Tag: emergency officials

Eight states hit and some 67 tornadoes tore up the south last night. Tennessee was the hardest hit: The victims included 24 people in Tennessee, 13 in Arkansas, seven in Kentucky and three in Alabama, emergency officials said. Among those killed were Arkansas parents who died with their 11-year-old in Atkins, about 60 miles northwest […]

After writing my earlier post, just after midnight, about the lack of preparation on the Government’s part for the disaster in the Gulf, I received an email alert about a new article just released by Knight Ridder. “Federal government wasn’t ready for Katrina, disaster experts say” is the title of the article and it goes […]