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Another Headache
FEMA sets deadline for Katrina trailer park closures |
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29 Nov 2007 |
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| Posted at 10:01 AM on 29 Nov 2007 What's worse than being a storm victim housed in a formaldehyde-soaked trailer that makes you sick? How about getting kicked out of said dwelling? FEMA has announced an accelerated schedule for moving 3,700 families out of trailers set up to house Hurricane Katrina refugees, pledging to be "with them every step of the way" as they seek permanent housing. But advocates are concerned t ... |
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| Topics: health, Louisiana, Mississippi, news (all these topics) |
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Fume and Far Between
FEMA prohibits employees from entering toxic trailers |
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09 Nov 2007 |
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| Posted at 11:54 AM on 09 Nov 2007 Concerned about formaldehyde fumes, the Federal Emergency Management Agency has prohibited its employees from entering thousands of stored trailers. And the hurricane victims living in some 50,000 trailers in Louisiana and Mississippi? Well, FEMA hasn't gotten around to seeing if those trailers are toxic yet -- last week, the agency postponed plans to begin testing -- but eh, they'll be f ... |
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| Topics: health, insanity, Louisiana, Mississippi, news, toxics (all these topics) |
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