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- Fulton residents can call for tornado aid
- Tornado’s aftermath still hurts
- Get your fill of bivalves and help hurricane victims during Oyster…
- Hurricane girls aiming high
- High winds, tornado buffet Kanawha
- East Texans Lend Helping Hand To Longview Tornado Victims
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Houston Chronicle – Mar 21, 2008
Gaspard nodded, unfazed. Last Tuesday she saw the same phenomenon: different college students, same flood of orders. “To help with the whole hurricane deal,” she explained briefly, when asked the students’ purpose. “You all — we are not closing at 10!” the manager yelled. Gaining momentumAlternative spring breaks first appeared on the college scene nearly 20 years ago. But only in recent years has the do-gooder movement gained momentum and the hint of broader appeal.
Fulton residents can call for tornado aid
Atlanta Journal Constitution – Mar 21, 2008
She misplaced her money order to maintain her home insurance last year, and her policy lapsed. Then last Friday’s tornado damaged the roof of her Cabbagetown home… –>But now Wise and others have the opportunity to receive grants and loans to cover their losses after President Bush declared Fulton County a federal disaster area on Wednesday. Given that the tornado damaged about 1,100 homes, businesses and other structures, Georgia Emergency Management Agency spokesman Ken Davis said “I’m sure there’ll be several hundred applicants. Friday was the first day that the Federal Emergency Management Agency took calls from applicants. Fulton residents can call a 1-800 number or apply online. FEMA will deploy two mobile disaster recovery centers to Red Cross assistance centers Saturday at Beulah Baptist Church and Lang Carson Recreation Center in Atlanta. Fulton residents and businesses that sustained damage from the storms last Friday through Sunday can receive grants or low-interest loans for uninsured or underinsured losses and other costs related to the storm.
Tornado’s aftermath still hurts
Rocky Mountain News – Mar 21, 2008
“I’m doing a little better,” Gus Puga says. It has been a year since a tornado devastated the tiny town of Holly in extreme southeastern Colorado, sweeping his wife, Rosemary Rosales, to her death, seriously injuring him and Noelia, and flattening the family’s home. A year since his world was turned on end, with no warning. And while he smiles often, there is no hiding the grief he still feels over his wife’s death, or the financial struggles brought on by the tornado. “I wish I could go back to that day, and actually would have time to hide or something,” he says. As he talks, his wife’s gold rings dangle from a chain around his neck.
Get your fill of bivalves and help hurricane victims during Oyster…
Denver Post – Mar 21, 2008
Expect a run on the French Quarter Fizz, Jax’s signature Oyster Month drink, too. As in years past, the entry fees for the competition go to charity. This year, the beneficiary is Make It Right, a group helping rebuild homes destroyed by Hurricane Katrina. Plus, for every oyster ordered this month at Jax, 5 cents will go to the fund. As a lifelong landlubber, this reporter has not yet dared eat one of the precious packages. Clark is full of assurances, though, that it’s a real treat. “If you order the right kind they’re absolutely delicious,” she says.
Hurricane girls aiming high
Charleston Gazette – Mar 21, 2008
March 21, 2008 Hurricane girls aiming high Hurricane girls track coach Steve Caldwell knew all along he had the makings of a pretty good team. How good, he didn't fully realize until this week. By Rick Ryan Assistant Sports Editor Hurricane girls track coach Steve Caldwell knew all along he had the makings of a pretty good team. How good, he didn't fully realize until this week. "I guess everybody else thinks we are, too,'' Caldwell said.
High winds, tornado buffet Kanawha
Charleston Gazette – Charleston Gazette – Mar 21, 2008
March 21, 2008 High winds, tornado buffet Kanawha Storms hit north of Charleston A tornado touched down in Youngs Bottom near Elkview on Wednesday evening, when Yeager Airport recorded the top wind gust – 84 miles per hour – in 57 years of recording winds there, the National Weather Service reported. By Bob Schwarz Staff writer A tornado touched down in Youngs Bottom near Elkview on Wednesday evening, when Yeager Airport recorded the top wind gust – 84 miles per hour – in 57 years of recording winds there, the National Weather Service reported. The storm moved through the Kanawha Valley around 6:30 p. , part of a line of thunderstorms that dropped most of the day's rainfall of 0.
East Texans Lend Helping Hand To Longview Tornado Victims
KLTV – Mar 21, 2008
I could see it blowing, hear the whistling and about that time that's when the crash came down on the house. I heard my daughter in her room, she was hollering and she couldn't get out because she was trapped in there. That crash was a giant tree, that had been struck by the tornado. The frightening part, it landed in 17-year-old Jocelyn Rusk's bedroom while she was inside. “I heard a bunch of stuff falling and I thought I was going to get crushed to death. I went to the window and tried to get out but I panicked and forgot the window was locked. Fortunately, Jocelyn, her mother Renee, and her brother and sister made it out of their crushed home unharmed.