Another 1,700 mobile homes in FEMA’s inventory were also readied. FEMA trailers stored on Selfield Road in Selma, Ala., being sent to Texas to help Hurricane Harvey victims. They purchased 29 mobile homes to jump-start recovery efforts in the wind-whipped coastal city of Rockport and began installing them earlier this month. Some of the problems with mobile homes and trailers have been resolved, FEMA officials say. New building standards, they say, ensure that trailers and mobile homes no longer emit the formaldehyde fumes that sickened families after Hurricane Katrina.

Source: Washington Post October 28, 2017 22:41 UTC