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Examiner Editorial - Don't blame schools - or football 27 Sep 2005
Washington Examiner, Reuters reported the day Hurricane Katrina hit ... Volunteers from the Montgomery County Civic ... building standards, affordable housing provisions, environmental ...

Stateliners help pets displaced by Katrina 27 Sep 2005
Beloit Daily News, By Ann Montgomery. ... the animals left behind along the Gulf Coast as Hurricane Katrina roared ... their time at one of the makeshift animal shelters in Mississippi ...

Local pair felt need to go help Katrina victims 27 Sep 2005
Los Angeles Daily News, ...$3,300 for the Red Cross after Hurricane Katrina hit ... So the La Crescenta couple flew to Montgomery, Ala., and ... to lend a hand in emergency shelters operated by ...

Market healthy for homeowners 27 Sep 2005
Montgomery Advertiser, Because Hurricane Katrina hit in late August, its full brunt was not completely ... The robust demand for housing was welcome news on Wall Street, where the Dow ...

Evacuees major part of area schools' growth Sep 26, 2005
Montgomery Advertiser, ...the 300 or so kids from Hurricane Katrina," said Tom ... closing of the Riverside Heights public housing area. ... Miller, vice chairman of the Montgomery County Board ...

How to help hurricane victims Sep 26, 2005
Aurora Beacon News, Oswego at 10 S. Madison St., and in Montgomery at 89 ... theater tickets to any displaced victims of the hurricane who will be residing in the area shelters. ...

With Rita gone, shelters begin to empty Sep 25, 2005
Conroe Courier, Montgomery County was home to more than 4,400 Hurricane Rita evacuees, as dozens of shelters sprung up at area schools and churches due to the sheer number of ...

Gibson County volunteers return from Louisiana Sep 25, 2005
Princeton Daily Clarion, ...and expect to be assigned to Montgomery, Ala., said ... set up and assist two shelters in Slidell housing more than 500 displaced hurricane survivors, working ...

Habitat weighs hurricane aid options Sep 26, 2005
Aurora Beacon News, Valley affiliate of the nationwide affordable-housing agency is ... this area for a family displaced by the hurricane. ... 1989, most of them in Aurora and Montgomery. ...

Kansas ready to shelter evacuees Sep 24, 2005
Kansas.com, ...plenty of notice to establish shelters in Sedgwick, Saline, Finney, Douglas, Montgomery and Riley ... already has 2,945 people from Hurricane Katrina who ...

Bush administration to expedite rent subsidies to evacuees Sep 24, 2005
San Jose Mercury News, ...curb the homelessness created by Hurricane Katrina, the ... and families move from temporary shelters to more ... each household, said Katy Montgomery, a spokeswoman ...

SA Shelters Filling Up Fast Sep 23, 2005
ClickonSA.com, San Antonio gained from the Hurricane Katrina evacuation ... At least one of the local shelters, Windsor Park ... The Montgomery Ward building is housing 2,500 people. ...

Montgomery County officials clear I-45 of stranded evacuees Sep 23, 2005
Conroe Courier, ...skeptics - no doubt many of them Hurricane Rita evacuees ... t or wouldn't be done, Montgomery County officials ... herded into more than 40 relief shelters - a number ...

Volunteers return after working with hurricane victims Sep 25, 2005
Sunbury Daily Item, ...to assist in the aftermath of Hurricane Rita, which ... home Thursday after three weeks in Montgomery, Ala., where ... He said there were shelters all over for people ...

Red Cross plans more volunteer training classes Sep 25, 2005
Charlotte Observer, ...a volunteer last month and flew into Montgomery, Ala., last week. ... Baptist organization is accepting donations for hurricane victims ... If you have housing to offer ...

FEMA to expedite rent subsidies Sep 24, 2005
Dallas Morning News (subscription), ...curb the homelessness created by Hurricane Katrina, the ... and families move from temporary shelters to more ... for each household, said Katy Montgomery, a homeland ...

Kansas awaits word on hurricane evacuees Sep 23, 2005
Kansas.com, ...fled their homes because of Hurricane Katrina and ... plenty of notice to establish shelters in Sedgwick, Saline, Finney, Douglas, Montgomery and Riley ...

Gulf Coast girded for worst Sep 24, 2005
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (subscription), Perry said the hurricane was a great test for Texas. ... Jacinto Mall in Baytown, the old Montgomery Ward store ... to board buses headed either to shelters across the ...

Austin closes convention center to Katrina evacuees Sep 24, 2005
Austin American-Statesman (subscription), ...such as nursing home patients, who have arrived at other Austin shelters fleeing Hurricane ... Montgomery and his wife, Gale, rode out Hurricane Katrina in ...

Red Cross reopens shelters in metro Sep 24, 2005
Jackson Clarion Ledger, 49 and the Star Baptist Church opened as shelters. ... as Texas and Louisiana braces for Hurricane Rita. ... the organization's disaster headquarters in Montgomery, Ala ...

Hurricane aid in Alabama tops $65 million Sep 23, 2005
Columbus Ledger-Enquirer, MONTGOMERY, Ala. ... 84,000 people have registered for disaster assistance since Hurricane Katrina hit ... The number one source of aid is housing assistance for home ...

Survivors still feel hurricane's wrath Sep 23, 2005
Montgomery Advertiser, Life is resuming for some Hurricane Katrina survivors, but many are feeling the ... whose staff has spent many hours with evacuees at Montgomery shelters, said he ...

Where Should the Money Go? Sep 23, 2005
Chronicle of Philanthropy (subscription) ...of the Alabama Coalition on Black Civic Participation, in Montgomery. ... first three weeks after the hurricane, the Red ... overnight stays in 902 shelters across the ...

Jim Duke returns from Hurricane Katrina relief Sep 25, 2005
Montrose Daily Press, ...go-between with the agency's hurricane center in Montgomery, Ala ... ll be going given the status of Hurricane Rita ... Many of the people who were in shelters along the ...

Shelters left powerless, abandoned Sep 25, 2005
Brazosport Facts (subscription), By noon Saturday, less than 12 hours after the eye of Hurricane Rita hit the Gulf Coast ... Thirty-one Red Cross shelters in Houston, Montgomery and Wilson ...

County plays backup to city in relief efforts Sep 23, 2005
San Antonio Express (subscription), ...now turned to evacuees from Hurricane Rita on top ... officers providing security at the Montgomery Ward shelter have ... have ferried meals to the different shelters. ...

Red Cross opens new disaster shelter Sep 24, 2005
Montgomery Advertiser, A Red Cross disaster shelter opened in Montgomery at noon Friday ... More shelters would be set up in the area as ... Katrina, as well as those fleeing Hurricane Rita. ...

Kansas offers refuge Sep 23, 2005
Topeka Capital Journal (subscription), ...plenty of notice to establish shelters in Sedgwick, Saline, Finney, Douglas, Montgomery and Riley ... and Louisiana coasts before Hurricane Rita makes ...

Alabama set to take in Rita evacuees Sep 24, 2005
AL.com, MONTGOMERY - With yet another major hurricane bearing down on ... Louisiana did not have adequate shelters and resources to ... In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, Riley ...

Amateur Radio Resources at the Ready for Rita Sep 23, 2005
ARRL, ...already has opened nearly two dozen shelters and seeks ... quick deployment in the wake of Hurricane Rita ... He notes that the Montgomery, Alabama, American Red Cross ...

County entities plan for possible arrival of Hurricane Rita Sep 22, 2005
Conroe Courier, As Hurricane Rita nears landfall, Montgomery County is ... County United Way president and Montgomery County Disaster ... All American Red Cross shelters in Montgomery ...

Busloads of evacuees find room Sep 25, 2005
Brazosport Facts (subscription), ...called for Brazoria County, the shelters were filling ... Traxler, an operator for the Montgomery County Sheriff ... churches to anyone fleeing from Hurricane Rita late ...

Political Appointees Amid Many Fights Over Qualifications, A Bush ... Sep 23, 2005
New York Times, ...deal with the calamity caused by Hurricane Katrina ... the main experience of Brian D. Montgomery, who in June became assistant secretary for housing and federal ...

AREA'S RED CROSS CONTINGENT RETURNS HOME Sep 24, 2005
Westerly Sun, ...part in the Red Cross' massive hurricane response, Burnap ... at the Red Cross' staging area in Montgomery, Ala ... for helping 40,000 people in 21 shelters across five ...

Local Red Cross volunteer returns from Gulf Coast Sep 24, 2005
Beckley Register-Herald (subscription), 31, two days after the hurricane battered the area ... seven of his family members to Montgomery, and they had ... to bring animals into Red Cross shelters, McGraw said ...

Hurricane Katrina relief efforts (Wed. Sept. 21, 2005) Sep 20, 2005
Citizen - Fayetteville, Ala., which have opened shelters and taken ... Baton Rouge, Birmingham, Dallas, Houston, Montgomery, Orlando, Pensacola ... to the events surrounding Hurricane Katrina. ...

Evacuees trickle in to park Sep 25, 2005
Troy Messenger, ...term and short-term housing for Hurricane Katrina evacuees ... evacuees have been in hotels, shelters or staying ... a couple organizations out of Montgomery," he said ...

‘I saw best and worst' Sep 25, 2005
Newszap Delaware, DOVER — After watching the destruction Hurricane Katrina caused ... refer to the people in shelters as evacuees ... flew from Philadelphia to Montgomery, Ala., where ...

Voice of the reader Sep 25, 2005
Billings Gazette, Like the Montgomery Pass wild horses in ... Communication breakdowns in the hurricane relief efforts tell ... important because schools become shelters and information ...

The Age of Catastrophe: Preparing for Disaster Sep 26, 2005
Dissident Voice, San Antonio, Dallas, Shreveport, Jackson, Montgomery and Macon. The inland cities would be connected as well, with each in turn providing shelters, food, water ...

Movin' on up Sep 23, 2005
Macleans, ...of high-ranking employees to Montgomery to convince ... if they knew they were hurricane survivors." And ... 300 inhabitants, including survivors from other shelters. ...

Officials recommend voluntary evacuation as they brace for Rita Sep 23, 2005
Conroe Courier, Efforts are ongoing to organize shelters of last resort ... city and county officials Wednesday, Montgomery County law ... severe the effects of the hurricane, they do ...

Hurricane Watch Net Alters Rita Activation Plans; ARES/RACES Gear ... Sep 22, 2005
ARRL, Shelters already have begun opening in the Austin ... Cross volunteer staging area in Montgomery, Alabama, Chuck ... up volunteers reporting for Hurricane Katrina duty ...

Hurricane volunteers begin to return home Sep 19, 2005
Crawfordsville Journal Review, Some of Montgomery County’s initial volunteers for hurricane relief have ... The number of those staying in shelters had dropped dramatically by the time ...

Also in this section: Sep 25, 2005
Little Falls Evening Times, AMSTERDAM - Montgomery County Educational and Cultural Council town ... The units set up shelters, prepare food ... going to the American Red Cross Hurricane Relief Fund ...

How you can help victims of Hurricane Katrina Sep 22, 2005
Aurora Beacon News, ...and in Montgomery at 89 Boulder Hill Pass ... be donating theater tickets to any displaced victims of the hurricane who will be residing in the area shelters. ...

Youngsters have fun run-in with the law Sep 25, 2005
Montgomery Advertiser, ...of New Jersey police officers and other volunteers who assisted in hurricane relief efforts ... came to Selma to help evacuees who were staying in area shelters. ...

Evacuees begin trip through Montgomery County Sep 23, 2005
Conroe Courier, The Hurricane Rita evacuation plan officially went into ... up Interstate 45 to reach shelters in Huntsville ... Department of Public Safety in Montgomery County couldn ...

Red Cross opens shelters for Rita refugees Sep 23, 2005
Conroe Courier, Shelters should be a last resort ... That's why I recommended Montgomery County people not evacuate," Sadler ... homes will probably face Category 1 hurricane winds (75 ...

FEMA aiding evacuees in state Sep 20, 2005
The Decatur Daily, ...are unlivable as a result of Hurricane Katrina ... Management Agency spokeswoman Josie Pritchard in Montgomery said the ... goal to move evacuees from shelters to more ...

Examiner Editorial - Regional plan? What regional plan? Sep 22, 2005
Washington Examiner, ...clear how one actually gets to the shelters. ... When Reuters reported the day Hurricane Katrina hit ... Volunteers from the Montgomery County Civic Federation have ...

Rita bearing in on Texas Sep 21, 2005
Austin American-Statesman (subscription), ...areas as far north as Montgomery County — north of ... will oversee federal preparations for Hurricane Rita from ... direct evacuees to makeshift shelters at schools ...

Katrina Strains Businesses Outside Its Path Sep 2, 2005
Inc.com, ...the physical trauma of hurricane, Montgomery's business community ... Montgomery retailers were also caught unprepared for ... lots for temporary housing units, vacant ...

Robert Seltzer: Stripped of joy, Katrina evacuees find comfort in ... Sep 24, 2005
San Antonio Express (subscription), ...should use the debit cards for food, housing or clothing ... After the hurricane survivors arrived in San Antonio, some ... on the curb near the old Montgomery Wards at ...

Alabama Disaster Aid Tops $65 million; More than 84,000 Apply Sep 22, 2005
Community Dispatch (press release) MONTGOMERY, Ala. ... funding to aid hard-hit Alabamians recovering from Hurricane Katrina now ... more than $51.6 million is for 23,575 FEMA Housing Assistance grants ...

Local donations to hurricane relief most ever Sep 20, 2005
LimaOhio.com, ...assigned to Baton Rouge, La., two to Montgomery, Ala., and ... food needs for those left homeless by Hurricane Katrina ... As shelters start to clear and those who can ...

Hurricane displaces teacher's family Sep 22, 2005
Crawfordsville Journal Review, Scott, 9, were given temporary housing in the ... who live in the South Montgomery School Corporation. ... who was personally affected by Hurricane Katrina,� Hoover ...

Kansas identifies shelter for up to 2,150 hurricane evacuees Sep 22, 2005
Kansas.com, ...officials have identified space in shelters for up to ... and Louisiana coasts before Hurricane Rita makes ... Sedgwick, Saline, Finney, Douglas, Montgomery and Riley ...

State has yet to add up Katrina bill Sep 20, 2005
Business Gazette, Montgomery County received 746 people — 296 families ... for most expenses, including housing evacuees for ... People displaced by Hurricane Katrina should register ...

Monster Rita at the door; eye shifting Sep 23, 2005
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (subscription), ...were converted to northbound lanes in Montgomery County north ... after an unnamed 1900 hurricane killed between ... in northern Mexico readied shelters and prepared ...

'Everybody has been so nice' Sep 20, 2005
Clarksville Leaf Chronicle, ...meet the emergency needs of Hurricane Katrina evacuees ... Essentials, Gateway Health System, the Montgomery County Health ... to ensure evacuees have housing and jobs ...

Katrina hits home for archaeologist Sep 21, 2005
Business Gazette, If Hurricane Rita doesn ... In addition to providing housing to almost 30 displaced employees, Goodwin is ... is working as a chef at the Comus Inn in Montgomery County ...

Agency disappoints Hancock officials Sep 23, 2005
SunHerald.com, Katrina clobbered the Coast, about five shelters had been ... with the Red Cross after Hurricane Camille in ... relief supplies from its headquarters in Montgomery, Ala ...

FEMA Center Sep 26, 2005
WTVY, ...to emergency management officials, there are about 600 hurricane evacuees in the ... questions storm victims had about flood insurance, housing, rental assistance ...

School's out for Rita Sep 25, 2005
Conroe Courier, ...fact that five CISD schools are still housing thousands of ... them from the worst of Hurricane Rita's wind ... Officials with Montgomery College will meet Sunday to ...

Section School relief efforts begin tonight Sep 2, 2005
Scottsboro Daily Sentinel, ...up at the game for people to bring in personal hygiene or baby items to donate to Mobile victims of Hurricane Katrina who have fled to shelters in Montgomery. ...

Aid coming for local refugees Sep 2, 2005
Montgomery Advertiser, ...a plan to help coordinate aid for the more than 6,000 Hurricane Katrina evacuees ... That worry is shared by hundreds of others staying in Montgomery shelters. ...

Wednesday's news briefs Sep 21, 2005
Conroe Courier, Katrina Update: Hurricane Katrina evacuees in need of free shelter and food can go to First Baptist Church ... The Montgomery County Housing Authority needs ...

Pulling together Sep 24, 2005
Athens Banner-Herald (subscription), In the days after the hurricane, Morgan had sought ... But his daughter, who lives outside Montgomery, Ala., called ... home about a week, Morgan was housing his father ...

'The children were crying' Sep 23, 2005
Eufaula Tribune, ...her family fled Gulfport, Miss., as Hurricane Katrina churned ... t find any vacancies at shelters in Mississippi ... they were dispatched to Montgomery and, ultimately ...

Katrina's ripples strike Foodbank Sep 23, 2005
Dayton Daily News (subscription), ...of the hurricane and also help people locally.". The Foodbank, which serves 85 member agencies' pantries, community kitchens and shelters in Montgomery, Greene ...

Amateur Radio Earning Praise, Respect in Hurricane Katrina Relief Sep 16, 2005
ARRL, An HF station at the Montgomery Red Cross staging area ... The county lost its EOC in the hurricane. ... also been active in communicating with other shelters on HF and ...

Foresters respond to disaster; NC flood song shared with Gulf Sep 21, 2005
Greenville Daily Reflector, Six North Carolina foresters went to Montgomery, Ala. ... 12 to aid Hurricane Katrina victims ... The items were transported upon request to Red Cross shelters and small ...

Del. workers prepare to help Gulf Sep 23, 2005
The News Journal, BY JEFF MONTGOMERY AND MICHELE BESSO / The News ... to remain there through Hurricane Rita's predicted ... to evacuees, people managing the shelters and officials from ...

Montgomery offers services to evacuees Sep 13, 2005
Business Gazette, 600 Gulf Coast evacuees have reached Montgomery County, as ... by the county to serve as emergency shelters. ... could expect 1,000 survivors from Hurricane Katrina. ...

Task Force takes current look at long-tern housing Sep 14, 2005
Woodlands Villager, Montgomery County United Way is in the process of determining ... In order for hurricane survivors to return to a ... Hotels and shelters are not meant for long term ...

Hurricane Relief efforts continue Sep 16, 2005
Dayton Business Journal, ...to contribute funds and manpower to Hurricane Katrina relief ... or local chapters include: Montgomery County Jobs ... People, the Dayton Metro Housing Authority, the ...

Conroe mayor recommends evacuation for those with special needs Sep 22, 2005
Conroe Courier, ..."We could have hurricane forces winds here.". ... "Montgomery County Housing Authority is trying to find more permanent housing," he said. ...

4-H helps care for community Sep 22, 2005
Crawfordsville Journal Review, For the families and young people in shelters or in ... for letting those who experienced Hurricane Katrina know ... Sherry Legg-Young is a Montgomery County Extension ...

Alabama marking National Day of Prayer for hurricane victims Sep 13, 2005
WSFA, ...a state initiative to find long-term housing for people ... Relief Fund at PO Box 1523, Montgomery, AL 36102. ... can sign up to volunteer with hurricane relief efforts ...

Medicaid, housing will be long-term needs, officials say Sep 13, 2005
San Jose Mercury News, MONTGOMERY, Ala. ... said a temporary eligibility has been set up for hurricane evacuees, who ... in the state will be available to evacuees moving out of shelters. ...

National Service Volunteers Step Up Hurricane Katrina Relief and ... Sep 14, 2005
Community Dispatch (press release) ...to assist with the response to Hurricane Katrina. ... Service Corps are working in local shelters in the ... AmeriCorps NCCC team is in Montgomery, providing support ...

Evacuees get rapid relief Sep 15, 2005
Montgomery Advertiser, ...at least 100 volunteers and 35 caseworkers assisting hurricane victims at the Montgomery agency. ... All Red Cross shelters in Montgomery have closed except for ...

Gridlock pushed some to stay Sep 23, 2005
Galveston County Daily News, ...people trying to evacuate before Hurricane Rita came ... hour trip from Galveston to evacuation shelters in Huntsville ... The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office and ...

Bush to meet evacuees in Birmingham Sep 22, 2005
Montgomery Advertiser, ...of Tuesday, 537 people were in 22 shelters in Alabama ... There are 985 people in interim housing, which includes ... in Texas to other states since Hurricane Rita is ...

Ice for the Big Easy goes a long Sep 21, 2005
Boston Globe, ...had already been brought to shelters in Texas ... storm knocked out power, anticipating that hurricane victims would ... I drove it down to Montgomery, Ala.," trucker ...

Conroe Regional volunteers offering medical assistance to shelters Sep 12, 2005
Conroe Courier, Search and Rescue team that was deployed in 1999 when Hurricane Floyd, a ... volunteers are willing to provide medical assistance to any Montgomery County shelter ...

Back home, Varnes reflects Sep 22, 2005
York Daily Record, Varnes learned during three weeks in Montgomery, Ala., that ... They would gravitate to shelters offering financial aid. ... latest threat to the region, Hurricane Rita ...

Marian College employee working with Red Cross assisting evacuees Sep 21, 2005
Fond du Lac Reporter, ...weekend for Montgomery, Ala. Her anticipated duties include working at a call center where hurricane victims call for assistance or one of the shelters meeting ...

Red Cross sends 2 more volunteers Sep 19, 2005
Quad City Times, ...in Montgomery, Ala., to help with client casework and services at shelters. A total of 16 local volunteers have been sent to the South for hurricane relief ...

Katrina relief efforts turning to evacuees with HIV Sep 23, 2005
Southern Voice, ...the money for food and housing, which are ... Another $1,000 was sent to Montgomery AIDS Outreach. ... His organization established the Hurricane Katrina LGBT Relief ...





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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    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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