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Study: Displaced are suffering
FEMA housing a major cause Source
Waveland funds spent to house volunteers at private property Source
As a side note to this article. The plans to move Americorp to this location have been in the works since October of 2006. This was when the discussions with the Mayor's ex wife first started and the agreement was made to "lease" this building for one year. At that time volunteers from the Conservation Corp were sent to clean out the building. The Harvest Church was offered use of the building also in return for assisting with the construction of the Americorp shelter. And, in November of 2006 - the Mayor's ex wife was also hired to work in the Office of Public relations and all construction on the building was managed from that office.
Coast population takes a dramatic swing northward
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House Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity. Field Hearing: "Solving the Affordable Housing Crisis in the Gulf Region Post Katrina: Why no progress and what are the obstacles to success?" Source
Katrina Recovery: Citizens Taking Action. Source
Of those living in FEMA trailer parks only half had access to a bank account. Source
Donated supplies start to leave warehouse
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Waveland donations held hostage. Source
Waveland Mayor vacillates all over the place in various news media locations regarding raid of Katrina Relief on January 2nd.
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Mayor grilled over donations Source
Mascedonia Missionary Baptist Church has its first service in its new building today Sunday the 14th at 11am. All are welcome !
K-Mart, Home Depot Draw Businesses To Waveland's Choctaw Plaza
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State Farm ruling could help local homeowners
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Church World Services given funds from Governor's fund to oversee disbursement through the Long Term Recovery Committee.
Still no official word that the FEMA trailer deadline of February 28th is going to be extended.
Mayor of Gulfport looking at China for economical panelized walls in a way to accelerate the housing in the Gulf Coast Region. He stated, on television this morning, that there are 60,000 homes to replace. Normally Gulfport, alone, in a year, only builds up to 500 homes.
Governor and HUD Secretary Announce New Components in Homeowner Grant Programs Source
Allstate settles Katrina lawsuit
Insurer still facing hundreds of disputes Source
Dec. 13, 2006, 9:41PM
Judge blasts FEMA for withholding aid Source
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FEMA Told to Resume Storm Aid
Judge's Ruling May Affect Thousands On the Gulf Coast Source
FEMA to restart Katrina housing program Source
Standing up to the SBA Source
Skin ailment strikes long term volunteers – blisters/hives/appears to look like chicken pox. Very contagious. Treatment can include topical and/or intravenous antibiotics.
Long Term Recovery Summit in Hattiesburg last Friday a huge success
2 unrepentant about selling Katrina gift Source
Governor Barbour Announces Leadership Change at the MDA Source
Aged still in storm's eye Source
Dale Announces State Farm Market Conduct Exam Source
The Amish in Waveland Source
Details of Phase Two of Homeowner Assistance Program Source
Applications for Phase I and Phase II grants are open. Evacuees must return to fill out paperwork.
The state has sent out 5,701 checks to Mississippi Gulf Coast homeowners who suffered damage from Hurricane Katrina, program supervisors said Thursday.
Mississippi Development Authority officials said $357 million has been paid to homeowners through the housing grant program.
Gov. Haley Barbour said in a statement that he was pleased with the progress of the program and urged homeowners who have received a closing notification, but have not closed yet, to contact the closing agent listed.
MDA executive director Leland Speed said the agency is continuing to streamline the grant process and put grant checks into the hands of Gulf Coast homeowners.
The housing grants are part of the $5 billion federal allocation to assist Mississippi homeowners whose property flooded during Katrina even though it was outside a federally designated flood zone. Awards given to homeowners - up to $150,000 - depend on the damage assessment.
The MDA has opened service centers at Singing River Mall in Gautier, Prime Outlets in Gulfport, and Hancock County Government Complex in Bay St. Louis.
FEMA trailers up for auction. You have to question why the former occupants were not held to some accountability for the damages to these trailers? Source
AP Centerpiece: Land grab after Katrina leaves out many hard-hit property owners
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Judge delays Katrina insurance lawsuits Source
Bay okays state probe of building department Source
Waveland eyes debris contracts with Beck, TCB Source
A city shows how to tackle renewal Source
EOC closes Distribution Warehouse at Stennis, lays off several employees including EOC Volunteer and Donations Coordinator.
Hancock Long Term Recovery still has not received the promised funds from the Governor's special fund. No explanation from the Governor's office
FEMA trailers are being returned at the rate of 250 per week in the Gulf Coast Region
State Wide Long Term Recovery Summit NOVEMBER 17th 10-3:00p.m. Hattiesburg, MS Lowery Woodall Center
CONSTRUCTION COORDINATOR TRAINING and VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR TRAINING in Hattiesburg on Nove 14,15,and 16
Wayland to Waveland Source
Pastor to officials: Tell the truth' on Katrina recoverySource
Gulfport Mayor deals with overwhelming public demand for “personal attention”Source
FEMA and MEMA Search for Rental Properties
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Miss. Baptists won't rebuild Katrina-damaged conference center
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Gulf Coast Community Foundation awards $5.4 million to Non-Profits Source
Coast affordable-housing study gets boost from Realtors group Source
Annexation excludes vote in Bay St Louis and Waveland Source
Drug raid nets Hancock County school bus driver, others Source
Ferry to set sail
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Apartment losses near 50%-10,000 units fell victim to Katrina Source
Red Cross announces management overhaul Source
Some U.S. Gulf coast rebuilding may be unwise: study
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Classes for tape and texturing your own sheetrock. Sign up at Waveland City Hall building number 8, 335 Coleman Ave., Waveland.
As of last Thursday MDA checks = 3,162. Aproximately twelve thousand five hundred to go. 2,000 appeals already filed
The president of W. G. Yates and Sons Construction Co., discussed the impact of Hurricane Katrina Source
Barbour orders grants increased Source
MDA CLARIFIES GRANT APPLICATION PROCEDURE FOR HOMEOWNERS WHO SOLD THEIR HOMES Source
MDA Hancock County Center:
Hancock County Service Center
3068 Longfellow Drive
Building 6A
(Hancock County Gov’t Complex)
Bay St. Louis, MS 39520
Monday – Friday
8:00 am – 6:00 pm
R.W. Beck, Site Monitor for Waveland for debris removal, is providing a full time representative at the City of Waveland Office of Long Term Recovery, Waveland City Hall, Building #8, 335 Coleman Ave., Waveland. If you have trees or debris that needs to be removed – come into the office between 8am and 4.30pm Monday-Friday.
Free double wide mobile home – not flooded. Contact Katrina Relief at the City of Waveland long term recovery office, 335 Coleman Ave., Waveland #8
Chapter 13 filings grow in Gulf region
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FEMA does post-quake review in Hawaii Source
Regulations Keep Bay St. Louis Couple From Moving Into New Modular Home Source
New Waveland Residents Can't Replace Lost Mobile Homes Source
As of Wednesday, 1,300 checks
Grant snags may not be at line's end Source
Homeowners, officials reach boiling point over slow grant program Source
92,000 still live in campers Source
City manager fed up with FEMA red tape Source
33 Katrina victims still unidentified Source
Ocean Springs residents say hurricane debris spawns poisonous snakes Source
More Katrina money coming Source
Bay, county get cheaper debris-removal contract Source
FEMA has collected all the work orders from Katrina Relief at City Hall and begun marking all eligible debris removal. Volunteer groups are starting to report to Waveland City Hall the location of debris at the curb or trees they have removed to curb to comply with FEMA guidelines.
Few States Claiming Easy Money for Katrina Victims
Only 12 tap into $2 billion federal fund to aid poor evacuees Source
Reminders of Katrina Linger on Mississippi's Gulf Coast – good video for presentation to groups when marketing for volunteers. Source
Mitigate, Beautify with Mississippi Flora
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Jackson firm wins Hancock contract Source
ROE's for Waveland for tree cutting/debris removal/slab removal can be signed for at Waveland City Hall #8
States to help evacuate pets Source
Waveland might switch debris firms Source
Housing Number One Priority At Economic Symposium Source
Together, we made history ... and, in the process, we made friends: charrette Source
MDA Grant todate: 707 grants, worth a total $35.4 million
New debris removal contract off to bumpy start in Hancock County. New R.O.E's must be filed but no sites designated yet. New rules allowing volunteers to put debris at curb excluding contractors the same privledge is creating a nightmare for tracking. Waveland debris up and running - rest of Hancock County has not hired contractors yet
Funding cut after shelter refuses animals Source
Gulf Coast residents frustrated with delaySource
Katrina Cottages A Hit Across CountrySource
School Board votes to evict FEMA park Source
Funding cut after shelter refuses animals Source
New Orleans Population Is Reduced Nearly 60% Source
Authorities brace for new wave of fraud as Gulf Coast homeowners get grant moneySource
A $450,000 federal grant coming to Louisiana will help catch criminals who bring migrant workers to do hurricane damage repairs and then use violence and threats to turn them into slave laborers, the nation's top law enforcement officer said here Tuesday. Source
New Orleans slated to replace 20,000 missing street signs by springSource
Gen. Honore tells N.C. audience communication urgentSource
Homeowner grants wrongfully rejected due to incorrect identification of flood zone. Two confirmed so far in Waveland. 2,000 in Jackson County. Source
Waveland in accordance with FEMA guidlines requests Volunteer groups report when they put trees, concrete debris to right-of-way.Reporting gutted home debris to right-of-way will also aid in speedy removal of debris. (228) 467-3425
Amish Camp leaves today for two weeks. Caretaker at camp in interim.
Two more DRO's commit to coming to Hancock County. One has already set up the plumbing/electricity for a camp on Spanish Trail and will return in November with skilled labor committed for six months. The second team has committed for two years and the City of Waveland is still working out the details of where their camp will be set up. Those plans will be finalized Monday. The second team is also committed to providing a skilled labor force.
-The MDA reports 655 checks issued to date, compared to 242 checks late last week
-As of Sept. 29, nearly 93,000 people are still housed in 34,552 FEMA provided trailers in Mississippi.
-Since the FEMA trailers have been issued, 12,224 have been returned
-Katrina damaged or destroyed about 81,000 Coast housing units, which is about half the total housing stock.. Around a third of those units were occupied by households living below the U.S. median income, which was $43,318, according to 2003 U.S. Census figures. The report defines affordable housing as a quality home or apartment that costs less than 30 percent of a family's annual income. The Coast will need to build at least 27,000 affordable housing units Source
Three state lawmakers profiting from a lucrative state contract that allows them to use their professional legal services to finalize grants for Hurricane Katrina victims have been named in a complaint filed with the Mississippi Ethics Commission Source
FEMA still working on contracts for the new tree removal program although they are out in the field marking trees. Waveland still has not determined who will take applications for tree removal.
Mississippi Development Authority is making major changes to the $3 billion Homeowner Grant Program that are intended to put grant checks in people's mailboxes faster Source
- As of Monday, 242 grant checks totaling $11.7 million have been delivered to homeowners
- About 17,118 homeowners applied for grants
- Almost 9,000 "closing packets" have been sent to homeowners, he said, along with 1,600 insurance affidavits bypassing the wait for tardy insurance companies to respond.
- Some 2,602 letters were sent Monday to residents who do not qualify for the Homeowners Grant Program
- More than 71 cases of fraud have been sent to investigators
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600 grant applications that were on hold because MDA could not verify State Tax Commission Homestead records will also be dealt with more efficiently. We will allow those people to sign an affidavit and set up a closing
- HUD inspectors arrived in Mississippi on Aug. 18 and have spent more than 500 hours monitoring the program
Hancock Long Term Recovery Committee reports that, after six months, they have completed 1,400 Needs Assessments in Hancock County relative to Katrina unmet needs. Hancock County Population 42,967 people, 16,897 households, and 11,827 families.
Successful class on the Citizen's Action Team Database in Waveland last night. Another scheduled for "day time hours"
Last nights Alderman's meeting in Waveland focussed mainly on Habitat's proposal in Middletown
Lowes to market Katrina Cottage Source
Waveland Mayor speaks out on habitat housing Source
Wavefest/Cruisin the coast Friday/Saturday. Table available for any volunteer orgization who wants to distribute flyers or chat with the public. 5,000 minimum traffic flow expected. Call Kathleen for details: 467-3425
Hancock County Long Term Reovery Committee still unsure about exactly what share they have of the $18M awarded to them from the Governors fund nor which part of their grant application was approved
On Friday, Congress approved a homeland security spending bill that included a provision allowing FEMA to sell or donate the trailers to municipalities, nonprofit groups or American Indian tribes.Source
Free wireless modems available for disaster relief. Contact Kathleen Johnson at the Waveland City Hall
Cruisin' the Coast is a local "big" event coming to Hancock County next weekend. Check out the schedule of events in your local paper. Go on down and participate with the "locals" celebrating the return of this celebration. A table is available to particpants in the Long Term Reovery Round Table. Call Kathleen if you would like your organizations flyers distributed to the expected 5,000 visitors.
Phase I Grants: 17,000 applications, 175 checks cut, months behind schedule - but according to a call we made today to MDA the process is going to change to speed up this debacle. Source
FEMA extends time to remove trees - a NEW ROE must be filled out at the local government level. Source
Meetings: Monday is the Case Managers Meeting/Tuesday is the Volunteer Coordination Meeting/Wednesday is the Marketing Meeting/Thursday is the Case Managers Meeting. Watch for meeting times on the Email Based Volunteers Group - Link at left
Federal Grant: Hancock County, $2.4 million, to remove debris and repair culverts that provide drainage for rainwater.Source
Hancock Long Term Recovery gets long awaited grant from Governor's Fund. Source
Sleepy Hollow Productions holds round table discussion with invited members of community on proposed production re Katrina at Library in Bay St Louis Monday. Proposal to company that they assist Waveland/Bay St Louis immediately with Marketing assistance for more volunteers
Free Legal Aid Clinic visits PearlingtonSource
About 12,500 evacuee households in Houston and another 3,700 evacuee families living in other Texas cities will soon be notified by their landlords that their Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) rental assistance will end on Oct. 31, because the evacuees have not submitted required recertification paperwork to the Agency.Source
Three state lawmakers -- Sen. Tommy Robertson, Rep. Jim Beckett and Rep. Jim Simpson -- stand to profit from a lucrative state contract that allows them to use their professional legal services to finalize homeowners' grants at $250 per grant closing. Source
Still only 75 checks and signing on the dotted line does not mean the check is in the mailSource
U.S. Sen. Trent Lott blamed the "interminable, pathetic bureaucracy" of the federal and state governments for the slowness of Mississippi's $3 billion Homeowner Grant Program. Source
Mississippi Gov talks on the new Phase II Plan and assistance for renters. Source
Scot Hamilton leaving MDA Friday Source
Non-Profit Group Will Create Affordable Living For Hurricane VictimsSource
Creative individual rented out FEMA trailer in Bay St Louis ! Source
Trees Could Pose Legal Liability For Property Owners Source
FEMA Volunteer Agency Liason - explained! Source
Gulfport tables decision from God's Katrina Kitchen to move from Pass Christian to land leased in Gulfport.
MEMA claims to be in better shape than prior to Katrina. Source
Carrigee resigns with last day reported to be this Tuesday.Carrigee's resignation comes just two days after news that Hancock County recently paid him $389,474 for work his company has been doing for the county since October 2005. Source
Less than 100 have received MDA checks. About 17,000 homeowners applied for the grants, and about 8,200 have received their closing packets and are in line to receive checks. Of those 8,200, some 1,300 have completed the closing process and should be receiving their grant within two weeks. Source
Apartments for senior citizens reopen in Bay St. Louis. Source
Commercial building permits issued for last week:Dollar Tree, 454 U.S. 90 Suite A, $37,000, rebuild building, S.A. Kennedy. Residential building permits logged in the cities and unincorporated areas of the three South Mississippi counties for the week ending Sept. 11: Biloxi: 3; Diamondhead: 6; D'Iberville: 1; Gautier: 4; Gulfport: 10; Hancock County: 7; Harrison County: 12; Jackson County: 12; Moss Point: 1; Ocean Springs: 5; Pascagoula: 4; and Pass Christian: 4.
After receipt of Presidential Award for services in the aftermath of Katrina in Pass Christian - City Council Officials asks Gods Katrina Kitchen to leave.
Salvation Army leaving Pass Christian and moving to Hancock County. Searching for 25,000sf of space
Scathing article suggests that, the wake of Katrina, Mississippi needs a bold affordable housing rebuilding program comparable to the monumental U.S. Marshall Plan that rebuilt devastated areas of Europe after World War II..Source
After deducting homeowners' outstanding mortgages, insurance settlements and FEMA payments, the average grant will actually amount to $80,000, a Barbour administration representative told a legislative committee last week.Source
Mississippi had 220,384 houses damaged by Katrina, 65,000 of which were completely flattened. Severely damaged were 24,447 houses in Harrison County, 16,302 in Jackson County and 11,796 in Hancock County. Source
Does your organization advertize for volunteers on http://disastervolunteers.org/index.php or http://www.volunteermatch.org/?
The Hancock County Board of Supervisors voted 4-1 Friday to approve the budget for the 2006-2007 year. The budget includes a 12 percent cut for all departments across the board.Source
Bay St. Louis City Council questions pay raise for building inspector Bill Carrigee in light of the $400,000 his consulting firm collected from the County for hurricane related building inspections and classes covering topics for potential City licensing for electricians and contractors all while he was employed full time by the City. Source
Guard to stay in New Orleans thru December
About 1,500 Mississippi lawyers have agreed to volunteer their time to provide free legal services to needy people, said attorney Ben Piazza of Jackson, chairman of the Board of Directors of the Mississippi Volunteer Lawyers Project
One in five Mississippians and one in every three children live below the poverty level, said University of Mississippi School of Law
FEMA trailer sales have to meet four criteria:
(1)Approved by local governments. (2)They will be sold only if people still don't have permanent housing. (3)They must be placed in locations that meet all codes and regulations. (4)The applicants must get hazard insurance for protection against fire, wind and stormsFHA now signing off on the covenants attached to the MDA grants.
Labor crunch continues to force homeowners into contractor mode
Progress on contracts for trash pickup in Hancock County. Everyone urged to get their homes gutting sooner than later, debris removed from property. For those in Waveland please call (228) 467.3425 for gutting
Update on MDA: 75 checks have been issued, 1,300 received grant closing packages which must be returned before getting a check, 8,200 received notification letters detailing the amount of money they will receive and 265 have appealed their grant amount.
Legal Clinic Friday, Sept. 22, 2006 from 10:00 to 4:30 at the Pearlington Recovery Center
Changes made to MDA - Phase I grant process.
The count is up to 65 from 40 a week ago. MDA has only issued 65 checks for the Phase I grants. Progress is slow despite promises
Directors of the Mississippi Hurricane Recovery Fund are reviewing ways to spend $30 million in the six southernmost counties but it will be at least two months before checks are cut - a direct impact on the Hancock County Long Term Recovery Committee.
Free spay/neuter at the Waveland Animal SEPT.15-16-17TH.
Call (228) 216-PETS You must have an appointment.
Series of free classes on construction, estimating, and volunteer coordination this week and ongoing thru October. We received short notice on these classes yesterday at the Unmet Needs meeting. No email was sent. Watch for details as I gather up the information.
Bucks-Mont makes great progress in Waveland and Bay St. Louis. Day Care Center on 603 is a site to see!
Hancock County has no system in place to deal with homeless Katrina victims. No agency is stepping forward to deal with issue. Problem is left to a few individual volunteers to scrounge for assistance.
2,000 Houston Katrina evacuees loose FEMA housing assistance
FEMA considering offering some trailers up for sale if some conditions met. Some trailers sold for as little as one dollar.
Waveland City Mayor in Italy visiting with prospective donors. Will return on Friday the 13th.
Protection against foreclosures for Katrina victims is available but they must file the appropriate petitions with the Court
Judge rules insurance companies must sue individually over Katrina
Two building inspectors resign from the City of Waveland. Commercial permit applications will have to be obtained from Hancock County Permit office in the interim
On talking to the office of the MDA - a representative stated they are making appointments, again, for Phase II grants
Scott Hamilton of the MDA, when talking about the Phase I grant process, told WLOX News "the damage assessment process is "somewhat subjective." Click on icon in top left of that page for the video version
City Team makes the news. Use the icon in the top left corner of that page to view video.
Large load of dog/cat food coming into town on Sunday
Americorps pledges two more years to Hancock County
Next Case Manager training will be held in Jackson County in two weeks
FEMA may be out of the housing business for the next disaster. EDITORIAL: One less job for FEMA
Katrina victims struggling with mortgage issues can get help from the Gulf Coast Fair Housing Center. In cooperation with the National Fair Housing Alliance, the center has launched the Hurricane Relief Project to help make sure homeowners have fair and equitable access to insurance and mortgage products. Hurricane Relief Project, call 396-4008 or 1-877-399-4008.
MDA Grant process flawed. Homeowners have 30 days to appeal the state's damage estimate but that process is flawed according to an attorney - it is vaguge, designed for failure, does not provide the documentation required.
Homeowners have 30 days to appeal the state's assessment of their damage, and residents should provide a written statement with any supporting documents to make their case.Everyone who received (an assessment of less than 65 percent should appeal
News article points out the obvious differences between recovery in Louisiana and Waveland, Mississippi. StoryOf the 17,000 who applied for the Phase I Grant, 14,000 will be approved. 1,500 will be denied as they lived within the flood zone. 8,000 have received closing packets and that number should increase to 10,000 by the end of the week. Process is being slowed up by SBA's computer problems HUD Inspector General's Office up front audit
FEMA makes tour of Pearlington and does assessment on lack of progress. LTRC has poor turnout on Needs Assessment survey in Pearlington reflecting the same poor results for Bay St. Louis and Waveland. No proactive followup in the works to-date.
Habitat for Humanity takes to newswire to challenge rejection of Building Permit for house deemed to large for lot in City of Waveland
Lucrative cannabis cash crop found growing all over southern Hancock County with speculation that seeds spread during Katrina flood. Interesting option for diversification of local economy - officials not so thrilled and those found have been disposed of.
Evacuees from Ms and La will benefit from 7.3M Grant. August 31st deadline to apply
News crew visits from Alabama to make Report on Volunteer
Fewer than forty checks cut so far for Phase I Grants. Multiple approval packets have been sent to Hancock County Residents - those I have viewed are generous amounts from $40,000 to $100,000. FHA still refuses to sign off on the covenants thus holding up their payouts
Lowes has Grand Opening in Waveland
The warehouse in Jackson is a multi-state facility. (Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana) The building was leased by FEMA, but the operation is run by Adventist Community Services (ACTS). The purpose of this warehouse is to house donated materials to be distributed in the recovery effort through the Long Term Recovery Committees. FEMA has not purchased materials to stock the warehouse.One password was issued to each of the 15 long-term recovery committees in Mississippi for a read-only listing of what is currently available in the warehouse.A form has been created for making requests for the available materials. At this time there are very few building materials in the warehouse. Transportation of the donated goods is at this time the responsibility of the group requesting
them.
Citizens Action Team updates the volunteer and donated resource website and has a new url www.reliefdatabase.org
Harrison County's Long Term Recovery Plan will be unveiled to the county's Board of Supervisors and the community at 9:30 a.m. Monday, Aug. 28, at the Harrison County Courthouse in Gulfport
FEMA News Release
Monday about 20 House Democrats convene in Bay St. Louis, Miss., for a town hall meeting. Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu of Louisiana plans to deliver the Democratic response to President Bush's Saturday radio address as part of a coordinated Democrat political assault on the Bush administration's response to the devastation that struck the Gulf Coast.
Filmmaker Spike Lee's four-hour HBO documentary, "When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts," is airing in its entirety Tuesday, Aug. 29, the date that Katrina made landfall.
3.3 billion has been raised by U.S. charities for Katrina Relief. Source:The Chronicle of Philanthropy
350K volunteers donated time for Katrina recovery in Mississippi
The word on the street is that FEMA's lumber shipments are starting to
roll first week in Sept. So people better get their LTRC contacts lined
up. The LTRC leads for each county are THE ONLY ONES that will be able to place
orders for FEMA lumber. Fifteen passwords have been issued to the FEMA site including Hancock County LTRC - although Hancock County LTRC has not confirmed receipt yet.
Congress has earmarked 400 million dollars to begin replacing the trailers with more comfortable cottages. States in hurricane-prone areas are competing for shares of that money.
Debris deadline extended by Fema for six months ending date Feb. 28, 2007
FEMA initiates Contractor Debris Registry Click here for information
Only 10% of the 7,000 evacuees in Texas have registered for an extension of their FEMA rental assistance program. Deadline for registration is August 31st.
Rocky and his FEMA trailer make it to Washington to meet with President Bush
20x40 tents (some with air conditioners) available for volunteer groups. Must be dismantled and moved from Ocean Springs. 6 men x 2 hours to move one tent is estimate.
News reporters are flocking to the coast. There has been constant stream of reporters at Waveland City Hall from all over the world all this week
Bush will be in Mississippi on Monday to have lunch with community leaders, walk through a neighborhood, and deliver a speech on the rebuilding effort, before traveling to New Orleans. I have not got my invitation to lunch yet *G*
Waveland story on WLOX 13 regarding Hancock Counties urgent need for volunteers.
The Waveland final Charette report has arrived for review. Copies at Waveland City Hall building #8
Waveland makes the News in the Philly News.
Gallup poll shows only 16% of Katrina victims feel their life is back to normal. Source: ABC News
Grant money to implement the second phase of Mississippi's plan to help uninsured Hurricane Katrina flood victims cut in half by Feds. No formal announcment on how this will affect potential payouts for Phase II
Grant process for Phase I still very slow with less than a few dozen payouts so far
Sam came home Saturday to Bay St. Louis! 50 States, 50 marathons, 50 days. Schedule
FEMA clarifies standing policy of re-imbursement for cost-share projects. No volunteer hours or donated resources from September 29th to July 1st qualify. This new policy will be challenged.
Mississippi's $100 million plan to restore more than 2,500 public housing units damaged by Hurricane Katrina has received federal approval. Mississippi intends to provide grants to public housing authorities in Biloxi, Bay St. Louis, Waveland and Long Beach.
Six most southermost counties lose 6,125 students, Hancock County at 93% of pre-Katrina levels
Judge rules for Insurance company in "Wind Vs Water" case
Oops, FEMA may have to change locks on 118,000 trailers as it appears that one key can open, up to, 50 or more other trailers.
Drawing for free home at the Katrina Recovery Expo at Biloxi resulted in a new home for a Bay St. Louis couple Gary and Leslie Yates.
Organizers of Katrina Expo had meeting Sunday to discuss having another event - no committment yet
Building materials in short supply despite slowdown. Cement plants run at capacity. Copper costs rise.
Call for Hancock County Needs Assessment at 228-466-8266. Only 900 people have completed the assessments in Waveland/Bay St. Louis/Perlington.
City of Waveland, Building 8, taking Work Requests for re-construciton assistance.
FEMA Waveland Disaster Recovery Center Closing August 18
Calvary Independent Baptist Church Distribution Center on Longfellow is now CLOSED
Butch Jones taking over management of Mission on the Bay camp
See the EOC Volunnteer meeting minutes from Tuesday meeting
One Stop Shop for re-construction is open in Bay St. Louis.
Free Legal Assistance available from Lagniappe on Fridays from 9.30am to 3.30pm. Phone: (347) 804-8480
The Lawyers Committee offers free legal help, call the Mississippi Center for Justice at 228-435-7284.
City of Waveland is taking Work Requests for assisstance with re-construction at Building 8 on Coleman Ave.
City of Waveland has school desks and some light fixtures to give away - (228)467-3425
Does your organization have a Calendar Event or News they would like published on this list? Email: kathleenjjohnson@yahoo.com
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