Foreclosed Florida homes considered
Foreclosed Florida homes considered for hurricane housing (Miami Herald)
The state's top disaster-management official has a use for all those foreclosed homes in Florida: temporary hurricane housing. ''This option didn't exist two or three years ago before the real-estate market crashed,'' said Ruben Almaguer, interim director of Florida's emergency management division.
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Huge South Florida levee
Huge South Florida levee needs repairs (The Palm Beach Post)
A 105-mile-long mound of dirt and rock helps stop the Everglades from flooding South Florida communities sitting on former swampland.
Foreclosed Florida homes considered for hurricane housing (Miami Herald)
The state's top disaster-management official has a use for all those foreclosed homes in Florida: temporary hurricane housing. ''This option didn't exist two or three years ago before the real-estate market crashed,'' said Ruben Almaguer, interim director of Florida's emergency management division.
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Florida Counties Prepare for
Florida Counties Prepare for 2009 Hurricane Season With WebEOC Emergency Management Software (Marketwire)
AUGUSTA, GA--(Marketwire - June 4, 2009) - Florida is the most hurricane-prone state in the country, having been hit by seven hurricanes just since 2004. This year, many emergency responders throughout the state have a powerful new tool to help them manage the impact of the inevitable storms. WebEOC , the world's first web-enabled crisis-information management system, is being widely implemented ...
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FEMA may house future
FEMA may house future hurricane evacuees in foreclosed homes (Montgomery Advertiser)
MIAMI -- The federal government is exploring how to put Florida hurricane evacuees in foreclosed homes if a Katrina-like storm devastates the region and shelters, hotels and other housing options are full.
Foreclosed Homes May Become Hurricane Shelters (The Huffington Post)
FILE - In this March 24, 2009 file photo, a sign lies on the ground in front of a foreclosed home in Homestead, Fla. The federal government is exploring how to put Florida hurricane evacuees in foreclosed homes if a Katrina-like storm devastates the region and shelters, hotels and other housing options are full, The Associated Press has learned.
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Hurricane Season Begins, Officials
Hurricane Season Begins, Officials Remind Florida Residents to Prepare (WQOW Eau Claire)
The hurricane season began Monday and officials in Florida are telling residents to be prepared.
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The Florida Business Continuity
The Florida Business Continuity Center Created Ahead of Hurricane Season (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)
The Florida Business Continuity Center has been launched ahead of the upcoming hurricane season, providing workspace recovery backup facilities for businesses and governmental entities throughout Florida seeking a secure, inland location.
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South Florida water district
South Florida water district conducts hurricane drill (SouthFlorida.com)
The South Florida Water Management District is conducting its annual "Hurricane Freddy" exercise today to test the agency's emergency operations response to and recovery from a catastrophic hurricane.
Kottkamp reviews Sarasota hurricane drill (North Port Sun)
SARASOTA -- Florida Lt. Gov. Jeff Kottkamp made a brief stopover at the Sarasota County Emergency Operations Center Tuesday during the annual statewide hurricane drill.
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POLL: Hurricane season is
POLL: Hurricane season is here, but residents not bustling to stock up on supplies (Marco Eagle)
More than half of residents in hurricane-prone areas don t feel vulnerable to storms, nor do they have a plan in place. Those are the findings of a Mason-Dixon poll commissioned by American Initiatives and announced Thursday at the International Hurricane Research Center at Florida International University in Miami just in time for today s start of the hurricane season. Sunday, the day before ...
Your Home Team for North Central Florida (WCJB Gainesville)
Hurricane season is on its way and state leaders want people to be prepared. Major storms are predicted to splash the Florida coasts and the Alachua County Emergency Operation Center prepares for the unknown.
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2009 Atlantic hurricane season
2009 Atlantic hurricane season begins today (Orlando Sentinel)
The 2009 hurricane season begins today and ends in November. Emergency managers in Florida are taking part in a simulation of the Great Miami Hurricane of 1926 on the first day of the 2009 Atlantic hurricane season.
Foreclosed upon homes are easy hurricane prey (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
LEHIGH ACRES, Fla. Mike Manikchand points toward his neighbors a half-dozen empty, foreclosed-upon homes, sitting on weed-strewn yards and he wonders: What will happen if a hurricane slams into southwest Florida this year? His simple answer: "A lot of these places will get destroyed."
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