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Getting closer to finding out why so many Texas hurricane survivors were denied housing assistance

Representative Michael McCaul (R-TX) wants to know why so many Hurricane Ike survivors in Texas were denied FEMA housing assistance The pieces are slowly coming together to answer the question, why we… more →

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South Padre Frequently Asked Questions

springbreaksouthpadre wrote 3 months ago: Understandably, parents have a lot of concerns about their kids going on spring break. So, in the I … more →

Tags: cheap spring break, South Padre Island, south padre spring break, Spring Break, college spring break, Saída, San Pedro Island, spring break destinations, Texas

Midnight Pancakes: An Alternative Spring Break

springbreaksouthpadre wrote 3 months ago: In addition to the tens of thousands of college students that swarm South Padre Island each spring b … more →

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2008 Temperatures, Atlantic Hurricane Season & More — 1 comment

weatherdem wrote 6 months ago: I wanted to write a post about some datasets that encompass 2008 to put my recent discussions and fu … more →

Tags: Science, Global Warming, NASA, climate change, 2008 Atlantic Hurricane Season, hurricane bertha, Tropcial Storm Edouard, Tropical Storm Fay?, Hurricane Gustav

Texas official in charge of disaster assistance refuses to state housing needs will be funded

John Henneberger wrote 7 months ago: Charles Stone, executive director of the state agency overseeing disaster relief in Texas, says deci … more →

Tags: State Issues, hurricane rebuilding, hurricane ike

American Red Cross Releases Top 5 Disasters of 2008

redcrossrockriver wrote 7 months ago: The American Red Cross today announced the top five disasters of 2008, based on the number of people … more →

Tags: Disaster Services, In The News, American Red Cross, Disasters, Hurricane Gustav, hurricane ike, Indiana tornadoes, midwest flooding

Put an end to FEMA trailers by moving people quickly into permanent housing

John Henneberger wrote 7 months ago: She says it far better than I can. We shot this interview with a woman whose home suffered majo … more →

Tags: National Issues, State Issues, hurricane ike, hurricane rebuilding, hurricane Rita rebuilding, Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs

Texas disaster recovery plan is based on bad data and faulty assumptions — 3 comments

John Henneberger wrote 7 months ago: Today I continue the analysis begun yesterday of the draft plan developed by the Texas Office of Rur … more →

Tags: State Issues, hurricane rebuilding, hurricane ike

Texas disaster plan - an ill conceived pork barrel — 2 comments

John Henneberger wrote 7 months ago: Texas’ just released plan for $1.3 billion in federal Community Development Block Grant funds … more →

Tags: State Issues, hurricane rebuilding, hurricane ike

Reforming FEMA alone won't fix the problem — 2 comments

John Henneberger wrote 7 months ago: There are hopes that a structural reform and management reorganization of FEMA under the Obama Admin … more →

Tags: National Issues, Hurricane Rita, Hurricane Katrina, fema, hurricane rebuilding, hurricane ike

Stories of eleven Texas families document FEMA's illegal and systemic discrimination against the poor — 1 comment

John Henneberger wrote 8 months ago: It has become abundantly clear that FEMA does not treat low-income disaster survivors right. Conside … more →

Tags: National Issues, local issues, fema, hurricane rebuilding

Bahia Mar South Padre announces closure until May 1

springbreaksouthpadre wrote 8 months ago: The Bahia Mar, Bahia Mar Hotel, and Bahia Mar Resort in South Padre Island, Texas accounced this las … more →

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