Disasters start and end at local level
Submitted by Alabama Emergency Management Agency Alabama is no stranger to natural disasters. Since 1961, there have been 94 disaster declarations for Alabama by FEMA or its predecessor agencies. Many along the Gulf Coast vividly remember the impacts of Hurricane Ivan in 2004 and Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Last year’s unprecedented tropical weather and historic hurricane season affected the state in ways many of us have not seen in decades.…