Contributions tagged with "Safe"

The Waverly Shell Rock Community School was destroyed by the 2008 floods. To better prepare for future disasters, the school board was granted FEMA Hazard Mitigation funding to design their new auditorium as a certified safe room. The rebuilding of the school and the safe room was funded, in part, by a grant of 9.375 million dollars from FEMA.

As rebuilding continues in Alabama following April 2011's tornadoes, some homeowners are strengthening their new homes by building safer structures.