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Morgan Freeman, Bob Johnson Launch Auction For Disaster Relief

Together with Bob Johnson, the founder and chairman of The RLJ Companies, Morgan Freeman has created an online auction to support a disaster preparedness program for this summer’s ensuing hurricane season.

Called “PLAN!T NOW,” the program works with nonprofit, home-rebuilding, and federal climate science divisions, and offers scholarships to students whose lives have been affected by natural disasters.

The Root reports:

The site will provide vital information about hurricanes and

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Jul 23, 2010 at 3:12 pm

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Milwaukee Sinkhole Gobbles Car

A 40-foot-wide Milwaukee sinkhole swallowed a car and driver – and a stoplight – Thursday night after torrential rainfall in the Great Lakes region.

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Aug 31, 2009 at 5:39 pm

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California Wildfires Threaten More Than 12,000 Homes

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Jun 3, 2009 at 1:59 pm

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Katrina Protesters Seek Housing, Changes

From UPI.com:

Gulf Coast activists protested Monday at Federal Emergency Management Agency headquarters in Washington, demanding new housing for Hurricane Katrina survivors.

The activists also protested the latest deadline for evicting about 5,000 residents living in FEMA trailers, the McClatchy News Service reported.

“The people of the Gulf Coast don’t want FEMA trailers,” Michele Roberts of the Advocates for Environmental Human Rights said Monday. “They want to

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Jun 2, 2009 at 2:55 pm

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FEMA Delivers Eviction Notices To Katrina Victims Still Living In Trailers

From The American Prospect:

Yesterday, Gulf coast residents and advocates gathered in front of the Federal Emergency Management Agency building to protest eviction notices delivered to over 5,000 families still living in trailers some four years after Hurricane Katrina. The press conference speakers — a diverse bunch that included representatives from faith-based groups, conservative groups, student organizations and ACORN — called on Barack Obama to honor his campaign

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May 26, 2009 at 11:00 am

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Katrina Victims Could Face Eviction From Federal Housing

From BlackAmericaWeb.com:

Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, D-D.C., who chairs the U.S. House subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management, has scheduled a special hearing Friday in an attempt to intervene in the cases of as many as 18,0000 families affected by Hurricane Katrina, who may be put out of transitional housing.

“The situation we now face was both predictable and predicted,” said Norton. “I have long expressed concern

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Dec 19, 2008 at 5:35 pm

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