Hurricane Katrina
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Memphis Churches in Black & White...hired Debra Smith as one of its pastors. Smith is a black female, from Memphis, who had been working in New Orleans until Hurricane Katrina chased her and her family back to the Mid-South. Smith is acutely aware of the realities of... In this article: Memphis, God, Hurricane Katrina, and Martin Luther King, Jr. |
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The Salt Lake Tribune | November 18, 2009
Fed disaster planning group coming to SLC
...its report by April. The secretaries cited the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and Hurricane Katrina as examples for the need for more planning, which is why the first two meetings took place in New Orleans and New York. The group held a...
In this article: Janet Napolitano, Housing and Urban Development, Barack Obama, White House, and Washington
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Fox News | November 04, 2009
Memphis Woman Pleads Guilty in FEMA Case
...Wednesday, 04 Nov 2009, 6:34 PM CST Memphis, Tenn. - A Memphis woman has pleaded guilty to mail fraud for filing fradulent disaster relief applications in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. Federal prosecutors for the Western District of...
In this article: Federal Emergency Management Agency, Memphis, and Tennessee
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New Orleans Times-Picayune | November 16, 2009
S&WB member with ties to Nagin being investigated
...raising money -- spent on the mayor's re-election. Most of Edwards' money went to billboards and radio ads aimed at Katrina evacuees in cities such as Memphis, Houston and Atlanta. Asked at the time to explain his enthusiasm for Nagin,...
In this article: Ray Nagin, New Orleans, The Times-Picayune, James L. Jones, and Marc Morial
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St. Petersburg Times | August 02, 2009
First Christian Church of Tarpon Springs becomes Generations Christian Church at Trinity
...the Tampa Bay area. Recently the church sent teams to New Orleans to help people still recovering from Hurricane Katrina, to Memphis to work with some of the poor people and they also support missionaries in Kenya. More festivities are...
In this article: Tarpon Springs and Robbie Seay Band
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New Orleans schools might get FEMA money soon
...be Monday in Memphis. Katrina provided for FEMA to build out the education infrastructure... now perhaps the public officials will propose legislation allowing for the long term maintenance of those facilities. Some states dedicate...
In this article: FEMA, Department of Homeland Security, Louisiana, Katrina, New Orleans, and Steve Scalise
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Wikipedia | October 23, 2009
Gulfport-Biloxi International Airport
...is also expandable with reserved for air cargo on airport. The airport was closed for repairs (or reconstruction) following severe damage by Hurricane Katrina on August 29, 2005. On September 8, 2005, the airport reopened for commercial...
In this article: Gulfport-Biloxi International Airport, Gulfport, Southern Airways, Northwest Airlines, and Mississippi
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The Japan Times: All Stories | May 21, 2009
Tattoo you - Mika's call to arms
As a clear counterpoint, in 2006, Nakashima got involved in the cleanup of Hurricane Katrina and ended up an honorary citizen of Memphis, Tenn., thanks to a gospel-filled charity single for New Orleans titled "All Hands Together." "We...
In this article: Mika Nakashima, New Orleans, New York, Memphis, Fukuoka, and Nana
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Aaron Neville
...Plays the Fool" all reached Number One. In August 2005 his home in Eastern New Orleans was destroyed by Hurricane Katrina; he evacuated to Memphis, Tennessee before the hurricane hit. He moved to Nashville after the storm, and had...
In this article: Aaron Neville, Don't Know Much, Ivan Neville, The Neville Brothers, All My Life, Everybody Plays the Fool, Tell It Like It Is, and Cotton
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www.washingtonpost.com | October 30, 2005
In La., Memories Stronger Than Rita
...swells, guzzling beer and Jack Daniel's, and throwing up. But Hurricane Katrina changed attitudes and undoubtedly saved many lives when Rita hit southwest Louisiana 28 days later. My mother's odyssey as a refugee had taken her from a...
In this article: Lake Charles, Louisiana, Hurricane Rita, New Orleans, Jambalaya, and Black-eyed pea
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Description from Wikipedia:
The levee failures prompted investigations of their design and construction which belongs solely to the US Army Corps of Engineers as mandated in the Flood Control Act of 1965. There was also an investigation of the responses from federal, state and local governments, resulting in the resignation of Federal Emergency Management Agency director Michael D. Brown. Conversely, the National Hurricane Center and National Weather Service were widely commended for accurate forecasts and abundant lead time. Three years later, thousands of displaced residents in Mississippi and Louisiana were still living in trailers.
- Name:
- Hurricane Katrina
- Fatalities:
- 1,836 confirmed, 705 missing
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