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Storm cost the city million 27 Sep 2005
Corpus Christi Caller Times, Evacuees from Hurricane Katrina, who arrived in Corpus Christi starting Sept ... at Memorial Coliseum and some from privately run shelters to Tennessee to escape ...

Monday Night Football Comes to LSU 27 Sep 2005
San Francisco Chronicle, ...host a football game with the campus housing evacuees and ... The Tennessee game was originally scheduled for last Saturday, but with Hurricane Rita heading ...

Double dose of disaster, despair 27 Sep 2005
Kansas City Star, ...to go, and they refused to spend another night in another hurricane shelter ... ordered it closed, and guests were told to board buses for shelters in Tennessee. ...

Tulane Visits SMU Saturday 27 Sep 2005
TulaneGreenWave.com ...athletes in school, provide for the housing needs, assist ... around Tulane football has focused on Hurricane Katrina, it ... the 2005 NFL Draft by the Tennessee Titans ...

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

MDHA distributes emergency food 27 Sep 2005
Nashville City Paper, Hurricane Katrina evacuees who are not living in ... 1234 Schrader Lane; and the Tennessee State Fairgrounds ... Proof of current public housing residency or assistance ...

Business digest 27 Sep 2005
Cincinnati Enquirer, Scripps employs about 2,500 people in Tennessee. ... the oil industry assessed damage from Hurricane Rita and ... in continued robust demand for housing, also helped ...

Repeat Performance 27 Sep 2005
Newswatch 50, ...flood water out of the city, Hurricane Rita dumped ... vulnerable flood protection and the sub standard housing. ... a studio out in the sticks in Southwest Tennessee. ...

Books ignoring Tennessee’s plight Sep 25, 2005
Covers, However the schedule change did disrupt Tennessee’s travel plans ... of Baton Rouge, which is already over-extended housing victims from Hurricane Katrina ...

Hurricane housing plan now in place Sep 18, 2005
Nashville City Paper, Katrina evacuees out of shelters into transitional ... to distribute information among Katrina evacuees in Tennessee. ... Creek Falls when Hurricane Katrina destroyed ...

State Disaster Officials Here To Assist Katrina Evacuees Sep 20, 2005
Greeneville Sun, ...assist hurricane evacuees with completing complicated paperwork on Monday was Leah Ailey, a senior field representative with the Tennessee Housing Development ...

State ready if evacuees leave Texas Sep 20, 2005
Nashville City Paper, ...today in Tennessee in preparation for Hurricane Rita ... Other Middle Tennessee shelters that prepared to take in ... Bank of Middle Tennessee and the Tennessee Hotel & ...

How you can help people affected by the hurricanes Sep 26, 2005
Ashland City Times, ...n' roll band, teams up with Tennessee Titans Linebacker ... Pair March," a shoe drive for Hurricane Katrina victims ... one in five people have shoes at some shelters. ...

LSU players, fans long for normalcy Sep 25, 2005
Knoxville News Sentinel (subscription), Now another hurricane, Rita, delayed Saturday's scheduled game between the ... 10 Tennessee until tonight ... a couple more hundred evacuees from shelters in southwest ...

Area Modular Home Makers Tool Up for Gulf Recovery Sep 25, 2005
Lakeland Ledger, ...are going to serve as temporary shelters and have ... plants in Kentucky, Texas, Tennessee, Georgia and ... of recovery from Katrina continued, Hurricane Rita loomed ...

Nashville prepares to take in more hurricane evacuees Sep 21, 2005
WKRN, Now that Hurricane Rita has developed, Texas officials need that space to house residents there who ... More than 1,800 people are housed in Tennessee shelters. ...

Louisiana State U. officially closed Monday Sep 26, 2005
CollegeSports.com, ...game against the University of Tennessee will still ... evacuees with special needs in shelters and makeshift ... Fieldhouse has not closed since Hurricane Katrina hit ...

After Katrina, political agendas drive policy Sep 26, 2005
Seattle Times, ...that families displaced by the hurricane could use ... revival and rebuilding, from flood control to housing. ... is modeling the idea on the Tennessee Valley Authority ...

State waives teacher rules, helps storm evacuees Sep 25, 2005
Winston-Salem Journal, But then Hurricane Katrina hit and sent her life in a ... Maulet, who was on vacation in Tennessee when the storm ... in Self-Reliance helped her find housing in Arbor ...

Texas hospital patients to be evacuated to Tennessee Sep 23, 2005
WBIR-TV, ...to take the patients to Middle Tennessee hospitals. ... volunteer to help care for Hurricane Rita evacuees ... triage and treating evacuees in shelters throughout Texas ...

A home on the road Sep 26, 2005
Chester Daily Local Online, One man called from Tennessee to say he could drive; he’s now doing just ... Agency to see if it can provide more temporary RV housing for hurricane victims. ...

Knox to lend personnel, copters for hurricane duty Sep 23, 2005
Knoxville News Sentinel (subscription), Coliseum, which housed 35 Hurricane Katrina evacuees ... pm on Monday at the Tennessee National Guard ... Labor, Community Service Assistance (Housing), Mental Health ...

Huckabee offers haven to 5,000 Sep 24, 2005
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (subscription), Texarkana on Friday, this time after Hurricane Rita threatened ... in El Dorado Friday night at shelters at the ... headed to northeast Arkansas and Tennessee, she said ...

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 of ... high pressure ridge over Arkansas and Tennessee, an air ...

A diary: Helping after Katrina Sep 24, 2005
News-Leader.com, ...knowing that his son was safe in Tennessee with his ... It seems they had gotten out before the Hurricane and had ... that there are no more vouchers, only shelters now ...

HURRICANE RITA - LOCAL INFORMATION Sep 23, 2005
KSLA-TV, ...their flight schedules because of Hurricane Rita. ... the football game between LSU and Tennessee from Saturday ... Police say the city's three shelters, Hirsch Coliseum ...

City shelters welcome newcomers as others leave Sep 23, 2005
San Antonio Express (subscription), ...search dogs, from California, Colorado, Tennessee, Arizona and ... as soon as the hurricane makes landfall. ... whose members are volunteering in shelters around town. ...

LSU, fans need this game Sep 24, 2005
Fort Worth Star Telegram, It also declined Tennessee's request earlier in the week ... Second, when Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans, LSU and ... were turned into medical, housing and staging ...

FHLBank Cincinnati Board Approves $15 Million for Hurricane Victim ... Sep 21, 2005
PrimeZone (press release), ...fund over a two-year period to provide housing assistance to persons displaced by Hurricane Katrina into the FHLBank district of Kentucky, Ohio and Tennessee. ...

LSU finally homes in Sep 24, 2005
Boston Globe, ...for coach Phil Fulmer's team, Tennessee is traveling ... as an accommodation to the crowded housing situation in ... which is handling evacuees from Hurricane Katrina. ...

Katrina Relief Means Supplies Sold Out Sep 24, 2005
Lex 18, Agency bought 300 campers to use for temporary housing after Hurricane Katrina. ... up other camper units from all over Kentucky, Tennessee, southern Indiana ...

Locals prepare for Rita's wake Sep 23, 2005
Oak Ridger, ...they sign any contracts for the housing prior to ... needed to wait and see what Hurricane Rita, now heading toward Texas and Louisiana, brings to East Tennessee. ...

No More Evacuees Expected Here Now Sep 23, 2005
Greeneville Sun, ...being sheltered here learn where their relatives are being taken as Houston’s shelters are emptied as Hurricane Rita approaches. Tennessee officials had ...

New hurricane displacing refugees; Tennessee may take in 3,000 Sep 20, 2005
WKRN, ...coastal areas due to the threat of Hurricane Rita ... asked if we could take more," Tennessee Emergency Management ... The evacuees will be sent to shelters across the ...

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

3 GOP Senate Candidates Speak To Republicans Here Sep 24, 2005
Greeneville Sun, ...has provided “decent, fit, affordable housing� for 10,000 ... said, he was named Tennessee’s commissioner ... billion tab� looming from Hurricane Katrina, and ...

3,000 evacuees may flee to Tennessee from Texas to escape new ... Sep 21, 2005
The Tennessean, They are heading north trying to escape Hurricane Rita, which is shaping up to ... The Tennessee Emergency Management Agency has 39 shelters available, which ...

Katrina evacuees moved from Texas to Tennessee Sep 22, 2005
Southern Standard, ...and will be housed in shelters here and ... Beaumont, Texas, in advance of Hurricane Rita, which ... Tennessee state officials told Federal Emergency Management Agency ...

Regional bank will provide $15 million for evacuee housing Sep 21, 2005
San Jose Mercury News, Loan Bank of Cincinnati said Wednesday it will provide $15 million to help meet housing needs of Hurricane Katrina evacuees in Kentucky, Ohio and Tennessee. ...

County May Get More Hurricane Evacuees Soon Sep 21, 2005
Greeneville Sun, Center is housing about 55 Hurricane Katrina evacuees ... if we could take more,� Tennessee Emergency Management ... evacuees would be sent to shelters, mostly east ...

Hundreds More Katrina Evacuees Flown Into Tennessee Sep 9, 2005
The Chattanoogan, ...come to Tennessee in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. ... of Labor and Workforce Development are visiting shelters to assess ... The Tennessee Housing Development Agency ...

Hurricane evacuees not expected to arrive in Knoxville this week Sep 21, 2005
Knoxville News Sentinel (subscription), Vate said it is unknown whether Hurricane Rita will ... the Red Cross secured the Tennessee National Guard ... shelter residents have made travel or housing plans, Red ...

SA Hurricane Katrina: What government is doing 19 Sep 2005 Sep 19, 2005
ReliefWeb (press release), ...they are staying at shelters, hotels, or ... the areas hardest hit by Hurricane Katrina allowing ... Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, South Carolina ...

Federal Home Loan Banks Support Hurricane Relief Efforts Sep 23, 2005
Business Wire (press release), ...over a two-year period to provide housing assistance, also ... to persons displaced by the hurricane into the FHLBank district of Kentucky, Ohio and Tennessee. ...

Officials Here Await Word On Arrival Of More Evacuees Sep 22, 2005
Greeneville Sun, Tennessee officials had agreed earlier this week to accept up ... who had been living in Texas shelters that now ... that of the 70 original Hurricane Katrina evacuees ...

US August Housing Starts Fall to 2.009 Mln Rate (Update3) Sep 20, 2005
Bloomberg Housing completions fell 0.2 percent to 1.860 million. ... remarks at a Middle Tennessee State University ... building materials prices since Hurricane Katrina struck ...

Red Cross shelter closes; housing found for last three people Sep 22, 2005
Maryville Daily Times, Press reported two groups of evacuees totaling 120 from Hurricane Katrina were ... into Smyrna on Wednesday and will be housed in shelters in Middle Tennessee. ...

Storm victims can ask for cash Sep 6, 2005
commercialappeal.com (subscription), Hurricane evacuees with children under 18 may begin ... of $750 to $1,500 from Tennessee's basic welfare ... efforts to stabilize their families outside of shelters. ...

Rita Becomes Category 5 Hurricane on Path Across Gulf (Update3) Sep 21, 2005
Bloomberg ...from Houston to Fort Chaffee, Arkansas, and Tennessee. ... may have to abandon the Hurricane Katrina response ... the 2,447 Katrina victims in shelters in Calcasieu ...

Rita Become Category 5 Hurricane on Path Across Gulf (Update1) Sep 21, 2005
Bloomberg ...disaster in US history -- a hurricane that killed ... from Houston to Fort Chaffee, Arkansas, and Tennessee. ... for the 2,447 Katrina victims in shelters in Calcasieu ...

'05 foreclosures, late payments are down Sep 24, 2005
Charlotte Observer, 6.7 percent), Indiana (6.66 percent), Tennessee (6.32 percent ... have moderate- to below-average housing costs and ... states hardest hit by Hurricane Katrina are ...

Kroger's Hurricane Relief Efforts Will Exceed $6 Million Sep 22, 2005
Yahoo! News (press release) 55 truckloads of product to shelters and food ... 189 stores in Mississippi, Arkansas and Tennessee. ... been actively involved in assisting Hurricane Katrina's victims ...

Students pitch in to help displaced students Sep 23, 2005
progressiveU ...the community in a live discussion about the hurricane. ... who are still in evacuee shelters and the ... Johnson C. Smith University and Tennessee State University ...

Evacuees arrive from Texas to Tennessee Sep 21, 2005
WKRN, ...from Beaumont, Texas in advance of Hurricane Rita, which ... Agency personnel on Monday that Tennessee could take ... refugees in eight Red Cross shelters in Tennessee ...

Texas evacuees fly to Tennessee Sep 21, 2005
Nashville City Paper, ...was listed as a Category 5 hurricane Wednesday afternoon ... the Volunteer Training Site of the Tennessee National Guard ... at the 39 TEMA-recognized shelters is still ...

Helping Hurricane Evacuees Sep 20, 2005
WTVY, As relief efforts for Hurricane Katrina continue, one of the ... help was the brainstorm of some Tennessee teenagers. ... One of the Red Cross shelters operates out of ...

Blue Care Network, Wayne County unveil health coverage Sep 25, 2005
Crain's Detroit Business (subscription), ...manufactured homes needed following Hurricane Katrina from ... Most of the housing should be complete by ... in six states: Alabama, Florida, Tennessee, North Carolina ...

Louisiana students adjust to Tennessee college life Sep 22, 2005
Echo Online (subscription), ...forced to flee New Orleans as Hurricane Katrina approached ... have enrolled in colleges and universities in Tennessee. ... had to pay anything for classes or housing. ...

Greene County assists victims of Hurricane Katrina today Sep 19, 2005
Bristol Herald Courier, That's where the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency's ... center is offering hurricane evacuees information ... help with employment, social services, and housing.

Tennessee Prepares for Thousands More Evacuees Sep 20, 2005
WREG, MEMPHIS - Tennessee Emergency Management officials are preparing to ... to the threat posed by Hurricane Rita ... Tuesday with job hunting, permanent housing and other ...

Hurricane Rita Strengthens in Gulf; May Rival Katrina (Update2) Sep 21, 2005
Bloomberg ...helping transport more than 7,000 Hurricane Katrina victims ... to Fort Chaffee, Arkansas, 3,000 to Tennessee and 250 ... open public and special needs shelters in San ...

Texas Braces for the Worst as Hurricane Rita Gathers Fury Sep 21, 2005
Arab News, Public shelters there had just filled three weeks ago with ... the still dazed survivors of Hurricane Katrina to ... residents, 3,000 will go to Tennessee, and 1,000 ...

Hurricane Rita Becomes Category 4 Storm Over Gulf (Update1) Sep 21, 2005
Bloomberg ...to central Louisiana, according to the hurricane center's five ... to Fort Chaffee, Arkansas, 3,000 to Tennessee and 250 to ... also in progress to open shelters in the ...

Rita heads for Texas, affects Katrina shelters Sep 21, 2005
ReliefWeb (press release), Hurricane Rita is a Cat. ... from Houston area shelters were scheduled to take commercial flights to shelters in Arkansas and Tennessee starting Tuesday ...

Galveston residents prepare to leave ahead of hurricane Sep 21, 2005
Sherman Denison Herald Democrat, ...of Katrina refugees brought to shelters in Texas were relocated Tuesday to Arkansas and Tennessee. Some shelters couldn't withstand a major hurricane and space ...

New Assistance Now Available for Gulf Coast Hurricane Victims ... Sep 22, 2005
PR Newswire (press release), Pfizer medicines to patients at shelters and relief ... space in Schering-Plough's Memphis, Tennessee location into a ... of free product to support hurricane victims. ...

Local opinions vary on Rita reaction Sep 25, 2005
Jackson Sun, With Hurricane Rita downgraded to a tropical storm, West Tennessee residents were divided Saturday on whether President Bush and other officials had kept their ...

SEC Report Sep 22, 2005
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (subscription), ...families and hurricane victims living in shelters, The (Baton ... a needed diversion from the Hurricane Katrina aftermath ... Tennessee is traveling on the same day and ...

Gulf Coast Prepares For Hurricane Rita Sep 20, 2005
KLTV, ...moving again -- some to Arkansas, some to Tennessee, some to ... the tragic effects of the deadly hurricane in recent ... They'll be heading to shelters in Huntsville.

Evacuees hard to count Sep 20, 2005
commercialappeal.com (subscription), ...no better off in guessing the hurricane census in ... the state estimates about 20,000 Katrina evacuees across Tennessee. ... know we had 1,807 in shelters (across the ...

Texas prepares as Hurricane Rita looms Sep 21, 2005
Fort Worth Star Telegram, ...evacuated by bus before dawn to shelters about 100 ... its nonchalance in the face of hurricane threats. ... displaced residents, and 3,000 will be going to Tennessee. ...

US Aug. Housing Starts May Fall to 2.025 Mln Pace (Update1) Sep 20, 2005
Bloomberg ...lumber rose in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, a ... made the remarks at a Middle Tennessee State University ... The effect of Katrina on housing starts data is ...

Forecasters fear hurricane will pick up strength Sep 20, 2005
CTV.ca, ...to move Louisiana evacuees out of shelters in Corpus ... 4,000 were headed for Arkansas and 3,000 to Tennessee. ... of Havana, Cuba according to the hurricane centre. ...

For Rita, officials use Katrina's lessons Sep 21, 2005
Boston Globe, ...the island city of Galveston, Texas, where a hurricane in 1900 ... from Louisiana to other states, including Arkansas and Tennessee, from shelters, homes, and ...

State agencies ready for Hurricane Rita disaster relief Sep 22, 2005
Southern Standard, ...has applied lessons learned from Hurricane Katrina to ... After Katrina, the Tennessee Valley Authority sent ... Although American Red Cross shelters across the state ...

Which way do we go? Sep 21, 2005
Orange Leader, With hotels as far as Tennessee booked solid by people preparing to flee Hurricane Rita, some ... Filling shelters this way is more efficient that sending ...

Rita's rains roll into Gulf Sep 21, 2005
Newsday, Christi to new facilities in Arkansas and Tennessee. ... Similar evacuations were prepared at shelters in Louisiana ... even wants to hear the word 'hurricane' right now ...

Rita gathers power in gulf Sep 21, 2005
Kansas City Star, 1,000 tired and angry evacuees of Hurricane Katrina — many ... bus tickets to Arkansas, where more shelters had been ... 3,000 will be going to Tennessee, and 1,000 ...

Katrina evacuees flee new hurricane Sep 20, 2005
In-Forum (subscription), ...shelters might not hold up in a major hurricane. ... to move Louisiana evacuees out of shelters in Corpus ... 4,000 were headed for Arkansas and 3,000 to Tennessee.

Oregon and SW Washington Sep 20, 2005
kgw.com (subscription), Soon after the hurricane struck, FEMA officials said they ... can play a role in building the permanent housing.". ... plants in Kentucky, Texas, Tennessee, Georgia and ...

Yeshiva Continues Katrina Relief Efforts Sep 22, 2005
The Commentator (subscription), ...refugees would be moved to temporary housing by Sunday ... for four Yeshiva alumni to travel to Tennessee. ... asking for help with Houston's hurricane relief efforts. ...

Louisiana evacuees leave shelters ahead of new storm Sep 21, 2005
Toronto Sun, ...the shelters might not hold up in a major hurricane. ... to move Louisiana evacuees out of shelters in Corpus ... were headed for Arkansas, 3,000 to Tennessee and 250 ...

More evacuees arrive Sep 22, 2005
Daily News Journal (subscription), ...a city flattened by a deadly hurricane a little ... He also urged those wanting to provide housing to work ... begin settling into live in Middle Tennessee, many of ...

US Department of Transportation Preparing for Hurricane Rita with ... Sep 22, 2005
Community Dispatch (press release) ...from Corpus Christi and Beaumont to Smyrna, Tennessee. ... to resume operations after the Hurricane passes through ... provide power, equipment and housing for workers ...

Big and Easy Iraqi-Style Contracts Flood New Orleans Sep 21, 2005
CorpWatch.org, ...plastic tarpaulins used for temporary shelters) that was ... to be dispatched right after the hurricane to clean ... Phillips & Jordan of Nashville, Tennessee, holds a ...

Katrina Evacuees Welcomed Here Sep 10, 2005
Greeneville Sun, 4-H Center, the news release stated, shelters for hurricane evacuees have ... Friday night were sent here, rather than to the other Northeast Tennessee shelters. ...

Rita Upgraded To A Category 3 Hurricane Sep 21, 2005
WTKR Your NewsChannel 3, Arkansas, 3,000 will be moved to Tennessee, and 250 ... the eye of the storm, the season's fifth major hurricane. ... Bush, about 1,300 people are in shelters in Miami ...

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





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.

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    Hurricane could hit San Diego September 8, 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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