Napolitano tours hurricane-damaged Miss. coast
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- Napolitano tours hurricane-damaged Miss. coast
- Measure aimed at creating a backup hurricane fund
- HUD approves $1.3 billion post-hurricane recovery plan
- Brad Pitt lobbies for Katrina victims
- Credit woes could increase Fla. mortgage defaults
- Neko Case Middle Cyclone
- City of Galveston Leverages 3n Global — Emerges Victorious During …
Napolitano tours hurricane-damaged Miss. coast
The Associated Press
coast6 hours agoGULFPRT Miss. (AP) — Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano is turning her attention to the Mississippi Gulf Coast after surveying the recovery effort from Hurricane Katrina in New rleans. Napolitano is on her first visit to coastal areas slammed by the 2005 hurricane since joining President Barack bama’s cabinet. She’ll tour the Mississippi coast Friday by helicopter then talk about the recovery effort with Gov. While in New rleans Napolitano and Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan announced millions in new funding for post-Katrina housing initiatives. The Federal Emergency Management Agency says 2364 families are still living in trailers mobile homes and hotel rooms.
Measure aimed at creating a backup hurricane fund
Houston Chronicle
The savings would be passed along to consumers he said. “I have witnessed firsthand the impact natural disasters can have on a community and this state” said Eiland whose Galveston district was severely damaged Sept. 13 by Hurricane Ike. Juan Hinojosa a McAllen Democrat is filing the Senate version of the bill. org an organization trying to establish catastrophe funds in many states and on the federal level joined Eiland in talking up benefits of the legislation.
HUD approves $1.3 billion post-hurricane recovery plan
Houston Chronicle
3 billion to rebuild homes restore public facilities and take other steps to recover from Hurricane Ike and Dolly. The announcement in Houston by Shaun Donovan the secretary of Housing and Urban Development clears the way for Houston Harris County and other communities to prepare to begin using the funds. Houston Mayor Bill White said he hopes that rebuilding of apartment developments wrecked by the hurricane can begin in a few weeks. Donovan flanked by White and other federal state and local officials at a press conference in Houston called HUD’s approval of Texas’ plan “a very important step forward” in the state’s recovery from Ike which came ashore on Galveston Island almost six months ago. The plan provides $814 million for recovery in the Houston-Galveston region with smaller allocations to other Gulf Coast areas affected by the hurricane. It leaves most decisions about how to use the money to local councils of government in each area. The Houston-Galveston Area Council last month allocated most of its share of the funds to Galveston and Galveston County with additional millions provided to Houston Harris County and other communities.
Brad Pitt lobbies for Katrina victims
Winnipeg Sun
Capitol in Washington March 5 2009. The project was launched in 2007 to construct affordable and environmentally-sustainable housing for low-income residents of the Lower 9th Ward in New rleans who lost their homes as a result of Hurricane Katrina.
Credit woes could increase Fla. mortgage defaults
Forbes
The panel’s chairman said one alternative would be to raise premiums for homeowner and other property coverage. The problem lies with the Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund commonly called the “cat fund. ” It is having a hard time lining up financing Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty told the Senate Ways & Means Committee on Thursday. Many insurance companies so heavily depend on the fund that they might be downgraded to the point home mortgages which require borrowers to buy adequate property insurance could go into default McCarty said.
Neko Case Middle Cyclone
Patrol Magazine
There are lots and lots of animals here. But the familiarity combined with a weak first act dulls the buzz one gets from the successful cuts on the record?s second half (though calling it that obviously excepts the obnoxious half-hour of cricket chirping that serves as the ?epilogue?). What immediately degrades Middle Cyclone is a failed gimmick-as-song ?This Tornado Loves You? a story of an inter-element fling between a system of flesh and weather system wherein the storm itself howls declarations of affection to its lover. What could compellingly transfer the internal give-and-take of desire to the image of a devastating tornado turns out to be an unnatural disaster. As she explained to NPR ?the song is very literal. ? Not to be too snarky here but desire and the libido are already forces of nature. So for a natural phenomenon (a tornado) to be driven by a force of nature (desire) really is no different than writing about another natural phenomenon (the human being) driven by a force of nature (desire).
City of Galveston Leverages 3n Global — Emerges Victorious During …
MSNBC
com) the leading global mass notification system provider today announced the successful use of its 3n InstaCom(TM) Citizen Alert solution by the City of Galveston during Hurricane Ike the third worst hurricane in history. Before the 2009 hurricane season approaches 3n and Galveston are reporting on the Hurricane Ike preparation and outcome to further the education and widespread adoption of emergency notification systems.
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