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FEMA Denies Emergency Power Funds to North Carolinanew
What North Carolina needs most to deal with ice storms is backup generators for shelters, fire stations and other emergency outposts. But the Bush-era Federal Emergency Management Agency, which has cut funding for preventive strategies, refused to help the state purchase them.
INDY Week |
Barbara Solow |
09-23-2004 |
Policy Issues
Disaster in the Making: Homeland Security's Impact on FEMAnew
As the Federal Emergency Management Agency weathers a storm of Bush administration policy and budget changes, protection from natural hazards may be trumped by “homeland security.”
INDY Week |
Jon Elliston |
09-23-2004 |
Policy Issues
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