Mississippi Business Journal » Hurricane Season http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Fri, 17 May 2013 22:01:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 MEMA exec: Focus should be on individual preparedness, not governmental response http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/06/20/mema-exec-focus-should-be-on-individual-preparedness-not-governmental-response/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mema-exec-focus-should-be-on-individual-preparedness-not-governmental-response http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/06/20/mema-exec-focus-should-be-on-individual-preparedness-not-governmental-response/#comments Wed, 20 Jun 2012 15:26:27 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=58751 PEARL — After learning valuable lessons from Hurricane Katrina in 2005, it’s time to shift focus from governmental response to individual preparedness, Mississippi Emergency Management Agency leaders say. MEMA executive director Robert Latham Jr., who was reappointed to the position in January after heading MEMA from 2000-2006, said he has been meeting with local officials [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/06/20/mema-exec-focus-should-be-on-individual-preparedness-not-governmental-response/feed/ 2 Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano urges plan for hurricane season http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/06/01/homeland-security-secretary-janet-napolitano-urges-plan-for-hurricane-season/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=homeland-security-secretary-janet-napolitano-urges-plan-for-hurricane-season http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/06/01/homeland-security-secretary-janet-napolitano-urges-plan-for-hurricane-season/#comments Fri, 01 Jun 2012 13:12:19 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=57915 MIAMI — U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano wants to make sure Americans are prepared for the start of the Atlantic hurricane season. The season begins today and Napolitano will join Federal Emergency Management Agency head Craig Fugate, as well as Florida Gov. Rick Scott to urge those likely to be affected by [...]

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