FEMA plans trailer exodus over chemical
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After downplaying the risks for months, the Federal Emergency Management Agency said Thursday it will rush to move Gulf Coast hurricane victims out of roughly 35,000 government-issued trailers because tests found dangerous levels of formaldehyde fumes.
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By Susan Gordon, The News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash.  Jun. 7--Fort Lewis officials promised Wednesday to help protect Puget Sound by intercepting hazardous wastes before they enter the post's sewage treatment plant.
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Under pressure from the federal government, the District and its suburbs are developing their most extensive evacuation plans since the Cold War -- mapping escape routes, stockpiling bedding for shelters and designating pickup points for people who don't have cars.
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INVERCARGILL'S Hazardous Substance Group is anxious to track down a container of sodium hydroxide, destined for a drycleaners, believed to have fallen from a vehicle in Invercargill six weeks ago.   The chemical is a key ingredient in the manufacture of methamphetamine, or "P" .
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Amid all the planning for another hurricane emergency, New Orleans officials now have to make provisions for animals too
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By Michael Biesecker, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.  May 31--RALEIGH -- Human waste trickles out of a rusting single-wide trailer in Oak Hill Estates, draining to a rivulet that flows past children's toys before disappearing into head-high weeds.
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By Debby Abe, The News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash.  Feb. 12--A church and social service agency that assists recovering addicts, the homeless and other needy people plans to move from Parkland to a residential neighborhood on Tacoma's East Side, triggering an outcry from prospective neighbors.
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The Government in Haiti is considering plans to evacuate parts of the city of Gonaives, which was devastated by a tropical storm last week.
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Angel Lopez examined a blue flier that read in English and Spanish, &quot;Disaster Assistance is Available Now,&quot; but discarded it as soon as FEMA workers moved on to another house in this neighborhood of migrant farmworkers.
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By Chris Conley, The Commercial Appeal, Memphis, Tenn.  Dec. 5--Two tanker cars that derailed and spilled a corrosive chemical on  Presidents Island this morning were pulled upright by about 1:30 p.m. and the  leaks sealed, Memphis Fire Department division chief Kenneth Reeves said.
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Three months after FEMA halted the sale of trailers to hurricane survivors over possible formaldehyde risks, none of the 56,000 occupied units have been tested.
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While the Federal Emergency Management Agency rushes to move thousands of Gulf Coast storm victims out of government-issued trailers, scientists are tearing the units apart to learn why many have exposed occupants to dangerous levels of formaldehyde fumes.
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The Federal Emergency Management Agency has suppressed warnings from its own Gulf coast field workers since the middle of 2006 about suspected health problems that may be linked to elevated levels of formaldehyde gas released in FEMA-provided trailers, lawmakers said today.
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WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - The Army Corps of Engineers agreed Wednesday to redesign plans to repair a dike that experts say is in danger of failing if a hurricane strikes.
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Nearly 10,000 emergency housing trailers that were intended to be sent to the Gulf Coast to help Hurricane Katrina victims have been freed up for other uses.
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The government has no plans to move at least half of the 10,000 emergency housing trailers sitting empty in Hope, Ark., saying they may be needed for the 2006 hurricane season.
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By The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  Feb. 25--The Federal Emergency Management Agency will lower the boom on Biloxi if it does not adopt higher elevations for new construction in the city.   Foes of the higher elevations on the City Council knew this day was coming.