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Gov. Blagojevich announces state employees donated $90,000 to ... 27 Sep 2005
IGNN (press release), ...length of stay requirements for Hurricane victims at all ... access, and also links to shelters so displaced ... The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency and the ...

How we can help victims of Hurricane Katrina 27 Sep 2005
Belleville News-Democrat, Store is giving away 1,000 airbeds to shelters and displaced ... including in Fairview Heights at 6108 N. Illinois St ... Louis to collect supplies for hurricane victims ...

Gov. Blagojevich directs law enforcement, fire services, medical ... 27 Sep 2005
IGNN (press release), ...and removed length of stay requirements for Hurricane victims at ... internet access, and also links to shelters so displaced ... The Illinois Environmental Protection ...

Neither rain nor evacuation… 27 Sep 2005
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, ...postal sites that closed due to Hurricane Katrina. ... This includes those living in shelters. ... Wayne REC services parts of Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Connecticut ...

Voice of the Reader 27 Sep 2005
The Southern, After Hurricane Katrina flooded eight oil refineries, gas ... which have resulted in housing shortages. ... writing letters to Southern Illinois University's newspaper ...

Rita slams between states 27 Sep 2005
North Texas Daily The aftermath of Hurricane Rita scattered and displaced evacuees ... to East Texas and then Illinois, because when ... NT housing, food services and computer help took ...

HR hurricane aid features creative efforts as well as money Sep 26, 2005
SHRM Magazine, ...members, homes and jobs in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, according ... And the Illinois Housing Development Authority in Chicago was helping place evacuees ...

How to help hurricane victims Sep 26, 2005
Aurora Beacon News, ...be donated by the production company to Northern Illinois Food Bank. ... to any displaced victims of the hurricane who will be residing in the area shelters. ...

US Aug. Existing Home Sales Rose 2.0% to 7.29 Mln Rate Sep 26, 2005
Bloomberg ...in its revised forecast after Hurricane Katrina struck ... Mulvihill, economist at Claymore Investments in Lisle, Illinois. ... The housing market has been the main ...

Local News Sep 22, 2005
Benton Evening News, ...million dollars last year through the Illinois Housing Authority ... only, to provide improved housing for low ... NAR Relief Foundation Fund for Hurricane Katrina Relief ...

LSU finally hosts game Sep 26, 2005
Seattle Times, La., to Tempe, Ariz., because of Hurricane Katrina ... But then the LSU campus was housing thousands of ... Wolverines' wins came against Northern Illinois and Eastern ...

Black caucus focuses on Katrina's impact Sep 26, 2005
Lexington Herald Leader, ...being held here just weeks after Hurricane Katrina. ... Now there are 43, including Illinois' Obama. ... You go to an energy discussion, one on housing, on contracting ...

Emergency Declarations Help States Cope Sep 26, 2005
Arizona Capitol Times, 100 percent of the cost of housing evacuees from ... 10, a day before Hurricane Ophelia poured 12-15 ... This year, Illinois Governor Rod R. Blagojevich began the ...

Illinois Guard members heading to Gulf Coast Sep 24, 2005
Peoria Journal Star, ...also informed federal authorities that Illinois would provide housing and services to those displaced by Rita as it had for Hurricane Katrina evacuees. Sgt. ...

Lake Wylie man's hobby comes in handy during recovery efforts in ... Sep 26, 2005
Rock Hill Herald, ...like Beatson to contact shelters, coordinate relief ... coast, was transformed after Hurricane Katrina into ... including California, Connecticut, Illinois, New Jersey ...

State of Illinois employees return home after helping Hurricane ... Sep 21, 2005
IGNN (press release), ...of Illinois has been actively assisting hurricane relief efforts in Illinois and throughout ... internet access, and also links to shelters so displaced ...

Police say fake hurricane victim lied to residents Sep 23, 2005
Atlanta Journal Constitution (subscription), Center in Norcross, which provides emergency housing assistance. ... records in Virginia, Texas and Illinois for similar ... aim to crack down on hurricane relief fraud ...

Governor orders three helicopters and national guardsmen to Texas Sep 23, 2005
Belleville News-Democrat, Thomas, the Adjutant General of the Illinois National Guard ... the state is prepared to provide housing and services ... by the storm, as it did after Hurricane Katrina ...

Gimme shelter Sep 25, 2005
Joliet Herald News, ...can carry a health risk for hurricane victims and ... for themselves, said Judy Baar Topinka, Illinois State Treasurer ... between her office and shelters to recruit ...

Over 340 hurricane evacuees in state-supported shelters Sep 19, 2005
KWQC-TV, CHICAGO The Illinois Emergency Management Agency says there are now 341 hurricane evacuees being housed in five state-supported shelters. ...

State sends choppers, guardsmen Sep 23, 2005
Bloomington Pantagraph, ...the state is prepared to provide housing and services ... Franklin said that about 500 Illinois guardsmen of the ... in the relief effort after Hurricane Katrina are ...

Illinois Bishop longs for a taste of 'home cooking' in Charleroi Sep 24, 2005
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, ...in 1994, not long after arriving in Illinois. ... a health clinic, mixed income housing developments and a ... involved in assisting the Hurricane Katrina refugees who ...

Governor Orders National Guardsmen To Texas Sep 23, 2005
CBS2 Chicago, Rod Blagojevich today authorized the Illinois National Guard ... to Texas to help with the Hurricane Rita relief ... is prepared to help provide housing and services ...

State considering disaster shelters Sep 21, 2005
Peoria Journal Star, The idea of preparing large emergency shelters grew out of Illinois' review of what happened in Louisiana following the hurricane. ...

Students sheltered at Eastern Sep 24, 2005
Journal Gazette and Times-Courier, Shortly after the hurricane hit, Trinity United ... to meet with representatives of Illinois universities. ... staff of records, registration, housing, Textbook Rental ...

UI welcomes displaced professor Sep 24, 2005
Urbana/Champaign News-Gazette, Now he's at the University of Illinois and ready to start ... said of his reaction to news of Hurricane Katrina ... The UI is providing free housing to Mao and his two ...

Firefighters return from hurricane duty Sep 22, 2005
Pioneer Press Online, ...over a field of multicolored tents housing the Illinois ... a forest fire is not a hurricane, you have ... Service stepped in, hundreds of Illinois firefighters were ...

Task Force Navy Family Responding to Pascagoula Family Needs Sep 24, 2005
Navy News Stand (press release) After Hurricane Katrina, Naval Station Pascagoula and ... access to food, fuel, housing, transportation, and ... Columbia, Maine, Florida, Rhode Island, and Illinois. ...

AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT RELEASES GUIDELINES FOR HANDLING ANIMALS ... Sep 20, 2005
Illinois Department of Agriculture (press release), SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Agriculture (IDOA ... organizations, humane societies and shelters who are ... in animals displaced by Hurricane Katrina to ...

Calling Rockford home Sep 24, 2005
Rockford Register Star, ...to get placed in longer-term housing in the ... was baby-sitting Tejaria when the hurricane struck. ... last week, officials from the Illinois Emergency Management ...

Local agencies suffer after Katrina crisis Sep 23, 2005
Winston-Salem Journal, ...possibility of more donations if Hurricane Rita causes ... of Giving USA Foundation in Illinois, an organization ... problems such as substandard housing and hunger ...

Rally to highlight 'right of return' for hurricane victims Sep 21, 2005
Chicago Defender, ...used removal of Blacks from public housing to Black ... the status of thousands of Katrina evacuees housed in Illinois. ... by the government after the hurricane as a ...

Highland Park Katrina efforts are unflagging Sep 22, 2005
Pioneer Press Online, ...will go to the Illinois Restaurant Association ... or North Shore Congregation Israel's hurricane relief efforts. ... to children in Houston and Baton Rouge shelters. ...

Editorials on Hurricane Katrina aftermath Sep 20, 2005
Fort Wayne News Sentinel, Illinois will not be poorer if the Eisenhower remains ... The Hurricane Katrina cleanup is in full swing and ... no-bid contracts for emergency housing, according to ...

Paramedic confronts Katrina's aftermath Sep 21, 2005
Pioneer Press Online, ...technicians, was formed to respond to disasters in Illinois. ... of the damage caused by Hurricane Katrina, about ... water and were sent to shelters throughout state ...

State workers return from Louisiana Sep 22, 2005
Springfield State Journal Register, ...helping the victims of Hurricane Katrina, Taylorville ... The Illinois contingent worked 13- to 14 ... food stamps, unemployment assistance, temporary housing and other ...

Extensive damage expected along powerful hurricane's path. Sep 22, 2005
Austin American-Statesman (subscription), ...freeway signs directing them to shelters, which were ... dispatched to Louisiana after Hurricane Katrina are ... states, including Florida and Illinois, are available. ...

Big and Easy Iraqi-Style Contracts Flood New Orleans Sep 21, 2005
CorpWatch.org, ...$30.9 million contract to fix the hurricane-damaged twin ... we have to demand," the Illinois Democrat told ... plastic tarpaulins used for temporary shelters) that was ...

American Red Cross helps hurricane victims who arrived in area Sep 22, 2005
Olney Daily Mail, ...displaced to the region by Hurricane Katrina in ... Richland, Lawrence and Crawford in Illinois and Knox ... also can receive alternative housing assistance, helping ...

StarTek Employees Send Relief to Hurricane Evacuees Sep 22, 2005
Business Wire (press release), ...of items to those displaced by Hurricane Katrina in ... for tracking supply shipments to local emergency shelters. ... and one each in Illinois, Louisiana, Oklahoma ...

Telular Products Provide Critical Communications for the Hurricane ... Sep 21, 2005
PR Newswire (press release), ...in the regions damaged by Hurricane Katrina to ... for public use in temporary housing facilities." Telular ... Headquartered in Vernon Hills, Illinois, Telular has ...

Family here to stay Sep 22, 2005
Pioneer Press Online, Shelters weren't the only places filling up quickly ... four other families displaced by Hurricane Katrina ... Tina have decided they will make Illinois their permanent ...

Storm response inspires cooperation, education Sep 20, 2005
Bloomington Pantagraph, ...different phases from temporary housing to cleanup ... than $32,000 was collected for hurricane relief in ... Illinois Weselyan University, Heartland Community College ...

State agencies working to assist Hurricane Katrina evacuees Sep 17, 2005
San Jose Mercury News, ...needed, people were taken to state-provided shelters in Alton ... They say Illinois will just have to make do ... victims from the areas ravaged by Hurricane Katrina, he ...

Governor announces more than 400 students displaced by Hurricane ... Sep 13, 2005
IGNN (press release), ...families to stay with friends, family or in campgrounds and shelters. ... from higher education studies because of the hurricane, while Illinois’ 12 public ...

CWS Launches National Katrina Evacuee Relocation Program Sep 23, 2005
Christian Post, ...the death toll from Hurricane Katrina to ... in nine states, including Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Michigan ... Emergency Management Agency), HUD (Housing and Urban ...

Family accused of posing as Katrina victims in Decatur Sep 21, 2005
Bradenton Herald, ...arrested for allegedly accepting free housing, food, clothes ... family and others displaced by Hurricane Katrina, which ... The Mid-Illinois Chapter of the American ...

Family accused of posing as Katrina victims in Decatur Sep 21, 2005
WQAD, ...arrested for allegedly accepting free housing, food, clothes ... while posing as victims of Hurricane Katrina. ... children were placed with the Illinois Department of ...

Ignoring alligators, finding survivors Sep 22, 2005
Pioneer Press Online, ...for survivors and victims of Hurricane Katrina without ... Chicago Ridge and several other Illinois towns arrived ... Army helicopters or ground vehicles to shelters. ...

Business Briefs Sep 20, 2005
Richmond Times Dispatch, ...out of the past nine that housing has been ... million in production losses from Hurricane Katrina in ... and soybean losses in Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Missouri ...

Mayor suspends re-entry into New Orleans Sep 19, 2005
KHON2, ...with cars towing trailers full of hurricane gear and ... day mission to the city for the Illinois-based Joint ... Many hotels now are housing relief and reconstruction ...

Hurricane Evacuees Continue To Arrive In Illinois Sep 11, 2005
CBS2 Chicago, ...(CBS) ELGIN A flight carrying Hurricane Katrina victims arrived in Illinois Sunday, as ... in clean beds, get help arranging long-term housing and access ...

More Hurricane Evacuees Arrive In Illinois Sep 12, 2005
NBC5.com, ...as many as 10,000 displaced victims of Hurricane Katrina and ... said the new arrivals were given Illinois ID cards ... before being taken to temporary housing in the ...

Three accused of Katrina scam Sep 22, 2005
Springfield State Journal Register, ...to the Decatur Housing Authority for subsidized housing. ... a Decatur alliance formed after the hurricane, said volunteer ... support for the Mid-Illinois chapter of ...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Sep 14, 2005
IGNN (press release), ...length of stay requirements for Hurricane victims at ... access, and also links to shelters so displaced ... The Illinois Department of Agriculture made available to ...

Utica firefighters try to provide hope in time of need Sep 22, 2005
LaSalle News Tribune, ...residents who were evacuated to shelters in Baton ... first volunteers to respond to the hurricane-affected region ... a liaison officer for the Illinois Department of ...

Mercy flights for Hurricane Katrina evacuees suspended Sep 12, 2005
Tallahassee.com, ...the past week, more than 300 displaced hurricane victims have ... for the help provided by Illinois residents, Julie ... Agency estimated that 604 shelters across the ...

Evacuees find refuge in Catholic Charities services Sep 22, 2005
Catholic Explorer, ...a train ride on the Illinois Central train ... of families and friends hosting hurricane evacuees resulted ... focused on finding long-term housing solutions, filling ...

Bush sees progress on visit to battered Gulf Coast states Sep 21, 2005
Seattle Times, This company has provided housing for the folks ... governors of Oregon, Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois, New Mexico ... breaks designed to help Hurricane Katrina victims ...

Today's Market Sep 20, 2005
Portsmouth Herald News, ...to mitigate an economic slide following Hurricane Katrina. ... who studied bubble scenarios for housing and related ... of them are in Indiana, Illinois, Upstate New ...

Hurricane's backlash could disperse sex offenders in area Sep 13, 2005
Belleville News-Democrat, It's a Hurricane Katrina backwash that was bound ... Smith, policy director for Illinois State Attorney ... about 175 Louisiana evacuees receiving temporary housing. ...

Lawmakers work to ease access to funds, housing, healthcare Sep 15, 2005
Boston Globe, ...to a proposal by two Illinois Democrats, Senator ... write off more of their unreimbursed hurricane losses. ... The Senate's housing voucher program would provide more ...

Hotlines Will Aid Victims Of Katrina Hurricane — Guv Sep 14, 2005
Southwest News-Herald, ...on food stamps, emergency and temporary housing, and K ... are available to them in Illinois, and provide ... Since Hurricane Katrina made landfall, Blagojevich ordered ...

Adjusting to a new home: Family left Gulfport with a few items and ... Sep 20, 2005
Marion Daily Republican, ..."They provided money for food and housing, and FEMA ... a few friends who had made it through the hurricane. While watching a Southern Illinois Channel 3 newscast ...

Nursing homes outreach for hurricane victims Sep 14, 2005
WQAD, ...and other items to aid victims of Hurricane Katrina. Myrtle Klauer of the Illinois Council of Long Term Care says ... Louis area shelters housing Katrina survivors ...

Spring: No more evacuees are being sent to Illinois Sep 14, 2005
Quincy Herald Whig, In the 10 days following the hurricane, the Homeland ... 400 evacuees were airlifted to Illinois, and about ... or arranged airlift to operating shelters in Louisiana ...

State government, more organizations join hurricane relief effort Sep 13, 2005
Crain's Detroit Business (subscription), ...students affected by the hurricane by helping ... s football team played Northern Illinois University last ... inexpensive, disposable paperboard shelters and related ...

GOP in House Plans Inquiry Despite Democrats' Boycott Sep 21, 2005
New York Times, ...was scheduled to hear from hurricane experts on ... Speaker J. Dennis Hastert of Illinois named 10 ... by starving and scrimping on education, housing, health and food ...

SIUE police officer among the many helping Hurricane Katrina ... Sep 15, 2005
Alestle (subscription), ...help in Louisiana in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. ... officer in charge of logistics for the Illinois State Police ... to Regan, Harris was in the housing at the ...

Hurricane help Sep 13, 2005
Bloomington Pantagraph, ...family members seeking news about loved ones living in the hurricane's path. ... Illinois Symphony Orchestra is collecting money and housing options for ...

Wisconsin builders could feel effects from Katrina Sep 19, 2005
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, ..."We are optimistic about the housing industry, but ... with Portland Cement Association, an Illinois trade group ... lumber shortage, too, as the hurricane downed large ...

Regional Wrap Up Sep 20, 2005
WHBF, Lucas is fighting extradition to Illinois and Saline ... The city's mayor says Hurricane Katrina destroyed half ... of the ideas discussed included housing, retail, a ...

Aurora area: How to help Katrina victims Sep 12, 2005
Aurora Beacon News, ...has established a toll-free number for Illinois residents who ... offer any kind of help to hurricane victims ... a clearing house for those who have housing space they ...

Group to survey needs of local tech companies Sep 20, 2005
BizNewOrleans.com, ...from technology firms displaced by Hurricane Katrina ... working from various locations in Louisiana and Illinois. ... high-ranking needs included housing for displaced ...

Latin American Storm Victims Adrift Sep 21, 2005
Inter Press Service (subscription), ...in a telephone interview with IPS from Chicago, Illinois. ... had grown into a category 4 hurricane by Wednesday ... Katrina, who were still in shelters," Nelson Reyes ...

Sewing up comfort: Project Linus volunteers make blankets for ... Sep 15, 2005
Herald & Review, ...blankets for the displaced children of Hurricane Katrina ... Balagna, coordinator for the Central Illinois chapter and ... distributed them directly to shelters in the ...

US to pick up coast hurricane tab Sep 16, 2005
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (subscription), ...the goal was to get refugees out of shelters by mid ... favorably to a proposal by two Illinois Democrats, Sen. ... write off more of their unreimbursed hurricane losses ...

Illinois Continues Taking Evacuees; Residents Keep Donating Sep 12, 2005
KSDK, ...(AP) -- Illinois has now ... least 2,700 Gulf Coast residents who were displaced by Hurricane Katrina ... The group is now staying in temporary housing in the Rockford ...

More evacuees arrive in Illinois Sep 11, 2005
Bloomington Pantagraph, ELGIN -- A flight carrying Hurricane Katrina victims arrived in Illinois Sunday, as ... in clean beds, get help arranging long-term housing and access to ...

Illinois continues taking evacuees; residents keep donating Sep 12, 2005
WLS, September 12, 2005 (ROCKFORD, Ill.) - Illinois has now taken ... Coast residents who were displaced by Hurricane Katrina ... is now staying in temporary housing in the ...

Illinois continues taking evacuees; residents keep donating Sep 12, 2005
KWQC-TV, Illinois has now taken in at least 27-hundred Gulf Coast residents who were displaced by Hurricane Katrina ... group is now staying in temporary housing in the ...

Illinois leaders say Bush speech is a good start Sep 16, 2005
Chicago Defender, If you are a family, or know of one, who is housing friends or relatives in ... light of the sensitivity that needs to be shown to the hurricane victims. ...

Katrina's wrath felt by farmers Sep 22, 2005
Daily Cardinal (subscription), Then Hurricane Katrina hit, adding insult to injury. ... River, which serves Indiana, southern Illinois, Kentucky and ... stayed were without adequate housing, food or ...

Religious groups create referral center Sep 23, 2005
The Southern, Church to help families find housing and furniture ... Carbondale resident Carolin Harvey said Hurricane Rita will ... send a lot of people toward Southern Illinois. ...

How to help? Sep 18, 2005
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, ...to collect money to help relieve animal shelters in the ... The UPS Store at 6302 Illinois Road is collecting ... Foundation to help child victims of the hurricane. ...

Illinois to provide housing for hurricane evacuees Sep 5, 2005
WLS, ...region who should begin showing up in Illinois this week ... provide as many as ten thousand displaced Hurricane Katrina victims free housing, clothing and ...

Advocate Readies Medical Volunteers, Treats Evacuees, Raises Funds ... Sep 16, 2005
U.S. Newswire (press release), Apart from its disaster response role, Illinois Masonic physicians and nurses ... to a Tinley Park shelter providing housing to more than 90 hurricane victims ...

How to help Sep 12, 2005
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, ...friends and relatives can search the site for housing. ... The UPS Store at 6302 Illinois Road is collecting ... Foundation to help child victims of the hurricane. ...

Area welcomes survivors with open arms Sep 14, 2005
The Southern, ...donated four cabins for temporary housing," she said ... The Southern Illinois Community Foundation set up donation ... participating banks soon after the hurricane hit ...

Officials: Airlift is complete Sep 13, 2005
Chicago Tribune, ...week, more than 300 displaced hurricane victims have ... for the help provided by Illinois residents, Julie ... Management Agency estimated 604 shelters across the US ...





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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    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
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    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
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    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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