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Bellsouth Looting Competitors?new

As hurricane victims in Biloxi, Miss., move to reassemble their lives, phone corporation Bellsouth moves in to dominate the area by bullying customers.

Jackson Free Press | Adam Lynch | 11-03-2005 | Disasters

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The Super Floodnew

Massive mudflows one day will pour off the 14,411-foot volcano called Mount Rainier, bury Seattle's south suburbs, and reach as far as the city itself. It's happened many times before. This time, of course, hundreds of thousands of people will die.

Seattle Weekly | Frank Parchman | 10-20-2005 | Disasters

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With a Little Help From My Friendsnew

Six weeks after Katrina, the tiny town of Waveland is getting by with help from some hippies and a rock band—not the federal or state government.

Jackson Free Press | Eileen Loh Harrist | 10-20-2005 | Disasters

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Yes, You Should Be Afraid of Avian Flunew

As avian flu threatens to kill millions, President Bush bets our lives on the free market.

Boston Phoenix | David S. Bernstein | 10-20-2005 | Disasters

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Caught in the Stormnew

Hurricane evacuees to Colorado Springs were subjected to criminal record checks, and two were arrested for minor misdeeds.

Colorado Springs Independent | Michael de Yoanna | 10-14-2005 | Disasters

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Gone With the Windnew

Three weeks after Hurricane Katrina, Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood unleashed a storm of his own by announcing a civil action against some members of the insurance industry, declaring that provisions excluding flood damage from the policies of hurricane victims are void and unenforceable.

Jackson Free Press | Adam Lynch | 09-22-2005 | Disasters

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Radio-Free Astrodomenew

Prometheus Radio and Houston's KPFT fight to prove that low-power FM is just the tool for a community in need.

San Antonio Current | Elaine Wolff | 09-15-2005 | Disasters

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Another Storm A'Brewin'new

After Katrina, insurance pay-offs are going to be tricky. Did those who lost their houses completely fare better than those with water lines around their walls?

Jackson Free Press | Donna Ladd | 09-15-2005 | Disasters

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God's Countrynew

When Brian Moliere heard Katrina was hurling toward his big house in his little town of Waveland, he -- like too many other Coast residents -- figured he could just go upstairs into the attic and be above the high water mark.

Jackson Free Press | Donna Ladd | 09-15-2005 | Disasters

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Three Evacuees Share Their Stories of Arriving in Atlantanew

New Orleans residents who escaped their flooded city are only now beginning to grasp the scope of what they've lost.

Creative Loafing (Atlanta) | Steve Fennessy | 09-15-2005 | Disasters

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Hang On, There's Morenew

The reality yet to be confronted by emergency planners anywhere is that almost all modern post-industrial humans are helpless and incompetent when it comes to looking after themselves.

NOW Magazine | Wayne Roberts | 09-12-2005 | Disasters

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