Kirksville tornado deserved A-1?
The News Review:
- Kirksville tornado deserved A-1?
- Judge rules against FEMA in hurricane repair case
- Weak tornado caused damage to S. Indiana farm
- Bulletin: Federal aid approved for tornado damage
Kirksville tornado deserved A-1?
Kansas City Star
comAbout Ad AstrumGuidelinesContactSend a message to Ad Astrumther ways to get in touch Home Kirksville tornado deserved A-1? Readers this morning have asked why. “It seems to me that should have been your big front-page splash” said one caller.
Judge rules against FEMA in hurricane repair case
Houston Chronicle
District Judge Hilda Tagle of Brownsville issued the order Wednesday in a lawsuit against FEMA brought by Rio Grande Valley residents whose homes were damaged by Hurricane Dolly last summer. The agency used the same system to determine who qualified for repairs after Hurricane Ike and many other disasters. The agency had no immediate comment. The lawsuit challenged FEMA’s frequent use of “deferred maintenance” as a basis for denying requests for temporary repairs after a hurricane. This standard applies when FEMA’s contract inspectors determine that damage was caused by substandard quality or lack of maintenance rather than solely by the disaster. New guidelines required Attorneys with Texas RioGrande Legal Aid which represented the homeowners who sued FEMA said the agency’s broad application of this standard amounted to discrimination against poor homeowners who are less likely to have the funds to maintain their homes.
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Weak tornado caused damage to S. Indiana farm
Chicago Tribune
Indiana farmAssociated Press12:04 PM CDT May 15 2009 HAUBSTADT Ind. – The National Weather Service says a weaktornado caused some damage to a southwestern Indiana farm as severeweather moved through the state. Meteorologist Rick Shanklin told the Evansville Courier & Pressthat the tornado with winds reaching 120 mph traveled more than 10miles about 3:30 a. The tornado caused damage at a farm in Haubstadt about 15 milesnorth of Evansville.
Bulletin: Federal aid approved for tornado damage
Murfreesboro Post
President Barack bama issued the declaration as a result of the extensive damage left by the April 10 tornado that left a 23-. 5-mile path of destruction through Rutherford County with extensive damage in Murfreesboro as 117 homes were destroyed along with 28 businesses and almost 850 houses damaged. Two deaths resulted from the tornado.