Hurricane Dean misses tourists but hits villagers hard
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- Hurricane Dean misses tourists but hits villagers hard
- When a hurricane threatens big pets need to be protected too.
- Hurricane relief and pork-barrel politics
- Audit Targets Hurricane Relief Firm
- PM begins handing out hurricane relief cheques
- Northwood tornado was an F4 | KXNet.com North Dakota News
Hurricane Dean misses tourists but hits villagers hard
Reuters AlertNet – Aug 28, 2007
After sleepless nights and intense heat during the floods in India to the freezing cold and chaos of Peru’s quake zone nothing looked more inviting than the beaches of Mexico’s Yucatan peninsula. But the flight to Cancun that was usually packed with holidaymakers now only contained a handful of aid workers and journalists and we were not heading for “fun in the sun”. As Hurricane Dean approached the world’s news cameras were poised on Cancun’s beaches. But like many hurricanes Dean decided to take a sudden diversion. The storm by then a category five hurricane turned south and smashed into Quintana Roo state with ferocious 165mph (265 kph) winds and 20-feet (six-metre) storm swells. The city of Chetumal two miles from the Belize border took the full force of the hurricane and has become the nerve centre for humanitarian response to the region. The luxury resorts of Cancun were spared and within two days tourists were back shopping in the high-end boutiques… As Hurricane Dean approached the world’s news cameras were poised on Cancun’s beaches. But like many hurricanes Dean decided to take a sudden diversion. The storm by then a category five hurricane turned south and smashed into Quintana Roo state with ferocious 165mph (265 kph) winds and 20-feet (six-metre) storm swells. The city of Chetumal two miles from the Belize border took the full force of the hurricane and has become the nerve centre for humanitarian response to the region. The luxury resorts of Cancun were spared and within two days tourists were back shopping in the high-end boutiques. The unfortunate irony is that had Dean hit the resort area of Northern Yucatan as predicted the solidly built homes and hotels would have withstood the storm. In stark contrast to the wealth of Cancun Dean took a path through a much poorer area of the country and the results have been devastating to thousands of families.
When a hurricane threatens big pets need to be protected too.
Free with registration – South Florida Sun-Sentinel – AccessMyLibrary.com – Aug 28, 2007
(28-AUG-07) South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale FL). 28–When a hurricane threatens Steve and Barbara Burk’s hacienda estate in Southwest Ranches begins to resemble Noah’s Ark. Think putting up shutters is a hassle? Co… “We’ll batten down the hatches and ride it out here” said Steve Burk who moved to the 2. 5-acre ranch about two years ago after 35 hurricane seasons in a waterfront house in Miami Beach. The Burks avid animal lovers have a.
Hurricane relief and pork-barrel politics
Jamaica bserver – Aug 28, 2007
Hurricane relief and pork-barrel politics – JAMAICABSERVER. Some may interpret this as an answer to prayer or the fulfilment of prophecy that once again it has been affirmed that God works in mysterious ways his wonders to perform; that indeed he plants his footsteps on the seas and rides upon the storms… It cannot escape our thinking this time around that Dean occurred almost on the eve of a national election. If ever there was a time when a government felt justified in indulging in pork-barrel politics this is it. Before the hurricane there was a great deal of caution not to repeat Dr Davies’ “run-with-it” extravagance of the 2002 polls. That extravagance can now be indulged and it can be justified on the basis of a concern for the poor and a love for those who have been dispossessed by the hurricane. It can be justified by an appeal to human compassion and who would quarrel with that?Indeed the extravagance has begun in the new-found love for the pensioners. There has perhaps never been another group of people who have worked for government and who have been treated with greater contempt than our pensioners. It had to take a hurricane to cause an attitude adjustment on the part of the government with respect to the plight of our pensioners.
Audit Targets Hurricane Relief Firm
San Francisco Chronicle – Aug 28, 2007
Witt headed FEMA in the Clinton administration and his firm lobbies on disaster issues for several clients and also consults on disaster preparedness planning training and assessments. An NBC News investigation in July questioned whether Witt Associates overbilled for work pointing out that the firm sometimes charges the state double what it pays subcontractors. Witt Associates defended its performance and billing rates saying it helped Louisiana access more hurricane recovery money from FEMA than communities have in any other disaster in U. The federal government approves and pays for the contract.
PM begins handing out hurricane relief cheques
Jamaica bserver – Aug 28, 2007
verall some 90000 families who are beneficiaries under the PATH Programme will receive a one-off payment of $2000 each while 80000 NIS pensioners and elderly will receive a special payment of $5000. The total cost of the two special hurricane relief benefits package amounting to some $580 million is being financed from the $49-billion National Insurance Fund. At left is junior minister in the Ministry of Labour Senator Floyd Morrison. (Photo: Michael Gordon) “At this time when people are suffering we do not need to be distracted by accusations of victimisation” Simpson Miller told the gathering at the social security ministry in Kingston adding that this was “a time to put the people above selfish individual concerns and above politics in this season of campaigning”.
Northwood tornado was an F4 | KXNet.com North Dakota News
KXMC – Aug 28, 2007
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