FEMA's Flood Tide

One stroke forward, two strokes back – hurricane victims tread rising bureaucratic waters

"...in the course of a series of questions, the FEMA caseworker on the line determines that you should apply..."

Feb. 24, 2006 News Feature by Cheryl Smith

Stalling FEMA

Attorneys file class-action lawsuit in Houston to derail FEMA from cutting tens of thousands of low-income hurricane evacuees off from federal rent and utility assistance

"...Caddell & Chapman, the lead firm in Watson v. FEMA, attorneys asked for a temporary restraining order against FEMA..."

May 26, 2006 News Feature by Cheryl Smith

Council Notes: FEMA Makes Good – So Far

FEMA promises that we'll be reimbursed for our Katrina troubles

"...(or a levee), but the embattled 1-800-number dispensers at FEMA appear to be doing a heckuva job for Austin...."

Oct. 14, 2005 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

FEMA Lands in Austin

While issuing relief for Hurricane Dolly, FEMA moves their mobile operations to Austin in preparation for Ike.

"...FEMA has relocated its Disaster Recovery Centers from along the..."

Sept. 11, 2008 Emergency Post by Kate X Messer

'You Belong to FEMA Now!'

"...they complained they were told that they belonged to FEMA now, and they had better just do as they..."

Oct. 11, 2005 Postmarks

Double Standard?

Federal Emergency Management Agency bars employees from entering stored travel trailers – the same ones it gave tens of thousands of hurricane evacuees in Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas to reside in

"...are in storage here, said Don Jacks, spokesman for FEMA's Texas Transitional Recovery Office...."

Nov. 16, 2007 News Feature by Cheryl Smith

Are the Waters Rising at Bouldin Creek?

New FEMA floodplain maps raise neighborhood questions about proposed developments

"...Poor FEMA – it's having one heckuva year...."

April 28, 2006 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

News Roundup: Homeless Count, TNCs, and Council Races

ECHO's annual homeless count takes place January 23

"...returning candidate, but will he run for D6 again?; FEMA issues updated flood insurance rate maps for portions of..."

Jan. 11, 2016 News Post by the News Staff

News Ticker: June 12

All the news that's fit to blog

"...FEMA makes new enemies, Rick Perry poisons the Big Apple,..."

June 12, 2013 News Post by Brandon Watson

Obama Proclaims Halloween Floods Federal Disaster

Funds to be available for public assistance

"...The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management..."

Dec. 20, 2013 News Post by Brandon Watson

'Nothing Is Done Alone' Extended Interview

The TxCC and their role in Bastrop's recovery after the fires

"...the state Department of Emergency Management, which then calls FEMA. FEMA contacts the Corporation for National and Community Service..."

Dec. 2, 2013 Chronolog Post by Kate X Messer

Another Ill Wind

Ike's aftermath leaves Red Cross, schools, charities picking up the pieces

"...said Red Cross spokesman Marty McKellips. "We're partners with FEMA, but we can't speak for FEMA, and we get..."

Sept. 26, 2008 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Hurricane Housing Limbo

Evacuees get rent assistance deadline extension

"...nervous state and local governments across the country that FEMA will continue reimbursing them for Hurricanes Katrina and Rita..."

Jan. 27, 2006 News Feature by Cheryl Smith

Anatomy of a Drowning

A Flood of Bad Blood Deluges Onion Creek

"...the auspices of the notorious Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA -- the hurricane people), as its 100-year floodplain. This..."

Sept. 6, 1996 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Hurricane Housing Update

Federal housing assistance 'recertification' deadline for hurricane evacuees looms for both landlords and their tenants

"...About 1,066 of these families live in Austin, said FEMA spokesman Don Jacks...."

Sept. 29, 2006 News Feature by Cheryl Smith

Naked City

"...and the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now. FEMA was ordered to "restore short-term housing assistance to all..."

Dec. 8, 2006 News Feature

The Forgotten Storm

One year later, Rita's invisible evacuees still wait in the shadow of Katrina

"...area's more than 3,000 Katrina evacuee families, according to FEMA...."

Sept. 22, 2006 News Feature by Cheryl Smith

Hurricane Evacuees Take a Legal Blow

Emergency housing class-action suit against FEMA dismissed

"...the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Although his McWaters v. FEMA ruling affirms previous decisions the court made relevant to..."

June 23, 2006 News Feature by Cheryl Smith

Lost Pines Found

How a handful of neighbors helped rebuild Bastrop County – one home at a time

"...and folks began receiving relief in the form of FEMA and insurance checks. In some people's cases, the combined..."

Nov. 29, 2013 News Feature by Kate X Messer

The Hightower Report

Bush; and FEMA Strikes Again

"...Oil to grab all it can. What a disgrace. FEMA STRIKES AGAIN..."

July 4, 2008 News Column by Jim Hightower

Naked City

"...now before Austin's 3rd Court of Appeals. The new female majority now sitting on Commissioners Court is indeed historic..."

Jan. 5, 2007 News Feature

The Hightower Report

The "New" FEMA; and Subsidizing Boeing's Criminality

"...THE 'NEW' FEMA The U.S. Senate has voted to kill FEMA. Yes,..."

July 28, 2006 News Column by Jim Hightower

The Hightower Report

Firefighters put to work as FEMA publicity agents; and poor, desperate Bushites look to the American people to pay for their mess in Iraq

"...WHILE NEW ORLEANS DROWNS, FEMA DOES PR Of all the awful stories that poured..."

Oct. 7, 2005 News Column by Jim Hightower

Disaster Assistance: Numbers vs. People

FEMA spent tens of millions of dollars improperly on hurricane evacuees, Government Accountability Office says; others beg to differ

"...and Governmental Affairs that from June to November 2006, "FEMA continued to lose tens of millions of dollars through..."

Dec. 22, 2006 News Feature by Cheryl Smith

Naked City

"...Academy after former Governor Ann Richards. The YWLA, an all-female school serving grades 6-12 and emphasizing math and science,..."

April 14, 2006 News Feature

Second Wind

As the Katrina crisis subsides, the small victories and the larger questions persist

"...response efforts. "The Red Cross is light-years ahead of FEMA," he said of the much-maligned Federal Emergency Management Agency...."

Sept. 16, 2005 News Feature by Amy Smith

Trickle Down: Parsing Federal Relief

Despite best intentions, coordination in crisis does not always produce the best recovery

"...you are getting insurance funds, and you are getting FEMA funds, and then you're getting HUD funds, and you..."

Nov. 29, 2013 News Feature by Kate X Messer

Q&A: Austin’s Coastal Neighbors

How Galveston looks to its past to prepare for its future – and what that means for Austin

"...made by the governor, they cannot be made by FEMA [Federal Emergency Management System], and the state recognizes that...."

Sept. 11, 2009 News Feature by Kate X Messer

Naked City

"...a driver's license – but he did have a female passenger and a lame story to tell. According to..."

Sept. 14, 2007 News Feature

Katrina Evacuees: Precarious Times at La Quinta

FEMA's new Dec. 1 cutoff deadline for picking up the tab of hurricane evacuees living in Texas hotels and motels leaves thousands of people in housing limbo

"...Dec. 1 at the latest, at least according to FEMA. On Nov. 15, the Federal Emergency Management Agency abruptly..."

Nov. 25, 2005 News Feature by Cheryl Smith

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