Draft plan: FEMA may use travel trailers in new disaster
WASHINGTON (AP) — The government may house disaster victims in travel trailers again this hurricane season as a last resort, despite promises never to use them again because of high levels of formaldehyde found in trailers used after the Katrina catastrophe.
Only the head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency can approve the use of such trailers, and they must meet the agency's requirement for minimal levels of formaldehyde, according to a draft of the agency's five-page 2008 hurricane-season plan, obtained by The Associated Press. Also, disaster victims could stay in the trailers for only six months.
Hurricane season started June 1 and will last through November. Forecasters predict the 2008 Atlantic hurricane season will be busier than average, with a good chance of six to nine hurricanes forming, including two to five major ones.
The Bush administration and FEMA came under heavy criticism for the response to Katrina in 2005. About 1 million people were displaced because of the hurricane and thousands were sent to emergency travel trailers. It was later discovered that the trailers had high levels of formaldehyde — a preservative commonly used in building materials. Prolonged exposure can lead to breathing problems and is also believed to cause cancer. Read more...
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An eatery manned by teen offenders faces uncertainty MiamiHerald.com The restaurant is housed in a small travel trailer. The servers are all teenagers. Most are delinquents. Still, the food was once named the city's ``best |
 MassLive.com | Ware debates changes at Nenameseck Square to protect pedestrians, park MassLive.com Selectmen recently discussed the problems of tractor trailer trucks striking the square's fence when they turn from Main Street onto South Street and |
 Heber Springs Sun-Times | Wind blows fires out of control Heber Springs Sun-Times The fire became out of control and burned a small travel trailer and a portion of a storage building. Pine Snag, Hopewell, and Heber Springs fire personnel |
 FOXNews | Winter storm sparks flurry of preparations RocNow The car spun out and slid back onto the highway and into the path of a Wegmans Food Markets tractor-trailer in the center westbound lane. Heaviest snowfall is expected late tonight |
Ross, Ark. AG blast FEMA deal Hope Star “Proceed with caution, extreme caution, if your are tempted to respond to what appears to be an attractive offer for a travel trailer or manufactured home,” |
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