Psychological healing part of tornado recovery
The News Review:
- Psychological healing part of tornado recovery
- Hurricane Preparedness Sales Tax Holiday
- Forecast shows a near-normal hurricane season
- Watson paid pittance for taxes on ‘nonexistent’ Detroit house
- Floridians Prepare for Hurricane Season
- Possible Tornado Destroys ne Family’s Life
- Hurricane Floyd victims reunite after 10 years
Psychological healing part of tornado recovery
Radio Iowa
Parkersburg resident Valerie Thorn has organized everything from a 5K run to a memorial service at an elementary school. Thorn says her goal was to allow there to be spaces of time where people to be together as she says there still needs to be healing among residents. Thorn says"People still see each other in the store and say ‘were you home’ that’s the question ‘were you home?’" The run is being called an EF5K run taking note of the E-F-5 rating of the tornado that killed six people in Parkersburg and two in New Hartford. The pastor of the Parkersburg and New Hartford United Methodist Churches Betsy Piette agrees people are still healing.
Hurricane Preparedness Sales Tax Holiday
WDBJ7.com
(AP) — The state is giving Virginia residents an incentive to prepare for hurricane season. Virginia's Hurricane Preparedness Sales Tax Holiday begins May 25 and runs through May 31. During the weeklong holiday state and local sales taxes won't be collected on generators costing $1000 or less or on nearly two dozen other items ranging from flashlights to duct tape. The Atlantic hurricane season begins June 1. The Virginia Department of Taxation said Monday that hurricanes and other major storms have caused more than $2 billion in damage in the state since 2003.
Forecast shows a near-normal hurricane season
Houston Chronicle
Federal forecasters with the National ceanic and Atmospheric Administration said there probably would be nine to 14 named storms this year with four to seven becoming hurricanes. “A near-normal season is most likely” said Gerry Bell NAA’s lead seasonal forecaster. Among the burgeoning community of hurricane season forecasters — from veterans such as William Gray and Phil Klotzbach at Colorado State University to new players like North Carolina State — there’s a general consensus that this year will bring less tropical weather than last year’s 16 named storms. They cite various reasons such as an expectation of more moderate sea surface temperatures in tropical areas of the Atlantic cean as well as the possible development of an El Niño in the Pacific which could dampen storm formation.
Watson paid pittance for taxes on ‘nonexistent’ Detroit house
Detroit Free Press
She said the change came before she was elected to City Council — and without her involvement. All I know is I had a big drop when my house got hit hard by a tornado” she said. “We had great damage. “Watson said she could not recall the specific date the tornado hit saying it might have been 2002 or perhaps 1993. (For the latest on this story see:.
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Floridians Prepare for Hurricane Season
WMBB-TV
northwestfloridaonline. As a part of Hurricane Preparedness Week which begins today News 13 is on your side with tips to help you prepare. The most important thing is to make a plan now including what to do if you stay if you evacuate and how you’ll decide. Barbette Pannitteri moved to Florida from Italy with her family three months ago just in time for hurricane season. She says even though she’s never been through a hurricane she knows the damage they can do.
Possible Tornado Destroys ne Family’s Life
KRIS-TV
They said a tornado hit their small community along County Road 4801 just east of Highway 281. At least one family is now looking for a place to live. “Emotionally it's hard” Maria Rising said. Rising is overwhelmed by the amount of damage done to her mobile home. The day after the storm she's trying to salvage whatever she can and most of what her family had was lost.
Hurricane Floyd victims reunite after 10 years
News14.com
? Victims of Hurricane Floyd gathered this weekend to remember the storm that destroyed their homes. In September 1999 Floyd’s flooding rains were compounded by Hurricane Dennis which soaked eastern North Carolina two weeks earlier. Combined rainfall totals from both storms ranged anywhere from 15 to 30 inches. And while the 10-year anniversary of the storm is coming up people who lived in the Lincoln City neighborhood say they remember it like it was yesterday. The hurricanes damaged 40 different streets in the neighborhood.