New rleans Jews seek recruits After Hurricane Katrina many left and…
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- New rleans Jews seek recruits After Hurricane Katrina many left and…
- Five months after a tornado severely damaged Sumter Regional Hospital…
- Hurricane increase blamed on global warming
- Emergency funds targeted for tornado-stricken conto Co. town
- Deadline approaches for hurricane victims
- Not enough room at county shelters during storms.
New rleans Jews seek recruits After Hurricane Katrina many left and…
San Francisco Chronicle – Jul 29, 2007
It was a call to repopulate New rleans a city known less for its Jewish culture than for its shellfish sin and pre-Lenten Mardi Gras. But New rleans’ Jewish population long has been a subtle but important ingredient in this curious dish of a city. Its numbers though always small have declined since Hurricane Katrina. f the 10000 Jews in the area before the storm 7000 remain. With fewer dues-paying members some synagogues and Jewish service agencies have been kept afloat by donations from Jews around the country. But the bulk of that largesse provided by the nonprofit United Jewish Communities dries up at the end of the year. The Jewish community is by no means New rleans’ most afflicted demographic group… Glenn Hartman is the accordion player for the Klezmer All-Stars; before Katrina he was also a music teacher at the New rleans Jewish Day School. His wife is a doctor. Since the hurricane they have been living in San Francisco. They have two young children he said and are not ready to put up with the hassle and crime in New rleans. The recruitment plan Hartman said might be attractive for people a little less encumbered and who are wired to appreciate the city’s charms. New rleans he said “is like the last cultural place standing in the U.
Five months after a tornado severely damaged Sumter Regional Hospital…
Atlanta Journal Constitution (subscripti… – Jul 29, 2007
Crystal Wiggins an obstetrics staff nurse on duty that night remembers the howling of the wind and the voice of a terrified patient clinging to her crying and praying at the top of her lungs in Spanish. Wiggins who was to be married on March 24 didn’t know if she would survive. “The tornado seemed to go on forever and I remember thinking: ‘Is this my last moment? Will I not get to say goodbye to anyone?’ ” said Wiggins RN BSN. Susan Fussell rode out the tornado in her home five miles away. Fussell the vice president of nursing at Sumter Regional already had given instructions to move patients into the halls and to put babies with their mothers because of the bad-weather warning. Soon after 9:15 Fussell’s cellphone rang. Her executive secretary who had been visiting a friend in the hospital said: “Susie do you know we’ve been hit? I’m in the hospital… Fussell the vice president of nursing at Sumter Regional already had given instructions to move patients into the halls and to put babies with their mothers because of the bad-weather warning. Soon after 9:15 Fussell’s cellphone rang. Her executive secretary who had been visiting a friend in the hospital said: “Susie do you know we’ve been hit? I’m in the hospital. You’ve got to come. “My husband son and I took off and when we got to a policeman blocking the road I told him he had to let me by” said Fussell BSN RN-BC. The police officer said that they could try to make their way to the hospital.
Hurricane increase blamed on global warming
KTUU – Jul 29, 2007
A new study out of London England reported that the number of tropical storms in the Atlantic cean has more than doubled over the past 100 years. Researchers said they found three periods since 1900 where the number of hurricanes increased sharply then leveled off and remained steady. Researchers believe we are currently in another upward swing in the frequency of named storms and hurricanes. Researchers blamed much of the increase on rising sea surface temperatures the byproduct of greenhouse gases from cars factories and other human activity.
Emergency funds targeted for tornado-stricken conto Co. town
Green Bay Press Gazette – Jul 29, 2007
Bruce Mommaerts executive director of conto County Economic Development Corporation has been helping residents to collect as much emergency assistance funding as possible. “We have met personally with all the affected home owners” Mommaerts said. “Despite the anguish the people in Riverview are hardy people. “He said they will be finalizing grant details within the next two weeks and residents should see the money before the end of August.
Deadline approaches for hurricane victims
KTBS – Jul 29, 2007
She and leaders from other advocacy groups wrote the state seeking an extension. Community Development spokeswoman GeGe Roulaine says there have been extensive efforts to make sure people knew the deadline. The state also has offered daily clinics across the hurricane-affected region to help people apply. Rated: Not Rated.
Not enough room at county shelters during storms.
Free with registration – Newsday – AccessMyLibrary.com – Jul 29, 2007
(29-JUL-07) Newsday (Melville NY). 29–If you’re thinking of riding out the next big hurricane in a shelter think again. There’s not nearly enough room. About 625000 people in Nassau and Suffolk live in a.