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June 15, 2005
The Latest Hurricane Information And Help
| $5 billion in federal hurricane recovery aid still unspent in Louisiana (New Orleans Times-Picayune) BATON ROUGE -- More than one-third of the $13.4 billion in federal block grant aid given to Louisiana after hurricanes Katrina and Rita remains unspent, according to information provided Tuesday to the state's hurricane recovery panel. More Q&As on Hurricane Ike-ravaged landscapes (Galveston County Daily News) Gardening guru William Johnson answers readers' questions about landscapes flooded by Hurricane Ike. Council reviews city’s response to hurricane (Baytown Sun) With Hurricane Ike two months behind Baytown, it was time for Baytown City Council members to review the successes, challenges and lessons learned in the city’s response to the disaster at a work session Thursday night. Attorney General Abbott Charges La Grange Hotel With Unlawful Conduct After Hurricane Ike 11/18/08 (CBS 7 West Texas) Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott today charged the Cottonwood Inn in La Grange with advertising false room prices as evacuees fled Hurricane Ike. According to the state enforcement action, the defendants also unlawfully charged hotel taxes after Gov. Rick Perry issued a disaster declaration suspending the taxes. Hurricane Ike leaves behind devastation (BG News) When Hurricane Ike hit coastal communities off Galveston, Texas, earlier this year, it not only swept away small towns and caused economic hardship. It left thousands homeless and displaced - including the Badall-Press family of Baytown, Texas. The American Marketing Association officially adopted this family as of last month, when they saw their biography on The American Red Cross Web site ... $5 billion in federal hurricane aid to La. unspent (NBC 15 Mobile) More than one-third of the $13.4 billion in federal block grant aid given to Louisiana after hurricanes Katrina and Rita remains unspent, according to information provided Tuesday to the state's... Quail Valley to host Hurricane Ike benefit variety show (Sugar Land Sun) A number of Quail Valley Middle School students will showcase their talents in a benefit variety show to raise money for local disaster recovery efforts in the aftermath of Hurricane Ike. Hurricane blasts Cowboys out of state playoffs (Tooele Transcript-Bulletin) The Hurricane Tigers scored touchdowns on their first and third possessions in Saturday’s first-round state playoff game against Grantsville. But the Cowboys dug in defensively and started to move to the ball offensively via the airways to trail only 21-6 at intermission. A house that thinks (CNN Money) Inside a white-brick house nestled in Houston's leafy Montrose neighborhood, a gray handheld video display sits on the living room coffee table. But this is no ordinary remote control. Called the Insight and made by Tendril, a Boulder startup, the device communicates wirelessly with the home's utility meter, letting you track real-time information about the cost of the electricity you consume. Centenary College fashion show benefits hurricane victims (The Warren Reporter) HACKETTSTOWN -- At 10 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 20 in the John M. Reeves Student Recreation Center, 20 members of Centenary College's faculty and staff, as well as a number of students will participate in a Drag Fashion Show as part... |
