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Alabama Mayor Finds FEMA Trailers Unsightly, Bans Them

Seth Abramovitch ยท 05/31/11 02:50AM

The tornado-ravaged citizens of Cordova, Alabama โ€” about 35 miles northwest of Birmingham, pop. 2000 โ€” have lost everything after a series of monster twisters tore through their town on April 27th. With nowhere to turn, scores of newly homeless residents were relieved when FEMA came along with a caravan of single-wide mobile homes they could use as shelter. Not so fast: Mayor Jack Scott has declared that single-wide mobile homes are illegal in Cordova.