Housing Needs in Earthquake Disaster Areas: Field Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Development of the Committee on Banking, Finance, and Urban Affairs, House of Representatives, One Hundred First Congress, Second Session, Watsonville, California, April 11, 1990; San Francisco, California, April 12, 1990U.S. Government Printing Office, 1990 - 1217 pages |
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... Organizations , paper entitled " Post - Quake Housing Re- placement Project " dated March 14 , 1990 .. 781 Technology Review publication , subject matter entitled " Can We Predict The Next Earthquake ? " , 883 U.S. Geological Survey ...
... Organizations , paper entitled " Post - Quake Housing Re- placement Project " dated March 14 , 1990 .. 781 Technology Review publication , subject matter entitled " Can We Predict The Next Earthquake ? " , 883 U.S. Geological Survey ...
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... organizations of the local community , who can carry out that communication ; in this case there were local organizations in place who could have made FEMA's job easier if they had known how to take advantage of that . With respect to ...
... organizations of the local community , who can carry out that communication ; in this case there were local organizations in place who could have made FEMA's job easier if they had known how to take advantage of that . With respect to ...
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... organizations that if we can get some land , they will get the housing . Mr. PANETTA . Thank you . Thank you , Mr. Chairman . Chairman TORRES . Thank you , Mr. Panetta . Nancy Pelosi . MS . PELOSI . Thank you very much , Mr. Chairman ...
... organizations that if we can get some land , they will get the housing . Mr. PANETTA . Thank you . Thank you , Mr. Chairman . Chairman TORRES . Thank you , Mr. Panetta . Nancy Pelosi . MS . PELOSI . Thank you very much , Mr. Chairman ...
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... needs farm workers . I want to make that clear . I also want to reiterate what was said by Council Member Rios . There were many organizations wanted to help . We were here . Those people would not even meet with us . The 21.
... needs farm workers . I want to make that clear . I also want to reiterate what was said by Council Member Rios . There were many organizations wanted to help . We were here . Those people would not even meet with us . The 21.
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... organizations need to change their appli- cation processes . Many people went back four times for the same procedure . Thank you . [ The prepared statement of Ms. Huerta can be found in the ap- pendix . ] STATEMENT OF LEO PUIG ...
... organizations need to change their appli- cation processes . Many people went back four times for the same procedure . Thank you . [ The prepared statement of Ms. Huerta can be found in the ap- pendix . ] STATEMENT OF LEO PUIG ...
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Page 820 - Everybody runs outdoors. Damage negligible in buildings of good design and construction ; slight to moderate in well-built ordinary structures ; considerable in poorly built or badly designed structures ; some chimneys broken. Noticed by persons driving motor cars.
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