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- Insulated concrete form plant opening in Lumberton soon
- An insulated concrete form plant this opening in Lumberton that may greatly improve how South Mississippi buildings withstand hurricanes. On July 9. Mississippi Greenbuilt Corporation will begin production of polystyrene form blocks that are filled with concrete before used in construction. Plant owner Hensley Lee and Lumberton Mayor Aaron Lott...
- Research articles 2007-06-25
- Wind codes shape our future
- IN THE YEARS SINCE 1992, WHEN HURRICANE ANDREW CAUSED $21.6 BILLION of insured damage to Florida and Louisiana, severe storm wind codes have gone from being practically non-existent to being the threshold of inclusion within the International Building Code IBC, thus moving from obscurity to national recognition. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]...
- Research articles 2007-06-01
- Mayor Pat is back
- Three years ago, Florida was hit by a string of hurricanes. FEMA asked former Grand Forks Mayor Pat Owens to spring into action again as its ambassador for spreading hope to the victims.But two of the hurricanes also damaged the retirement development where she lived with her husband, Bobby. Among...
- Research articles 2007-04-19
- Toll hits 20 in Florida's deadliest storm in nearly 10 years
- LADY LAKE, United States AFP — The toll from Florida's deadliest storm in almost a decade rose to 20, reports said, as homeowners returned to pick through the rubble of hundreds of tornado-shredded homes. US President George W. Bush declared a state of emergency in four counties in the...
- Research articles 2007-02-03
- Andres Duany: architect, town planner, co-founder of New Urbanism; age 57.(Icon)(Interview)
- I'm from Santiago [Cuba]. My family has been in that city since 1702. I'm the first male in my family not to live there. I feel at home in the Caribbean, which is one of the reasons I find New Orleans so interesting. I began...
- Research articles 2006-10-01
- Calmest guy in the room: Craig Fugate is the governor's go-to guy during emergencies.(Tallahassee Trend: Emergency Management)
- What do you do when you have one of the most highly regarded emergency-management programs in the world, as Florida does? You keep trying to make it better. You keep having drills. You don't get complacent. And you don't overpromise. Gov. Jeb Bush didn't...
- Research articles 2006-05-01
- Large-format imagery enhances LIDAR accuracy: processing digital orthoimagery with LIDAR data helped one water management district in the state of Florida to create accurate, high-resolution digital terrain models.(Image Processing)(Cover story)
- When the Southwest Florida Water Management District SWFWMD teamed with Polk County's property appraiser to map more than 2,000 square miles of land, project specifications could not have been more stringent. The key deliverables--orthoimagery and digital terrain models DTMs--had to meet the exacting accuracy requirements dictated...
- Research articles 2006-03-01
- Migrants' needs unmet after Wilma
- PAHOKEE, Fla. -- Ernesto and Carmen Vasquez are staying home for the holidays this year despite the SUV-size hole in their living- room ceiling -- a calling card left by Hurricane Wilma -- and the red "X" on their door marking the mobile home as condemned. It's been...
- Research articles 2005-11-27
- FEMA head urges patience post-Wilma
- ABOVE MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. -- Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff on Wednesday asked victims of Hurricane Wilma to have patience for relief efforts as he surveyed crumpled boats, shattered mobile homes and snaking lines of cars at fuel stations along the storm's path. Stepping up aid in Wilma's...
- Research articles 2005-10-27
- Residents of Fla. 'FEMA Village' wary of Wilma, still weary from Charley
- PUNTA GORDA, Fla. -- Aida Florit and her husband, Robert, have been living in a government trailer here in "FEMA Village" since shortly after Hurricane Charley flattened their home in August 2004. She is weary of life in the makeshift mobile home park, which she says is riddled with...
- Research articles 2005-10-21
- Acting Homeland Security Under Secretary/FEMA Head Named
- Last month, President George W. Bush designated R. David Paulison, administrator of the U.S. Fire Administration, acting under secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security for Emergency Preparedness and Response and head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency FEMA. Paulison is a 30-year veteran of fire and emergency services...
- Research articles 2005-10-01
- No-bid storm contracts prompt warnings
- WASHINGTON -- After Hurricane Katrina blew through the Gulf Coast, leaving thousands homeless, Joe Shirey at CJ's RV Town called federal disaster officials with a sales pitch for travel trailers. He e-mailed a list of every unit on his Hobe Sound, Fla., lot. Two days later, the response came...
- Research articles 2005-09-27
- Gulf Coast Mobilizes for Round Two as Hurricane Rita Blows In
- NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana ENS — --> Even while flooded New Orleans is struggling to recover from disastrous Hurricane Katrina, another hurricane is headed for Florida and the Gulf Coast. Now a Category 2 hurricane, Rita is currently passing about 50 miles south of Key West and moving into the southeastern...
- Research articles 2005-09-20
- Disastrous Leadership Failed To Heed Lessons From Florida
- Wexler, Robert Forward 09-16-2005 Rep. Robert Wexler of Florida is a senior member of the House International Relations Committee. A devastating hurricane rips through a southern state. There is no power, water or ice. The poor and the elderly are...
- Research articles 2005-09-16
- Foundation hosts disaster training seminar; legal aid lawyers learn how to assist the most vulnerable among us.
- Ripple effects from damage from last year's unprecedented four hurricanes continue to pound the Floridians who can least afford it. And now in the aftermaths of Hurricanes Dennis and Katrina, weather experts say more storms are expected this year. To help the...
- Research articles 2005-09-15
- Senate Approves $10.5 Billion for Hurricane Relief
- WASHINGTON, DC ENS — --> Late last night the U.S. Senate unanimously passed a bill authorizing $10.5 billion in relief funding for the areas devastated by Hurricane Katrina. The House is expected to follow suit today. Congress returned to Washington from their summer recess early to address the devastation...
- Research articles 2005-09-02
- The hurricane paradox: misery persists in many places along the paths of last summer's storms. For the state as a whole, however, it's like they never happened--a dangerous legacy as a new storm season begins.(special report)
- Robert and Aida Florit will spend this hurricane season in a mobile home in Punta Gorda, same as last year. Only it's not their home--that dwelling was destroyed by Hurricane Charley last August. Since November, they've lived in a 70-by-14-foot mobile home given to them temporarily...
- Research articles 2005-06-01
- Dealing with disaster: hurricane response and recovery in Florida.(Special report)(Cover Story)
- Marion County has been one of the fastest-growing areas in Florida for the past 15 to 20 years. Located in the north central part of the state, approximately 70 miles north of Orlando, we maintain 2900 miles of roads within a geographic area the size of Rhode...
- Research articles 2005-05-01
- Fourteen charged with FEMA fraud; disaster relief investigations continue.(Brief Article)
- Fourteen defendants in Miami-Dade County have been indicted on charges of defrauding FEMA of more than $150,000 in disaster relief by falsely claiming damages as a result of Hurricane Frances. The indictments are the result of investigations by the U.S. District Attorney for the...
- Research articles 2005-03-08
- Cloud remains over Fla. months after hurricanes
- PENSACOLA, Fla. -- After Hurricane Ivan pummeled the community of Grande Lagoon last fall, residents bustled to salvage what they could from their shattered homes. But now the neighborhood in the Florida Panhandle is as quiet as a ghost town. Most residents are gone, many likely never to return....
- Research articles 2005-02-21
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