The Federal Emergency Management Agency

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is presenting draft flood risk maps to communities in Karnes County, Texas. The maps will help county officials and local residents identify known flood risks and will be used for insurance and development decisions. The preliminary maps revise and update information on the existence and severity of flood hazards in every community in Karnes County as well as unincorporated areas. The maps are based on... Read Full Story

(Homeland Security Secretary Chertoff, would you buy a used car from this man) The title of this post maybe a misnomer. Hurricane Katrina wasn't a disaster. It was a meteorological event. It is part and parcel of living on an ever changing planet. It was not the first time the earth has demonstrated it's fury and will not be the last. The disaster was that despite the fact, that because of corruption and graft, we new long before hand that were a hurricane to hit that area it would be... Read Full Story

Residents in one Illinois town are not very happy with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). According to a CNN report, residents in Gulfport were told they did not need flood insurance. Unfortunately, last week's flooding in Illinois and several other states has left many residents high and dry when it comes to recovering their belongings. Read the report at: www.cnn.com/2008/US/06/24/mattingly.flood.insurance/index.html Read Full Story

SWAT officers in Louisiana shot and killed a mentally ill man who authorities report would not leave his federally supplied trailer following a 10-hour showdown. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) workers reportedly alerted police on Tuesday after they claim the man, Eric Mindshew, was carrying a handgun and ordered FEMA workers to leave the property in New Orleans' Lakeview neighborhood when they came to inspect it. FEMA's visit to the trailer was reportedly the first step in the... Read Full Story

The countdown clock is ticking loudly for any Georgia resident who had property damage or other losses as a result of the tornadoes and severe storms that ripped across the state in mid-March. Only two weeks remain to register for federal-state disaster assistance. The amended March 20 Presidential disaster declaration set a 60-day period for residents in Bartow, Burke, DeKalb, Floyd, Fulton, Jefferson and Polk counties to apply for a wide range of FEMA disaster assistance programs. The... Read Full Story