CDC: Particleboard is The FEMA Trailer Problem
By Kesshia Peyton Anchor/Reporter
Published: Mon, August 27, 2007 - 4:22 pm
Last Updated: Mon, August 27, 2007 - 4:29 pm
Last Updated: Mon, August 27, 2007 - 4:29 pm
Kesshia Peyton
Eighteen months later, she and her neighbors are in their own home's instead of the government's.
Stewart said her home can withstand winds of up to 150 miles per hour.
The new homes in her area were required to be built at least ten feet from the ground.
Stewart lost everything in the storm so her new challenge is replacing her belongings.
"I have more clothes. Of course, everything is new, all the furniture, everything is new in the house because everything was totally gone. It's been difficult trying to purchase everything because you're overwhelmed with you have to buy so much you know. It's like starting over with everything," said Hurricane Katrina victim Susie Stewart of Pascagoula, Mississippi.
Most of the homes in the area have also been built with blow-away walls.
That means, when the winds and water come through the bottom walls can blow away, but the piers can still hold up the top half of the house.
Several cities in Mississippi are holding Hurricane Katrina anniversary events, for information about those, click the link at the right of the page.
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