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

Mississippi Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding (DR-1906)
Photo date: May 14, 2010
Photographer: FEMA / George Armstrong
Categories: Disaster Officials, Individual Assistance, Recovery, Special Event, State/Local Officials, Severe Storm, Tornado
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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