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FEMA and National VOAD signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) - 5/24/10Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Craig Fugate on Thursday addressed the National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster (National VOAD) conference in Orlando. FEMA and National VOAD also signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) at the conference to broaden the communication and coordination between FEMA and National VOAD’s committees.“Volunteer organizations are an important part of every community, which makes them equally important to the nation’s emergency management team,” said Fugate. “It’s the faith-based and non-profit groups that know their communities best, and by strengthening the partnerships between us, we can help keep the people we serve safe.” “This is an exciting day for National VOAD to have Administrator Fugate at our conference,” said Diana Rothe-Smith, Executive Director of National VOAD. “The signing of this MOU shows that FEMA understands that National VOAD is a part of the team.” National VOAD is a coalition of more than 50 non-profit and faith-based organizations and state and local groups that participate in disaster response. The annual conference brings volunteer organizations together to share knowledge and coordinate to help disaster survivors and their communities.
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Oily Birds show Spill's Impact is Growing - 6/8/10Dead birds smeared with oil have been reported for the first time in Texas as the struggle goes on to contain the Gulf of Mexico leak. A federal wildlife report issued yesterday said two dead birds with visible oil were found, along with at least 36 dead birds that did not appear to have oil on them. The report did not say where in Texas the birds were found. The previous day's report did not list any dead birds in Texas. The worst oil spill in United States history has created an environmental crisis in the gulf region.
Plaquemines Parish coastal zone director P.J. Hahn lifts an oil-covered pelican which was stuck in oil at Queen Bess Island in Barataria Bay, just off the Gulf of Mexico. A special cap is capturing more and more of the crude pouring from the damaged well, but that bit of hope was tempered yesterday as the Government's spokesman on the crisis warned it could stretch into the northern autumn. The inverted funnel-like cap is being closely watched to see if it can make a serious dent in the flow of new oil. Coast Guard Admiral Thad Allen, overseeing the Government's response, reserved judgment, saying he did not want to offer false encouragement. The cap will trap only so much of the oil, and relief wells being drilled will not be finished until August. In the meantime, oil will continue to spew out. "But even after that, there will be oil out there for months to come," Allen said. "This is a siege across the entire gulf. This spill is holding everybody hostage, not only economically but physically." Since it was placed over the well on Friday, the cap has been siphoning an increasing amount of oil. On Sunday, it funnelled about 1.7 million litres to a tanker on the surface, up from about 946,325 litres on Saturday. But it is not clear how much is still escaping from the well that federal authorities at one point estimated was leaking between 1.9 million and 3.8 million litres a day. Since the spill began nearly seven weeks ago, roughly 87 million to 185 million litres of oil have leaked into the gulf. The prospect that the crisis could stretch beyond the northern summer was devastating to residents, who are seeing thicker globs of oil show up in increasing volume all along the coast.
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