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The Puerto Rico National Guard Public Affairs Office

Severe Storm - Patillas, Puerto Rico, October 3, 2008 -- FEMA Representative, Carmen Rodriguez assists disaster victim, Justo Rosa at the Patillas Disaster Recovery Center following the recent flooding in Puerto Rico. Andrea Booher/FEMA

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The Puerto Rico National Guard (PRNG) and the Employer

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[Assignment: 48-DPA-N_SIO_PMF_12-1-05] Secretary Gale Norton posing with Department of the Interior's 2005 Presidential Management Fellows, [Main Interior] [48-DPA-N_SIO_PMF_12-1-05_DOI_3526.JPG]

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Severe Storm ^ Tornado - Yazoo City, Miss. , May 14, 2010 -- Mrs. Marsha Barbour, wife of Governor Haley Barbour with storm survivor Eddie "Butch" Ketchum who lost his home in the April 24 tornado, meet the press before he receives the keys to his new home, a "Mississippi Cottage". The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency "Cottage" program provides opportunity to purchase a permanent home rather than lease a temporary one. FEMA and MEMA are partners in recovery efforts such as this. George Armstrong/FEMA

Severe Storm ^ Tornado - Yazoo City, Miss. , May 10, 2010 -- Mississippi Emergency Management Agency's Mississippi Alternative Housing Manager Rick Christian is here as the first "Mississippi Cottage" is being set up in Yazoo City for the new owner. This MEMA program provides quick affordable housing for storm survivors who were left homeless by the April 24 tornado and is innovative in that it is not a lease but ownership program. FEMA and MEMA Individual Assistance Housing services are a critical part of the recovery process for homeless storm survivors. George Armstrong/FEMA

Severe Storm ^ Tornado - Yazoo City, Miss. , May 10, 2010 -- Interior view of the first "Mississippi Cottage" being set up for the new owner in Yazoo City. This innovative MEMA housing purchase rather than lease program, assists recovery for survivors left homeless by the April 24 tornado. FEMA and MEMA Individual Assistance Housing services are a critical part of the recovery process for homeless storm survivors. George Armstrong/FEMA

Severe Storm ^ Tornado - Weir, Miss. , May 8, 2010 -- The federal, state, and local officials at this Choctaw home site to determine eligibility for a "Mississippi Cottage" (a built house, not a temporary trailer), are (L-R)FEMA Quality Control Specialist Kurk Williams, FEMA Mobile Home Site Inspector Don McClemore, Choctaw County Supervisor Archie Collins, MEMA Alternative Housing Construction Manager Rick Christian, MEMA Area Coordinator and Disaster Recovery Center Manager Dean Thompson, and the home/land owner. FEMA, state, and local officials are here in response to the deadly tornado of April 24. George Armstrong/FEMA

Severe Storm ^ Tornado - Weir, Miss. , May 8, 2010 -- The federal, state, and local officials at this Choctaw home site to determine eligibility for a "Mississippi Cottage" (a built house, not a temporary trailer), are (L-R)FEMA Quality Control Specialist Kurk Williams, MEMA Alternative Housing Construction Manager Rick Christian, FEMA Mobile Home Site Inspector, Don McClemore, MEMA Area Coordinator and Disaster Recovery Center Manager Dean Thompson, the home/land owner, and Choctaw County Supervisor Archie Collins. FEMA, state, and local officials are here in response to the deadly tornado of April 24. George Armstrong/FEMA

Severe Storm ^ Tornado - Yazoo City, Miss. , May 14, 2010 -- FEMA Deputy Federal Coordinating Officer Sid Melton speaks with Mrs. Marsha Barbour, wife of Governor Haley Barbour at the placement site for the first Mississippi Emergency Management Agency "Mississippi Cottage". FEMA Individual Assistance Housing Inspector Yogi Howell is on the telephone as they wait for a press conference and key transfer to the new owner. FEMA and MEMA are partners in providing recovery assistance to survivors of the April 24 tornado. George Armstrong/FEMA

Tornado - Weir, Miss. , May 8, 2010 -- Disaster officials at a Choctaw home site to determine eligibility for a "Mississippi Cottage" (a built house, not a temporary trailer), Mississippi Emergency Management Agency Area Coordinator and Disaster Recovery Center State Manager Dean Thompson(Right to Left), FEMA Quality Control Manager Kurk Williams, MEMA Alternative Housing Manager Rick Christian, and FEMA Mobile Home Site Inspector Don McClemore. FEMA and state officials are here in response to the deadly tornado of April 24. George Armstrong/FEMA

Severe Storm ^ Tornado - Weir, Miss. , May 8, 2010 -- Inside a new FEMA temporary housing unit in Choctaw County, FEMA Mobile Home Site Inspector Don McLemore completes the leasing process as the new tenant signs the lease. These units, provided through the FEMA Individual Assistance housing program, will be an affordable temporary home for storm survivors who became homeless as result of the deadly tornado of April 24. George Armstrong/FEMA

Severe Storm ^ Tornado - Harrisburg, Ill. , March 5, 2012 -- At the Saline County Detention and temporary Emergency Management Agency Center, State EMA Director Jonathon Monken (center) and State Bureau Chief for Disaster Assistance and Preparedness, Dave Smith brief State, FEMA and Small Business Administration, and local EMA personnel on the damage areas in Saline County. All are here in response to the deadly February tornado and will begin Individual Assistance Preliminary Damage Assessments today as required in the process of the State's request for federal disaster assistance. George Armstrong/FEMA

Severe Storm ^ Tornado - Yazoo, Miss. , May 14, 2010 -- Mrs. Marsha Barbour, wife of Governor Haley Barbour greets Mississippi Emergency Management Agency Individual Assistance Housing Specialist John Garcia as the first Yazoo City "Mississippi Cottage" purchaser Eddie "Butch" Ketchum looks on. The unique MEMA "Cottage" program is a purchase not a lease, is a built house, and not intended to be only temporary housing for storm survivors left homeless in the April 24 tornado. FEMA and MEMA are partners in disaster recovery efforts such as this. George Armstrong/FEMA

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Title: First Placement of "Mississippi Cottage"in Yazoo, MS

Production Date: 05/14/2010

Caption: Yazoo, Miss. , May 14, 2010 -- Mrs. Marsha Barbour, wife of Governor Haley Barbour greets Mississippi Emergency Management Agency Individual Assistance Housing Specialist John Garcia as the first Yazoo City "Mississippi Cottage" purchaser Eddie "Butch" Ketchum looks on. The unique MEMA "Cottage" program is a purchase not a lease, is a built house, and not intended to be only temporary housing for storm survivors left homeless in the April 24 tornado. FEMA and MEMA are partners in disaster recovery efforts such as this. George Armstrong/FEMA

Photographer Name: George Armstrong

City/State: Yazoo, MS

Disasters: Mississippi Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding (DR-1906)

Disaster Types: Severe Storm ^ Tornado

Categories: Disaster Officials ^ Individual Assistance ^ Recovery ^ Special Event ^ State/Local Officials

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[Assignment: 48-DPA-06-29-08_SOI_K_WGA_Con] Activities at the Western Governors' Association Conference in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, where Secretary Dirk Kempthorne [joined a host of dignitaries, among them Wyoming Governor Dave Freudenthal, Utah Governor Jon Huntsman, Jr., South Dakota Governor Mike Rounds, Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano, Idaho Governor C.L. "Butch" Otter, Montana Governor Brian Schweitzer, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Governor Benigno Fitial, and NBC correspodent and author Tom Brokaw] [48-DPA-06-29-08_SOI_K_WGA_Con_DSC_0169.JPG]

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