Iowa town hit by tornado honors graduating seniors
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- Iowa town hit by tornado honors graduating seniors
- Tornado-struck counties get federal funds
- Galveston students produce film on Hurricane Ike aftermath
- How to Survive a Tornado
- Colorado climatologists explain ‘average hurricane season’ forecast
- Miramar Beach public access reopened after hurricane repairs
Iowa town hit by tornado honors graduating seniors
Chicago Tribune
Because of damage to the high school the seniors finished theirfinal year at an elementary school. n Sunday they received their diplomas. Graduation is usually held in the high school gym but the gymcollapsed when the tornado hit. Instead Sunday’s ceremony was heldoutdoors at the Falcon’s football field.
Tornado-struck counties get federal funds
Bizjournals.com
us Digg This Four Tennessee counties have been approved to receive disaster relief following the tornados and storms of April 10. Local governments and public utilities in Rutherford McMinn Sequatchie and Benton counties are eligible for Public Assistance Program funds from the federal government. The public assistance designation also covers emergency response and recovery costs incurred by the state government. “Federal disaster assistance will help lessen the burden on local governments in these four counties” Gov. Phil Bredesen said in a news release.
Galveston students produce film on Hurricane Ike aftermath
Dallas Morning News
afterall we all are texas even us in the gulf of mexico. thanksSo I went to. com to see the trailer for this film that premieres this week in Galveston. Through this film (the trailer at least) you can see the spirit of Galvestonians working together.
How to Survive a Tornado
KWCH
You've probably also heard you should go to your basement or the lowest level in your home. That is usually true but don't buy into the fact that you must go to the Southwest corner. The National Weather Service says tornados can move in any direction and a tornado can shove debris like vehicles into a basement. What you want to do is get under something strong. “You could turn a couch over a chair over and get underneath it” Butler County Emergency Management Director Jim Schmidt says. “The whole thing is about protecting your head and your upper body especially. ” Schmidt adds “If you can't do that a small room that doesn't have any windows for instance underneath a stairway is a great place to take shelter if you have access to get under your stairway.
Colorado climatologists explain ‘average hurricane season’ forecast
Los Angeles Times
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Miramar Beach public access reopened after hurricane repairs
The Northwest Florida Daily News
Maurice Gilbert chairman of the Walton County TDC said none of the funding for the $4. 2 million parking lot project came from local taxpayer funds. Instead $3 million was funneled to the project from hurricane-recovery funds available through the Federal Emergency Management Act after Hurricane Dennis in 2005 he explained. The Southern Restaurant Group and Walton County TDC provided the other $1. 2 million partly through bed-tax collections on short-term rentals according to a press release. Commissioner Cecilia Jones whose district includes Miramar Beach said the county also said future plans involve landscaping the surrounding area to prevent people from parking on and killing the newly installed grass. Meanwhile South Walton resident Tom Machamer will speak as a representative of the newly formed ld 98 Initiative at the June 9 county commission meeting about attaining Scenic Corridor status for Scenic Gulf Drive.
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