October 1, 2007 FEMA Emergency Management Higher Education Project Report

(1) DISASTER HOUSING -- GAO REPORT:

Government Accountability Office. Disaster Housing: Implementation of FEMA's Alternative Housing Pilot Program Provides Lessons for Improving Future Competitions. Washington, DC: GAO Letter Report to Congressional Requesters (GAO-07-1143R), August 31, 2007, 24 pages. Accessed at:

(2) NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE PROGRAM:

FEMA. Flood Insurance Manual. October 1, 2007. At:

[Reflects changes which have been made to date from May 2005 edition.]

FEMA. "How Many In WyandotCounty Were Prepared For The Flood?"

Washington, DC: FEMA Press Release, September 28, 2007. At:

[Answer: "...only 4.7 percent of the households in WyandotCounty {OH} said they had flood insurance when they called us" for flood disaster relief (26 of 550 households which experienced flooding). "'In this area of the state it is not a matter of if it will flood, it is a matter of when it will happen again,' said State Coordinating Officer Nancy Dragani, executive director of the Ohio Emergency Management Agency.'That is why we strongly encourage our citizens to acquire flood insurance'."]

(3) PANDEMIC:

California Association of Health Facilities. Pandemic Influenza:Workbook for Long Term Care Providers. California Department of Public Health, August 2007, 92 pages. Accessed at:

(4) WAR ON TERROR:

Dickey, Christopher. "Books: America's Terror War on America."

Newsweek, October 8, 2007. Accessed at:

Friedman, Thomas L. "9/11 Is Over." New York Times, September 30, 2007. Accessed at:

[Excerpt: "...since 9/11, we've become 'The United States of FightingTerrorism'....9/11 has made us stupid. I honor, and weep for, all those murdered on that day. But our reaction to 9/11 - mine included - has knocked America completely out of balance, and it is time to get things right again.... Before 9/11, the world thought America's slogan was:

'here anything is possible for anybody.' But that is not our global brand anymore. Our government has been exporting fear, not hope: 'give me your tired, your poor and your fingerprints'."]

B.Wayne Blanchard, Ph.D., CEM

Higher Education Project Manager

Emergency Management Institute

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Federal Emergency Management Agency

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