Sizable proportion of Gulf Coast physicians displaced following Hurric…
- Hurricane Exit Plans for Alabama’s Elderly Sick Upgraded
- Royal Sovereign International Helps Prepare The South For Hurricane…
Rebuilding is spotty along hurricane-battered Gulf Coast highway in…
San Diego Union Tribune – Jun 21, 2007
90 a coastal highway that spans the length of Katrina’s destructive path from New rleans to the southeastern tip of Mississippi’s Gulf Coast. In May 2006 a reporter for The Associated Press traveled along the highway to take stock of rebuilding efforts nine months after Katrina. At the time the landscape looked as if the hurricane had just struck with piles of smelly debris sitting untouched next to shattered homes and toppled trees awaiting chain saws. A year later homeowners with both the means and the will to rebuild are forging ahead on their own gradually repopulating neighborhoods along U. 90 where scores of ruined homes remain virtually untouched since the hurricane. For some self-reliance isn’t an option… Looters keep breaking in. “We’re the forgotten ones down on this end of the beach” said Shute a United Airlines flight attendant. The couple is still hunting for belongings scattered by the hurricane. Katrina’s storm surge swept through the house and deposited possessions in a patch of woods about a quarter of a mile north of their home. During a recent hike through the woods they sifted through twisted piles of debris and found their garage windows a string of Christmas tree lights Loth’s golf shoes and his old briefcase. Loth a Navy SEAL about to embark on an overseas assignment also found the remnants of a rattan dining room set he bought during a trip to the Philippines. “Denise didn’t like it anyway so she’s glad it’s gone” he joked.
New rleans Still at Risk Army Data Show
New York Times – Jun 21, 2007
Hundreds of flooded homes in those neighborhoods are being rebuilt by owners struggling to return. But the report shows that the vulnerable areas within those neighborhoods are much smaller than they were before Hurricane Katrina considered a 1-in-400 storm thanks to the corps’ substantial improvements to the 350-mile levee system the floodwalls pumps and gates. As part of the report the corps established a Web site… The Defense Department’s supercomputers analyzed scores of different storms estimating wind speeds storm surges and pathways and how they would affect every street in the city. Some of the risk to New rleans has been reduced largely because of the construction of enormous gates across the mouths of the city’s three main drainage canals which significantly raised the level of protection. Elsewhere in the greater New rleans area where the hurricane protection system was restored but not upgraded in a major way the probability of damage does not change nearly as much: large parts of the Upper Ninth Ward could be expected to have two to four feet of water in a 1-in-50 flood then and now. A flood with a 1 percent chance of occurring would leave much of the Garden District relatively dry as it remained during Hurricane Katrina although a smaller patch of the neighborhoods to the north would be likely to flood. City officials said the new tools would help them plan the city’s halting recovery. Blakely the hurricane recovery chief for New rleans said that while the maps show that “quite a bit of the city” remains vulnerable to storms the dangers would diminish as further protection was built.
Sizable proportion of Gulf Coast physicians displaced following Hurric…
American Medical News – American Medical News (subscription) – Jun 21, 2007
Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast on August 29 2005. The storm and subsequent flooding in Louisiana and Mississippi were blamed for at least 1808 deaths and over $100 billion in damage. More than 1. 5 million people were evacuated. By autumn 2005 nearly 6000 physicians had been displaced from the Gulf region including 4486 from three New rleans parishes.
Hurricane Exit Plans for Alabama’s Elderly Sick Upgraded
Insurance Journal – Jun 21, 2007
“We are more ready now than we’ve ever been” said Andy Mullins program manager for the Health Department’s Center for Emergency Preparedness in Montgomery. Mullins said last week the AIMS computer was first used during Ivan and most recently during this year’s Enterprise tornado. “We’ve added a lot of enhancements” Mullins said. Today AIMs serves not only hospitals but community health centers nursing homes medical needs shelters and emergency medical service units. “So that we could monitor all those during emergency events” said Mullins. The computer is located on the USA campus with a backup server in Huntsville.
Royal Sovereign International Helps Prepare The South For Hurricane…
AZoBuild – Jun 21, 2007
The aftermath of recent storms like Hurricanes Charley Wilma and Katrina left millions of Gulf Coast and South Florida residents without power for days and ultimately without air conditioning during the hot summer months. "Portable air conditioners can be a saving grace for many hurricane victims without power" commented Brian Murphy Marketing Manager for Royal Sovereign. "All you need is a generator to power up the unit and a window to vent the exhaust and you’ll have cold air blowing in no time. "Royal Sovereign produces several series of portable air conditioners that can help keep Southerners cool and comfortable during blackouts caused by hurricanes. These portable units are rated from 9000 to 12000 BTUs consume 680 to 1450 Watts of electricity and retail from $250 to $600. Units can be purchased at Sears Kmart and Fry’s stores throughout the South as well as online at Costco… Why a portable air conditioner? Unlike a window unit which is built-in and confined to a given room a portable unit rests on casters and can be moved throughout the home. The mobility of this cooling device makes it more convenient than a window unit easily providing cooling comfort for storm victims without power. After the devastation of Hurricane Katrina which made landfall in southeast Louisiana on August 29 2005 over six million people had lost electricity. And only a few weeks later Hurricane Wilma slammed into South Florida leaving another 6 million people in the dark and in the heat. With the heat of the 2007 hurricane season just around the corner residents and business owners still have time to prepare for what will supposedly be a very active season. Posted 21st June 2007.