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[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] Cedar Rapids, IA, June 18, 2008 -- Pat Ferris, Manager of FEMA's Disaster Recover Center at Prairie High School in Linn County, explains part of the application process to residents who suffered varying degrees of damage from last week's record floods. FEMA Community Relations teams have started canvasing the city, providing information on how to apply. Photo by Greg Henshall / FEMA

[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] Cedar Rapids, IA, August 4, 2008 -- At a meeting for Linn County residents at Kirkwood College, Public Information Officer Jacqueline Chandler explains the levels and limits of FEMA assistance to three Cedar Rapids residents who suffered damage to their homes in the massive June flood. Public meetings give citizens the opportunity to communicate their concerns to FEMA, SBA, state officials and their congressmen. Photo by Greg Henshall / FEMA

[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] Cedar Rapids, IA, June 25, 2008 -- Jamie Forero, Branch Director of FEMA's Area Field Office No. 2, addressed county and city officials on FEMA determination to help Cedar Rapids get cleaned up and back to business. Standing behind Jamie - waiting his turn to speak on specific programs - is John Saggese with Inter-Governmental Affairs. Photo by Greg Henshall / FEMA

[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] Cedar Rapids, IA, June 13, 2008 -- Iowa Governor Chet Culver led off a press conference addressing the problems of flooding in his state, particularly in Cedar Rapids, which is twenty feet above flood stage. FEMA Administrator David Paulison and Iowa Senators Charles Grassley and Tom Harkin also spoke of the need to help Iowans recover. Photo by Greg Henshall / FEMA

[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] Cedar Rapids, Iowa, July 1, 2008 -- Iowa Governor Chester Culver, Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez, Jovita Carranza, Acting Administrator of the Small Business Association, and FEMA Federal Coordinating Officer Bill Vogel, among others, address questions at a round table meeting with the Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce. Many businesses were destroyed or suffered heavy losses as a result of flood waters in mid June. Susie Shapira/FEMA

[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] Cedar Rapids, IA, August 4, 2008 -- During a public meeting at Kirkwood College, Mt. Vernon resident Bob Schneider (left) describes the damage his home suffered in the June 13 flood to FEMA External Affairs specialist Dick Wells. Public meetings give disaster victims an opportunity to speak directly with FEMA, SBA, and government officials. Photo by Greg Henshall / FEMA

[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] Cedar Rapids, IA, July 1, 2008 -- FEMA Federal Coordinating Officer Bill Vogel explains FEMA's progress and role in the disaster relief efforts for Iowa to Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez. The Secretary visited Cedar Rapids after the area was ravaged by flood waters in mid June and several of the city's businesses were destroyed or severely damaged by the floods. Susie Shapira/FEMA

[Severe Storms and Tornadoes] Cedartown, GA, March 27, 2008 -- Several organizations, both local and national, partner with FEMA, offering their services, providing information and assistance to applicants that register with FEMA and visit the Disaster Recovery Center (DRC). This FEMA DRC in Cedartown serves both Polk and Floyd Counties in response to a disaster declaration made to assist in the recovery of damage losses incurred by individuals due to tornado. Robert Kaufmann/FEMA

[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] Cedar Rapids, IA, June 13, 2008 -- At a press conference held just outside flooded Cedar Rapids, FEMA Administrator David Paulison stressed his agency's determination to help Iowans who have suffered from recent storms across the state. Senators Tom Harkin (far left) and Charles Grassley (far right) were among the dignitaries who expressed concern for their constituents, and support for the agences which are helping them. Photo by Greg Henshall / FEMA

[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] Cedar Rapids, IA, July 10, 2008 -- Standing amid piles of debris, Cedar Rapids resident George Hill describes the June 13 flood to FEMA Community Relations (CR) Specialist Vern Decker during Vern's information distribution walk through the Czech Village area. CR teams visit all neighborhoods in a disaster city, informing residents how to register with FEMA. Photo by Greg Henshall / FEMA

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Huge piles of sand and rock are being loaded onto dump trucks with front-end loaders. The dump trucks will carry the sand and rock to Members of the Army National Guard to fortify levees and other areas when the Mississippi River overran it banks after strong rain storms

US Navy (USN) Admiral (ADM) Vern Clark, CHIEF of Naval Operations (CNO), visits with wounded US Marine Corps (USMC) Corporal (CPL) Jaime Prieto, Charlie Company (C Co.), 23rd Marines, 1 Marine Division (MARDIV), in the medical facility on the base in Al Asad, Al Anbar Province, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

Bayonne, N.J., Nov. 26, 2012 -- FEMA Community Relations (CR) Outreach Team Lead Mike Dunn provides this storm survivor with FEMA Registration information while FEMA Corps members Dane Gellerup and Saul Korzenecki, and FEMA CR Specialist Juanita Manley observe. FEMA is here to help individuals and the community recover from this record breaking storm. George Armstrong/FEMA

STS079-787-088 - STS-079 - Earth observations taken during STS-79 mission

[Wildfires] Rancho Bernardo, CA, October 28, 2007 -- FEMA Community Relations specialist walks through a Rancho Bernardo neighborhood distributing disaster information to fire victims. Andrea Booher/FEMA

[Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes] Findlay, Ohio, September 14, 2007 -- FEMA Community Relations Specialist Wilhemina Hearne (L) and Fumiko Harada Ph.D. (R) a professor of Japanese at the University of Findlay, speak with two Japanese community residents who received damage to their residences and belongings during recent flooding. FEMA reaches out to all communities insuring that non-English speaking residents register with FEMA if they have suffered damage to their homes. John Ficara/FEMA

On Monday, September 26, Governor of Iowa Terry Branstad,

KRON TV's first rehearsal for February 26 "Science in Action" show with Earl Herald, Al Ghiorso, and Director Vern Louden. Photo taken March,1962. Morgue 1962-80 (P-6) [Photographer: Donald Cooksey]

[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] Cedar Rapids, Iowa, July 25, 2008 -- Environmental Restoration, a contracted employee of the EPA, removes debris from the riverside that could be of a potentially hazardous nature. It will be taken to the EPA staging ground, sorted and disposed of properly. Susie Shapira/FEMA

[Hurricane Ike] Gavlveston Island, TX, September 17, 2088 -- Debris piles line Seawall Boulevard after Hurricane Ike. Jocelyn Augustino/FEMA

U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen (left), incoming CHIEF of Naval Operations, and The Honorable Donald H. Rumsfeld (center), U.S. Secretary of Defense, applaud Adm. Vern Clark, outgoing CHIEF of Naval Operations; after the reading of his official orders during the CHIEF of Naval Operations Change of Command Ceremony being conducted at the U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md., on July 22, 2005. (DoD photo by PETTY Officer 2nd Class Daniel J. McClain) (Released)

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