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Take a Hike FEMA
Residents living in St. Rose want FEMA trailers that were permitted after Hurricane Katrina to be removed from their community.
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Woman returns home to find FEMA trailer up in smoke
Kenyan Marshall sent her five kids off to school, on the morning of Sept. 6, and headed for grocery shopping at Wal-Mart in Boutte. […]
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Landrieu raps FEMA for critical GAO report
WASHINGTON — The federal government’s “limited progress” in emergency preparedness and response since the hurricanes two years ago is “alarming and disappointing,” U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu said Thursday. […]
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FEMA trailers staying close to St. Charles just in case, officials say
Just across the St. Charles parish line a white sea of FEMA trailers appeared about a month ago along Highway 90 in Lafourche parish where they are currently being reconditioned and sent back into the FEMA system to help someone when the next disaster happens. […]
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FEMA funds maintenance building for St. Charles Parish Schools
Hurricane Katrina submerged not only the city of New Orleans beneath flood waters but surrounding cities and parishes suffered major damage as well. […]
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Got rentals? FEMA will help you find good tenants … and it won’t cost you a dime
Got a house or apartment for rent? State and federal authorities will help you find a tenant – fast. […]
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Laque gives FEMA a ‘coonass earful’ in levee-lobby effort
For a year now. Albert Laque has been pleading with higher-ups to protect St. Charles Parish with levees on both the east and west banks of the Mississippi. […]
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FEMA ‘can’t see’ the Sunset levee, says build new homes 7-feet higher than old homes
What do you call a levee that’s not certified? According to FEMA, it might as well be mud.No matter how big or good they look, if the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers didn’t build them, they don’t count. […]
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More than 500 jobs listed by FEMA
NEW ORLEANS – Human resources officials with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) report that more than 500 additional jobs will be available for Louisiana residents to help with the recovery of the state from the effects of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. […]