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Gustav Headed Towards Category 5

By Alan Stewart Carl | Related entries in FEMA, Hurricane Katrina, Hurricane Rita, In The News

Forecasters are now predicting that Hurricane Gustav will become a category five storm sometime soon. As you all undoubtedly know, Gustav is the first major hurricane to threaten the Gulf Coast since Katrina and Rita in 2005. The question now is: have we learned anything?
Evacuation plans are in effect for New Orleans and other parts [...]

August 30th, 2008 | Permalink| No Comments »

FEMA Trailers Back In The News

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in FEMA, Hurricane Katrina

We talked about this in July 2007, and now FEMA has finally issued a warning that people need to move out of their FEMA-issued trailers because they could be bad for their health.
From USA Today:
NEW ORLEANS — Paul Stewart knew as soon as he moved into his government-issued trailer in December 2005 that something was [...]

February 15th, 2008 | Permalink| 4 Comments »