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Arkansas

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Bank of America gives to food fund 27 Sep 2005
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (subscription), Since Hurricane Katrina, the Arkansas Foodbank Network ... percent and has given more than a quarter of a million pounds of food to shelters aiding hurricane ...

In Arkansas, Grassroots Activists to the Rescue of Katrina ... 27 Sep 2005
Political Affairs Magazine, ...trip with Pastors for Peace to Arkansas I listened ... their lives before and after the hurricane,� she says. ... declared they were better off in shelters (like the ...

Red Cross shelter for Katrina victims in Sugar Land closed 27 Sep 2005
Fort Bend Southwest Sun, They hear hurricane and they ... last Tuesday when a call came from a Harris county judge to prepare New Orleans evacuees for transport to shelters in Arkansas. ...

In Arkansas, grassroots activists to the rescue of Katrina ... 27 Sep 2005
Online Journal, ...trip with Pastors for Peace to Arkansas, I listened ... of their lives before and after the hurricane," she says ... declared they were better off in shelters (like the ...

Red Cross program offers emotional support to disaster survivors 27 Sep 2005
ReliefWeb (press release), As Arkansas opened its doors and hearts to evacuees ... who has spent the weeks since Hurricane Katrina talking to ... at local Red Cross service centers and shelters. ...

Crews seek out survivors in bayous 27 Sep 2005
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (subscription), ...toll from the second devastating hurricane in a ... least three tornadoes struck in Arkansas on Saturday ... only if they operated emergency shelters, food distribution ...

Business brief 27 Sep 2005
Birmingham News, ...normal banking operations in areas in Arkansas, Texas and ... because of damage caused by Hurricane Katrina. ... With new evidence that the housing market remained red ...

Paul Krugman, Sherlock Holmes and Newsweek 27 Sep 2005
American Daily, ...was on the way during Bill Clinton's escapades in the Arkansas state house. ... Remember Hurricane Floyd? ... He's former chief at a New York City housing project in ...

Four-Legged Hurricane Victims Need Homes 27 Sep 2005
KDKA, Animal Protection Society headed south to rescue some of these four-legged hurricane victims ... After days of visiting animal shelters in Arkansas and Tennessee ...

Lubbock County limits hurricane relief funds 27 Sep 2005
Texas Tech Daily Net, Some were placed in housing throughout the city, while others found friends and family. McDougal said hurricane relief spending should not affect the citizens ...

Preservation Hall Band vows to keep music alive 27 Sep 2005
Monterey County Herald, ...treated for dehydration at an Arkansas hospital after ... wooden shutters holding firm against yet another hurricane. ... hotel that was temporarily housing some of ...

Immigrants to the Rescue 27 Sep 2005
Salt Lake Tribune, ...evacuees living in Houston emergency shelters found that ... The effects of Hurricane Andrew may better foretell New ... with North Carolina and Arkansas incurring the ...

Around the valley 27 Sep 2005
Russellville Courier, ...pm, Community Room of Dover Housing Authority, South ... 3 — Arkansas Highway Depatment retirees, 11 am, Western ... Rail Trail Ride benefit for hurricane relief, Ha ...

Greenspan: Real estate could take slowdown 27 Sep 2005
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (subscription), ...who has repeatedly warned about the potential perils if the housing market were ... Because Hurricane Katrina hit in late August, its full brunt was not completely ...

Post-Katrina mayhem mythic 27 Sep 2005
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (subscription), ...the fog of warlike conditions in Hurricane Katrina’s ... themselves in shootouts inside both shelters and had ... John Edwards of the Arkansas National Guard, said ...

Rescuers search floodwaters 27 Sep 2005
Texarkana Gazette, The residual effects of Hurricane Rita never mustered its ... customers, a representative from Southwest Arkansas REA said ... of evacuees are still in shelters set up ...

Red Cross thanks Gage, McKinley 27 Sep 2005
Dowagiac Daily News, ...shelters ready to go in case we need them" when weakening Hurricane Rita reached Texas. "There are 22 meal kitchens on standby," from north Texas to Arkansas. ...

Hurricane Rita causes Red Cross official to miss chamber event Sep 24, 2005
Northwest Arkansas Times, ...many evacuees from Louisiana have begun returning to their homes, reducing the population at Arkansas shelters by as many as 50,000 people. Hurricane Rita isn ...

Arkansas’ spirit offers hope Sep 26, 2005
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (subscription), ...following Hurricane Katrina. We’ve shown the world the kind of spirit that makes Arkansas such a special place to live. As I visited evacuee shelters across ...

Lincoln delivers Democratic address Sep 25, 2005
Arkansas News, ...seamlessly banded together to find housing and services for ... Katrina evacuees are being sheltered in Arkansas. ... "Hurricane Katrina inspired us to value competence ...

USA: Salvation Army offers relief as Hurricane Rita makes impact Sep 25, 2005
ReliefWeb (press release), ...hot meals per day at designated shelters and from ... In the ongoing response to Hurricane Katrina, the ... and neighboring states, such as Texas, Arkansas and Oklahoma ...

Sprint Nextel Resumes Service Restoration in Wake of Second Gulf ... Sep 26, 2005
Business Wire (press release), 400 employees and their families impacted by Hurricane Katrina with ... to office sites in Texas, Arkansas and other ... to offer rent-free temporary housing to their ...

Two-time evacuees feel strain of not knowing where to go Sep 26, 2005
AZ Central.com, ...who have had to evacuate twice in a nightmare hurricane season this ... And all the shelters were full. ... It landed at an Arkansas military base, where he spent two ...

Evacuees feeling at home in shelter at former jail Sep 25, 2005
Northwest Arkansas Times, During and following Hurricane Katrina, Brown and her ... Since relocating to Northwest Arkansas, Brown hopes to ... the Pilgrim House and other shelters deal with ...

Public, Private Money Flows For Evacuee Housing Sep 25, 2005
Springdale Morning News, Almost 8,200 evacuees in Arkansas registered on Openyourhome ... couple to find homes for hurricane victims nationwide ... is now moving to find permanent housing locally ...

Local charities stretched, but again ready to help with Rita Sep 25, 2005
Asheville Citizen-Times, ...or a bottle of water — to those affected by Hurricane Rita ... kitchen to a staging area in Arkansas, said Col ... people affected by Rita in 246 shelters, Russell said ...

Democrats' Radio Response Sep 24, 2005
FOX News ...especially proud of my home state of Arkansas. ... seamlessly banded together to find housing and services ... Hurricane Katrina inspired us to value competence, good ...

Huckabee offers haven to 5,000 Sep 24, 2005
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (subscription), ...to Texarkana on Friday, this time after Hurricane Rita threatened ... Two Red Cross shelters in El Dorado were full ... a volunteer for the south Arkansas chapter of ...

Southern Louisiana still under water Sep 25, 2005
Disaster News Network ...by a tornado that spun off the hurricane. ... in the Ozark-Ouachita mountain regions in Arkansas, Missouri, and ... opened their doors as shelters, providing immediate ...

State ready for Hurricane Rita, governor says Sep 24, 2005
Arkansas News, Gulf Coast late last month, Arkansas housed up to 75,000 evacuees from that region. More than 10,000 evacuees from that hurricane remain in shelters, camps and ...

MORE EVACUEES PLACED AT REDFIELD CAMP Sep 23, 2005
Pine Bluff Commercial, The new group of evacuees was placed in Arkansas shelters at Redfield, Siloam ... of others from Mississippi and Louisiana to Houston after Hurricane Katrina hit ...

Arkansas shelters snowball Aug 31, 2005
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (subscription), ...groups and businesses to help those pushed into Arkansas by the hurricane. ... for families who have evacuated their homes, emergency shelters are likely to ...

Hundreds of evacuees take refuge in Arkansas barracks Sep 24, 2005
News-Leader.com, ...for any number after processing 9,000 hurricane evacuees in ... being transferred to one of three Arkansas church camps serving as longer-term shelters. ...

Epidemiologic Consequences of Hurricane Katrina: A Newsmaker ... Sep 23, 2005
Medscape (subscription) Note: In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, there ... 14 cases, more or less, in Arkansas, Texas, and ... communicable gastrointestinal (GI) disease in shelters, and what ...

Bush visit to Arkansas on hold Sep 24, 2005
Arkansas News, ...would begin a tour of states housing Hurricane Katrina evacuees ... Arkansas is home to about 50,000 Katrina evacuees ... in church camps and other shelters across the ...

Baton Rouge finally gets to see its Tigers Sep 26, 2005
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (subscription), But then the LSU campus was housing thousands of evacuees and being used as ... finally get their home season started on Saturday, but with Hurricane Rita heading ...

Evacuee influx has state scrambling for housing Sep 1, 2005
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (subscription), ...the stream of refugees landing in Arkansas because of the devastation of Hurricane Katrina. ... and Alabama continued to fill emergency shelters, hotels, state ...

Gulf Coast girded for worst Sep 24, 2005
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (subscription), ...rain and flooding over northeast Texas and southwest Arkansas. ... in 19 counties could be affected by the hurricane, Colley said ... As we speak, shelters are filling ...

Federal Gulf Coast response to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita 24 Sep ... Sep 25, 2005
ReliefWeb (press release), ...to other locations in Texas, Alabama, Arkansas, Kentucky, New ... health assistance for response to Hurricane Rita. ... two 250-bed field medical shelters in College ...

Senator Blanche Lincoln Tours Several Arkansas Shelters Sep 9, 2005
KATV, Hot Springs - US Senator Blanche Lincoln toured several Arkansas shelters Friday, visiting those who were displaced by hurricane Katrina. ...

Local shelters fill and spill Sep 24, 2005
Shreveport Times, ...in Shreveport, 350 of whom had fled Hurricane Katrina earlier ... We're trying to send people to Arkansas now and ... probably aren't going to add shelters locally but ...

Arkansas Housing Military Planes for Mississippi Aug 30, 2005
KAIT, Little Rock Air Force Base in Jacksonville for safekeeping from Hurricane Katrina ... Governor Huckabee said that Arkansas is sending a pair of Medevac Blackhawk ...

COMMUNITIES OF FAITH Sep 24, 2005
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (subscription), Jehovah’s Witnesses in Northwest Arkansas will attend a ... tinues to accept donations for hurricane relief in ... outreach committee to provide housing to homeless ...

Clinton Agency Took on Debts For His Library Sep 26, 2005
New York Sun (subscription), The portion of the building complex housing official records ... is being run by the University of Arkansas. ... raising efforts for victims of Hurricane Katrina and ...

Arkansas Shelters Struggle to Feed Refugees Sep 1, 2005
KATV, ...to the evacuees housed across the state in shelters, motels and ... many people have been displaced from the hurricane, I understand ... Laura Rhea, Arkansas Rice Depot ...

Shelters also fill in northeast Louisiana Sep 24, 2005
Shreveport Times, ...later, they found themselves fleeing Hurricane Rita -- driving ... finding hotel rooms in Arkansas before giving ... Monroe buildings opened as shelters late Thursday ...

Trailers lining up for duty Sep 17, 2005
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (subscription), ...ultimately, it’s more humane," said Barbara Sard, a housing-policy analyst ... While thousands of hurricane refugees remain in Arkansas shelters and camps ...

Texas and Louisiana coast menaced by Hurricane Rita Sep 23, 2005
Asian Tribune, ...there are no hurricane-protection shelters available for ... storm stalls over eastern Texas, Arkansas or Oklahoma ... The effects of Hurricane Rita are already being ...

Rita pursues two-time evacuees northward Sep 24, 2005
Oxford Press, ...drive to Arkansas. But the Pollards ran out of gas in Lufkin, where evacuee shelters were full and officials were directing those fleeing the hurricane to keep ...

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL Week 4 : Hurricanes don’t wash away seasons Sep 24, 2005
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (subscription), ...been hit hard by Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita, with ... eligible by the AAA to play sports in Arkansas. ... re turning schools into evacuee shelters and school ...

The trouble with beach houses Sep 25, 2005
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (subscription), Twenty of those casinos were destroyed by Hurricane Katrina, and the 16,000 people who ... write checks and come up with neat new names for old housing programs. ...

Tragedy of Biblical Proportions Sep 25, 2005
theTrumpet.com, ...like atmosphere.� The governor of Arkansas said it was ... 10 where the eyewall of the hurricane ravaged the ... of crushing poverty, of dreary housing projects and ...

Rita's humanity streams into Southwest Arkansas Sep 23, 2005
Hope Star, ..."Based on the current forecast hurricane track rainfall ... local facilities, as the Southwest Arkansas Livestock Show ... she would advise local shelters and motels ...

Neo-Liberal Vs. Socialist Hurricanes Sep 25, 2005
Swans, ..."Three hundred of the Arkansas National Guard ... hit by a horrendous category 5 hurricane (Ivan), more ... stuck in their vehicles -- aka, "shelters" -- with quickly ...

QC natives ride out storm in Houston Sep 25, 2005
Quad City Times, 7 to help Katrina victims find new shelters. ... 40 miles away from the border of Texas and Arkansas. ... Payne said the area stood directly in Hurricane Rita’s line ...

Adrift, evacuees keep moving Sep 23, 2005
Kansas City Star, ...are ready for people who may be chased from the gulf states by Hurricane Rita. ... The Arkansas camp had a job fair Thursday and had information on housing. ...

Local flood fears fail to materialize Sep 25, 2005
Muskogee Daily Phoenix, ...moved east, so heavy rainfalls are expected in Arkansas. ... Orleans and most were nowhere near Hurricane Rita, she ... across the state had opened shelters to take in ...

New set of storm evacuees arrives in Raleigh Sep 25, 2005
Myrtle Beach Sun News, Neither does Hurricane Rita, which caused more flooding ... Medical System, including Georgia, Arkansas, New Mexico ... workers were scrambling to find housing for some ...

Gulf Coast fears worst as Rita arrives Sep 23, 2005
San Antonio Express (subscription), ...homes or in one of several Red Cross shelters. ... The National Hurricane Center predicts 9 to 12 inches ... because a high pressure ridge over Arkansas and Tennessee ...

Another disaster in the making Sep 24, 2005
SunHerald.com, ...before its core drilled ashore, Hurricane Rita assaulted ... Texas, western Louisiana and Arkansas, pouring 25 ... buildings and other makeshift shelters, some pitched ...

Guard units move into place Sep 23, 2005
2theadvocate.com, New Orleans area residents displaced by Hurricane Katrina ... escape Rita were unable to find shelters, said Col ... in Minden and that Alabama and Arkansas have offered ...

Air Force ready to support Hurricane Rita recovery Sep 25, 2005
Blackanthem.com, ...vulnerable in the path of Hurricane Rita on ... Children's Medical Center to the Arkansas Children's Medical ... the greatest number of displaced into base shelters. ...

Salvation Army Expands Relief Efforts In Anticipation Of Hurricane ... Sep 23, 2005
PR Newswire (press release), ...hot meals per day at designated shelters and from ... CONTINUES In the ongoing response to Hurricane Katrina, The ... in survivors such as Texas, Arkansas and Oklahoma ...

Air Force Evacuates Thousands; Crews, Aircraft Standing By Sep 24, 2005
US Department of Defense (press release) Force Base, in San Antonio, is housing the greatest ... Children's Medical Center to the Arkansas Children's Medical ... missions overall in response to Hurricane Rita ...

Evacuees Begin To Stream Home: Highway 6 Traffic Heavy Sep 24, 2005
KWTX, ...headed out of town before Hurricane Rita arrived ... Evacuees are scattered throughout Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas. ... Texas hotels and motels and shelters set up in ...

Weakening Rita drives inland, fear of flooding Sep 24, 2005
Investor's Business Daily (subscription) ...massive amounts of rain on Arkansas, Oklahoma and ... hurricane was in 1983, when Hurricane Alicia -- a ... customers are the downtown skyscrapers housing the region's ...

American Red Cross needs you Sep 23, 2005
Townsend Times, ...supports the Give Hope Now, Hurricane Response Volunteers ... in hardship conditions, most likely sleeping in shelters. ... that will be evacuated to Arkansas or other ...

US cities unsure about plans to get people out fast Sep 25, 2005
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (subscription), ...for a doomsday possibility like Hurricane Katrina, the ... said that officials had identified senior housing, nursing homes and homeless shelters across the ...

Stragglers flee Rita in final hours Sep 24, 2005
Shreveport Times, BATON ROUGE -- With Hurricane Rita lurking just off the Louisiana-Texas border ... 1,500 spaces fill, people may be routed to shelters in Arkansas and Alabama. ...

Louisiana seeks more troops for Rita Sep 24, 2005
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (subscription), The state’s shelters are near capacity, holding about ... are people left homeless from Hurricane Katrina, which ... "If you can get across into Arkansas, that would ...

Arkansas prepares for Rita Sep 20, 2005
Arkansas Democrat Gazette, ...as a major hurricane, according to the National Hurricane Center ... and Mississippi who are living in shelters in Houston may be moved to Arkansas so Texas ...

Houston shelters evict Katrina evacuees as Rita nears Sep 20, 2005
Seattle Times, HOUSTON — About 1,000 tired and angry evacuees of Hurricane Katrina — many ... one-way plane or bus tickets to Arkansas, where more shelters had been set ...

Hurricane evacuees remain priority for Housing Authority Sep 21, 2005
Northwest Arkansas Times, BY ADAM WALLWORTH Northwest Arkansas Times. Evacuees from Hurricane Katrina will be given priority by the Housing Authority for a limited time as there remains ...

East Texas evacuees remain in storm path Sep 23, 2005
Austin American-Statesman (subscription), ...were forced to open two more shelters Friday, but ... from a swollen Angelina River and hurricane-like conditions ... city after turning south in Arkansas, should not ...

Bus Drivers' Rescue Mission - Hijacked by US Military in New ... Sep 26, 2005
Revolutionary Worker Online, ...school buses and bring people back to the shelters here ... and we saw a lot of damage from the hurricane. ... a while and get some people and take them to Arkansas.". ...

New Orleans Levee Can't Hold Back Rita's High Water (Update5) Sep 23, 2005
Bloomberg ...were among the hardest hit by Hurricane Katrina, Wagenaar ... the storm to other states, including Arkansas, which has ... t find a place in the shelters include some ...

Gulf Coast pets also finding shelter in Fayetteville Sep 25, 2005
Northwest Arkansas Times, As evacuees of Hurricane Katrina continue to seek shelter in Northwest Arkansas, so do their ... We sent six loads down south where the shelters are flooded. ...

Arkansas rolling out welcome mat for Rita refugees Sep 23, 2005
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (subscription), Arkansas prepared for another wave of hurricane-weary ... and Louisiana in anticipation of Hurricane Rita’s ... Several shelters for Hurricane Katrina refugees that ...

Housing Challenge Issued Sep 23, 2005
Springdale Morning News, The appeal continues here in Northwest Arkansas for help in housing ... space and volunteers and direct contact with hurricane victims. ... Some are in local shelters. ...

Hurricane Rita Threatens Texas, Affects Katrina Shelters Sep 20, 2005
Red Cross Tuesday, September 20, 2005 — Hurricane Rita is a Cat ... Houston area shelters were scheduled to take commercial flights to shelters in Arkansas and Tennessee ...

Arkansas Braces for Hurricane Rita Sep 22, 2005
KATV, ...as they track the path of yet another hurricane. ... area relief agencies, deciding which if any shelters need to ... We have a top-notch National Guard in Arkansas. ...

Texas prepares for hurricane Rita Sep 20, 2005
Scotsman, Coast this weekend. Officials also took steps to fly some Hurricane Katrina refugees in Texas shelters to Arkansas. This month marks ...

Rita assaults Gulf Coast Sep 23, 2005
San Jose Mercury News, Texas and western Louisiana and Arkansas, pouring 25 ... most severely damaged by Hurricane Katrina on ... school buildings and other makeshift shelters, some pitched ...

Storm could stay for days in the South Sep 24, 2005
Philadelphia Inquirer, Texas, western Louisiana and Arkansas, dumping 25 ... neighborhoods severely damaged by Hurricane Katrina on ... buildings and other makeshift shelters, some pitched ...

SHELTERS PREP FOR ARRIVALS Sep 21, 2005
Pine Bluff Commercial, ...at Fort Chaffee as long as 48 hours while Arkansas officials determine ... Red Cross opened the shelter at the convention center when Hurricane Katrina struck ...

Texas prepares for Hurricane Rita Sep 20, 2005
KRIS-TV, ...while still caring for thousands of Hurricane Katrina refugees ... Katrina refugees in Houston-area shelters will be flown on commercial airliners to Arkansas. ...

Relief team of Jackson County citizens travels to Gulf Coast Sep 23, 2005
Newport Independent, In the days immediately following the hurricane hitting the ... The Arkansas Governor's office was in charge of ... to put them in comfortable shelters, not knowing ...

Bush to visit Arkansas on Saturday Sep 21, 2005
Arkansas News, Mississippi and Louisiana began arriving in Arkansas on Tuesday ... for evacuees expected to flee Hurricane Rita. ... Chaffee before being moved to shelters in other ...

Waiting for Rita - Journal of Madness Sep 23, 2005
Blogcritics.org, ...curve up the coast and heading for Arkansas and we ... as petty as a the third largest hurricane of all ... The shelters seem to only have capacity for about half the ...





American Red Cross -- (800) HELP-NOW
Feed the Children -- (800) 525-7575
Salvation Army -- (800) SAL-ARMY
Habitat for Humanity -- (800) HABITAT
The United Way -- (800) 272-4630
Humane Society of America -- (888) 259-5431
ASPCA -- (866) 275-3923
Oxfam America -- (800) 77OXFAM

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    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.

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    Hurricanes getting stronger due to global warming says study August 29, 2005
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    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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