Hundreds (in Galveston) may be homeless with FEMA vouchers

"Vallery is among hundreds of Galveston County residents checking out of hotel and motel rooms today because the Federal Emergency Management Agency did not extend their hotel vouchers."FEMA has always extended these vouchers in the past, I'd be suprised if they don't do it...

Housing all locked up on isle (Galveston Island)

"Available housing is limited. Some people are finding that the places they want to rent have yet to be repaired after Hurricane Ike slammed into Galveston on Sept. 13, flooding 75 percent of the island and rendering four of the island’s public housing complexes...

Galveston mayor says FEMA delays slowing recovery

"FEMA's inefficient way of evaluating whether homes are habitable has delayed thousands of residents from returning to Galveston, the city's mayor said Friday."""We asked them to reduce the process to two days," she said. "They inspect homes and go back to Houston to complete...

The failure of the NIST WTC 7 report to address concerns raised in Appendix C...

NIST WTC 7 report does not address evidence of melted steel documented by FEMA"by Tony Szamboti, M.E. The NIST WTC 7 report does not attempt to explain the “severe high-temperature corrosion attack” on apparently the only piece of WTC 7 steel which was tested, as...

Katrina Pain Index: New Orleans Three Years Later

" Katrina hit New Orleans and the Gulf Coast three years ago this week. The president promised to do whatever it took to rebuild. But the nation is trying to fight wars in several countries and is dealing with economic crisis. The attention of the president wandered...