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NE Mississippi officials seek state Senate support for Wellspring 15 Dec 2005
Picayune Item, ...of the Nissan plant near Canton and recent ... of the massive cleanup from Hurricane Katrina. ... Committee on Tuesday, some northeast Mississippi leaders acknowledged ...

Engineers Dig in Effort to Figure Out Why New Orleans Levee Failed Dec 14, 2005
Canton Repository (subscription), Robert Crear, the Army's Corps of Engineers chief for the Mississippi River valley ... said he believes the levee system was never designed for a hurricane as power ...

Judge orders one-month extension of FEMA hotel program for Katrina ... Dec 13, 2005
Canton Repository (subscription), ...action lawsuit filed in November by advocates for hurricane victims. ... Alabama, Arkansas, California, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Nevada, Tennessee ...

Black Belt agency on hold as region recovers from Katrina Dec 13, 2005
Canton Repository (subscription), ...spending in the Black Belt for Medicare, Medicaid and hurricane recovery. ... an interstate highway through several Black Belt counties in Alabama and Mississippi. ...

Art spaces Dec 8, 2005
Jackson Clarion Ledger, Mississippi Museum of Art, Mississippi Watercolor Society ... from areas affected by Hurricane Katrina featuring ... pm Wednesday-Friday; 4145 Old Canton Road, Jackson ...

Architectural delights showcased in new book Dec 9, 2005
Jackson Clarion Ledger, In 187 full-color photographs taken by Canton resident Sherry ... How does a disaster such as Hurricane Katrina raise ... part of our heritage in Mississippi and was ...

3 Doors Down Stages Hurricane Benefit Dec 5, 2005
Canton Daily Ledger, ...for 3 Doors Down, the rock group whose members had personal losses from Hurricane Katrina. The band hails from the Katrina-wrecked Mississippi Gulf Coast and ...

Chevron Plans to Increase Capital Spending Dec 8, 2005
Canton Daily Ledger, ..._ a period marked by $3-per-gallon gasoline after Hurricane Katrina hobbled ... out much of its Gulf of Mexico production, including a Mississippi oil refinery ...

Hurricane season ends Nov 30, 2005
Canton Repository (subscription), Government hurricane experts say the increase is due to a natural cycle of higher ... Miles of coastal Mississippi towns such as Waveland and Gulfport were smashed ...

AccuWeather Chat Transcript Dec 9, 2005
6abc.com, I was chatting with a friend in Canton , CT who ... Chief Meteorologist; Senior Vice President: Mississippi State has ... with other years with high hurricane counts. ...

Katrina gives clean slate to fix transportation problems Dec 5, 2005
Canton Repository (subscription), BILOXI, Miss. (AP) — Even before Hurricane Katrina, the transportation system along the Mississippi Gulf Coast was a hodgepodge of crowded roads ...

Hurricane Season Ends Today Nov 30, 2005
Canton Daily Ledger, ..._Wilma was briefly the most intense Atlantic hurricane on record in terms of ... Miles of coastal Mississippi towns such as Waveland and Gulfport were smashed. ...

'Katrina dogs' find new homes with area families Dec 6, 2005
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, ...dogs from hurricane-scoured areas of Mississippi and Louisiana ... Jennifer Canton is a volunteer at the shelter ... help with the recovery in Hurricane Katrina's wake ...

REPLACE FEDS’ SHODDY WORK IN NEW ORLEANS WITH BEST FLOOD ... Dec 2, 2005
Canton Repository (subscription), ...become two cities — an enclave of survivors clustered along the Mississippi River’s ... that will protect us not only from a Category 3 hurricane like Katrina ...

Pastor finds Web of friends Dec 3, 2005
Dallas Morning News (subscription), ...source for those hoping to help after the hurricane. ... the 50-member Grace Bible Church in Canton, Ga ... 1,300 mile return trip from Lakeshore, Mississippi, to Cedar ...

Letters Show FEMA Knew Response 'Broken' Dec 6, 2005
Canton Daily Ledger, ...body count and shortages of food, water and ice, federal emergency officials braced for riots in Mississippi in the days following Hurricane Katrina, new ...

Canton plans film training facility Nov 19, 2005
Jackson Clarion Ledger, ...be work-force training, said Mississippi Film Commission ... Trolio Hotel on the Historic Canton Square, Emling ... However, Hurricane Katrina has stalled those plans ...

Metro traffic woes: No quick fix Nov 22, 2005
Jackson Clarion Ledger, ...the widening of US 51 and Old Canton Road, or ... Some 19,000 vehicles per day cross Mississippi 25 at Old ... US 90, which was damaged during Hurricane Katrina, has ...

Plan outlines costly traffic solutions Nov 29, 2005
Jackson Clarion Ledger, Widening Old Canton Road from Hoy Road to St. ... issue with funding is reconstruction from Hurricane Katrina. Projects on the Mississippi Gulf Coast have become a ...

DAILY LIFE NEWS Nov 30, 2005
Hillsboro Free Press, A free will donation will be taken for Girl Scouts in Mississippi who lost everything in Hurricane Katrina. ... 3, at Canton Senior Center. ...

Disasters heighten Habitat’s profile Nov 26, 2005
Canton Repository (subscription), ...house frames that are being shipped to the Gulf Coast, where they’ll eventually become homes for hurricane survivors in Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana. ...

Metro-area charities see dip in contributions Nov 25, 2005
Jackson Clarion Ledger, ...donate turkeys for its annual Thanksgiving dinner at shelters in Jackson and Canton. ... When Hurricane Katrina ripped through the Mississippi Gulf Coast ...

Rebuilding Gulfport resembles Wild West Nov 21, 2005
Canton Repository (subscription), ...her during a recent visit to a self-serve station in this hurricane-ravaged city ... single men who have crammed into this city to help rebuild the Mississippi coast ...

FEMA won’t pick up evacuees’ hotel tabs as of Dec. 1 Nov 16, 2005
Canton Repository (subscription), He said 9,830 households remain in hotels in Louisiana and 2,508 in Mississippi. After Dec. 1, most hurricane evacuees who aren’t ready to leave hotels will ...

Life is a little sweeter now in Picayune Nov 17, 2005
Biloxi Sun Herald, ...mother, Mildred, and then drove up to Canton to ride ... we will continue to update as South Mississippi recovers. ... and see how it was affected by Hurricane Katrina ...

Big Easy's Musicians Move Their Acts to Austin Dec 1, 2005
Canton Repository (subscription), Among the estimated 1 million Louisiana and Mississippi Gulf Coast residents displaced by Hurricane Katrina are musicians trying to reestablish New Orleans ...

Local students seeking help to help others Nov 25, 2005
Brattleboro Reformer, ...a trip to Ocean Springs, Miss., where hurricane recovery efforts ... Lawrence University in Canton, NY. ... became interested in traveling to Mississippi after hearing ...

Southwest Ohio sheriff doesn’t like to be told ’no’ Nov 26, 2005
Canton Repository (subscription), From putting jail inmates on chain gangs to leading an audacious emergency relief convoy to coastal Mississippi within days of Hurricane Katrina, Jones was ...

Fla. suffered mean season Nov 27, 2005
Canton Repository (subscription), Florida didn’t experience anything close to the death and destruction that Hurricane Katrina caused in Louisiana and Mississippi, but 2005 still has been a ...

Faced with a shortage of priests, bishops set rules for lay ... Nov 16, 2005
Canton Repository (subscription), ...of Houston, who chairs the hierarchy’s task force on hurricane response, said ... must include the Catholic systems in Louisiana and Mississippi, and sharply ...

New Orleans desperate for workers Nov 29, 2005
Canton Repository (subscription), ...well that some residents are slowly returning after fleeing from Hurricane Katrina ... rounded up his friends who were harvesting watermelons in Mississippi to take ...

FEMA Extends Housing Deadline Nov 23, 2005
Canton Repository (subscription), A week ago, FEMA warned hurricane victims living in every state except Louisiana and Mississippi that it would stop paying for their hotel rooms by Dec. ...

AUBREY PATTERSON: Seize the opportunity in Wellspring Project Nov 13, 2005
Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, ...revival of the Gulf Coast after Hurricane Katrina. While Northeast Mississippi is not faced with a natural ... experienced with the Nissan Plant in Canton in this ...

Post-holiday shopping frenzy Nov 26, 2005
Jackson Clarion Ledger, ...at the University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg ... The prediction comes despite Hurricane Katrina, higher energy ... Sherry Cummins of Canton, who works in ...

Americans gather for Thanksgiving marked by hurricanes, war in ... Nov 25, 2005
Canton Repository (subscription), In Mississippi, Jeanne Gray of D’Iberville had to cook one dish at a time in the ... or one of anger for the bureaucracy faced by thousands of hurricane victims. ...

Operation Adoption loading up Nov 16, 2005
Akron Beacon Journal, Akron's Belinda Barton hasn't forgotten Hurricane Katrina or ... on the part of state (Mississippi) and federal ... are sending two planes to Akron-Canton Airport to ...

Lawmakers Face Dilemma Over Katrina Relief Nov 26, 2005
Canton Daily Ledger, WASHINGTON - Lawmakers from states untouched by Hurricane Katrina face a conundrum _ ... billion for reconstruction and relief in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama ...

USC, Texas Stay Atop BCS Standings Nov 29, 2005
Canton Daily Ledger, ...in a game rescheduled because of Hurricane Georges earlier in the season. The Bruins missed out on a shot to play Tennessee, which beat Mississippi State in ...





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More hurricane coverage
    Tampa Bay could be hit by 25-foot storm surge in Category 4 hurricane September 16, 2005
    A Category 4 hurricane could cause a storm surge of as much as 25 feet in Tampa Bay, according to a University of Central Florida researcher who is looking at the risks Florida cities face from tidal surges and flooding.

    Number of Category 4 and 5 hurricanes has nearly doubled over past 35 years September 16, 2005
    The number of Category 4 and 5 hurricanes worldwide has nearly doubled over the past 35 years, even though the total number of hurricanes has dropped since the 1990s, according to a study by researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology and the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR). The shift occurred as global sea surface temperatures have increased over the same period. The research appears in the September 16 issue of Science.

    Hurricane Katrina to cost Louisiana fisheries $1.1 billion September 13, 2005
    The Louisiana Department and Wildlife and Fisheries' preliminary estimates indicate a potential $1.1 billion loss in retail fisheries revenue over the next year and an additional $150 million loss in oyster revenue in the second year due to Hurricane Katrina damage.

    Hurricane could hit San Diego September 8, 2005
    San Diego has been hit by hurricanes in the past and may be affected by such storms in the future according to data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). While a hurricane in San Diego would likely produce significantly less damage that Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans, it could still exact a high cost to Southern California especially if the region was caught off guard.

    Personal account of hurricane destruction along Mississippi Gulf Coast September 6, 2005
    The following is an eyewitness account of hurricane destruction along the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Included is information on plans to provide pro bono services from out of state lawyers to the storm victims, many of whom will need assistance in dealing with insurance companies, relief bureaucracies, and possibly personal or small business bankruptcies in the aftermath of the storm.

    New Orleans Aquarium, Zoo update Surviving animals from the New Orleans will find new homes according to aquarium spokeswoman Melissa Lee. Despite escaping Hurricane Katrina with little physical damage, the Aquarium of the Americas in New Orleans suffered significant loss of animal life when the facility's emergency generator failed and made conditions unlivable for most its animals.

    Hurricanes getting stronger due to global warming says study August 29, 2005
    Late last month an atmospheric scientist at Massachusetts Institute of Technology released a study in Nature that found hurricanes have grown significantly more powerful and destructive over the past three decades. Kerry Emanuel, the author of the study, warns that since hurricanes depend on warm water to form and build, global climate change might increase the effect of hurricanes still further in coming years.

    Environmental problems worsened Hurricane Katrina's impact August 31, 2005
    The loss of coastal marshlands that buffer New Orleans from flooding and storm surges may have worsened the impact of Hurricane Katrina. In the past, the region's wetlands have served as a natural buffer that slows hurricanes down as they come in from the Gulf of Mexico and helps protect New Orleans from storms. But all this has changed.

    Aerial photos of Hurricane Katrina destruction: NOAA posted online more than 1450 aerial images of the U.S. Gulf Coast areas that were decimated by Hurricane Katrina.




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