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Rebuilt Levees Worse Than Before Katrina?
Yep, we’re staring another disaster in the face as hurricane season approaches New Orleans. From National Geographic: Almost a year ...

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One Advantage To The FEMA Trailer Sale


FEMA Trailers For Sale
That’s right. Come one, come all, to one of the biggest sales of mostly, sorta, never used trailers in the history of the world! M...

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FEMA Recommendations Overruled By Bush
Just read this from The Boston Globe: WASHINGTON — President Bush this week asserted that he has the executive authority to disobey a new law in which Congress has set minimum qualifications for future heads of the Fede...

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Cheers and Jeers: Wednesday
From the GREAT STATE OF MAINE... - "I don't think anybody anticipated the breach of the levees." ---President Bush - Except maybe the Dut...

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Feeding Frenzy: What’s Eating Us?
We live in a world that likes to focus on flash…the best news is breaking news that portrays the latest tragedy…whether that be...

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A Heckuva Week
The past week has featured some outstanding work by Digby, who chronicles the events of Katrina, day-by-day, bringing back all the horror, helplessness, impotent...

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Remember New Orleans
A reader writes… Hi. I just wanted to thank you for listing my website as a business to support last Christmas 2005. Every bit is so ...

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Now, Did Anyone See This Storm Coming?
Is anyone surprised? Amid cries that boiled down to “throw aid ($$) at it,” Congress did what the media and public response ...

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Global Warming, Hurricane Katrina and the National Science Foundation
The National Science Foundation commissioned a study on Hurricane Katrina. The question being asked? Did global warming have any effect on the s...

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Two In The Chest. One In The Head.
It’s time to put FEMA out of its misery. “But why?” you ask. Read this. ...

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