Season’s 1st tropical depression forms in Atlantic
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- Season’s 1st tropical depression forms in Atlantic
- Houston woman sentenced on false hurricane claims
- What was the trouble? Swine flu flooding and Hurricane Ike
- Social Networking Sites Provide MEMA’S Hurricane Prep Info
- Galveston Texas Newspaper Kept Printing Despite Hurricane Ike’s …
- bama pushes hurricane preps
- Commerce Department allocates another $19.5 million to Houston for …
Season’s 1st tropical depression forms in Atlantic
The Associated Press
The National Weather Service counts the depression as the first of the 2009 Atlantic hurricane season which officially begins June 1. The depression’s maximum sustained winds are near 35 mph. Forecasters say it could strengthen to a tropical storm Thursday night or Friday but then is expected to weaken or dissipate by Saturday. Forecasters expect the depression to stay over the Atlantic where it’s moving toward the northeast near 16 mph.
Houston woman sentenced on false hurricane claims
The Associated Press
Attorney Tim Johnson says Phyllis Ann Taylor’s sentence is one of the longest imposed nationwide related to fraudulent claims for hurricane assistance. District Judge David Hittner sentenced Taylor on Wednesday to 33 months for mail fraud and 24 months for aggravated identity theft. Authorities say the 28-year-old Taylor filed a dozen claims for assistance after Katrina and Rita using slight variations of her name.
What was the trouble? Swine flu flooding and Hurricane Ike
Houston Chronicle
“Squatty” Lyons Elementary pre-kindergarten students Samantha Carrillo 5 (right) and Nathan Flores 5 (right) celebrated the end of the school year with a Hawaiian themed luau and awards banquet that included pizza and juice Wednesday May 27 2009 in Houston. Lyons Elementary was one of the schools that lost school days due to the swine flu and Hurricane Ike earlier in the year.
Social Networking Sites Provide MEMA’S Hurricane Prep Info
WAPT.com
“We have to pay attention to the way people are communicating with each other and be a part of that dialogue” Womack said. “Since the information we release will help people protect themselves and survive a hurricane we need to be accessible to the public and send messages in as many different ways as we can. “MEMA has posted public service announcements about hurricane and tornado preparedness on. Haley Barbour and former New rleans Saints football star Deuce McAllister. Preparedness messages from each of these public figures have been viewed more than 1200 times.
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Galveston Texas Newspaper Kept Printing Despite Hurricane Ike’s …
Government Technology
But there’s one story journalists for the paper have refused to write: their own. During Ike The News staff lost almost everything but its grit. Even when the storm was at its worst the paper didn’t miss an edition. “It’s all a blur” Building Superintendent Brett Baker said about operations throughout Ike and its aftermath on Galveston Island.
bama pushes hurricane preps
Politico
story-supplement–>President Barack bama plans to show that hurricane preparedness is a priority for his administration by traveling to the Federal Emergency Management Agency on Friday officials told PLITIC. It’s the president’s first trip to FEMA. More typically the briefing has been given at the White House. The trip is a way to get more of a feel for the federal machinery and to demonstrate his personal commitment to the issue. The president will receive a detailed briefing on national preparedness for the upcoming hurricane season including hearing from senior administration leadership about what steps have been taken to prepare for the season.
Commerce Department allocates another $19.5 million to Houston for …
Bizjournals.com
5 million is heading Houston's way courtesy of the U. Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration investments. The funds that will aid in the economic recovery following hurricanes Ike and Gustav include:• $10 million for The.