Archive for October, 2008

>Date: Thursday, October 30, 2008 beginning at 9:00 am.

Purpose: The purpose of this event is to provide a forum for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and its Joint Housing Solutions Group (JHSG) to engage with the Recreational Vehicle (RV) Industry in discussions on the current market conditions and capability of RV manufactures to build and deliver travel trailers with Indoor Air Quality measures of less than .016 PPM in formaldehyde.

Overview: On June 10, FEMA released the 2008 Disaster Housing Plan, detailing the agency’s role in supporting local officials to meet housing needs for disaster victims this hurricane season. The plan also incorporates new and stringent air quality specifications and testing protocols for factory-built housing, which must fulfill state health requirements prior to their use.
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>U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials at the Blue Water Bridge seized $38,766 from two motor homes after the drivers failed to declare the cash, officials reported Tuesday.

It is not illegal to carry large sums of cash across the border but anything more than $10,000 must be declared to inspectors, said Chief Ron Smith, spokesman for Customs and Border Protection.

Smith said it is unclear why the people were carrying the cash. The incident happened as the motor homes were crossing into the United States about 1 p.m. Sunday. The drivers said they were headed to Mexico.

The cash — including Mexican pesos and Canadian and American dollars — was found in several places, in-cluding a safe built into a closet and beneath a false floor in the bottom of a bathroom cabinet.

The drivers of the motor homes, both Canadian citizens, are not in trouble, Smith said. He said the motor homes, along with a larger “convoy,” were allowed to continue on their way after the money was found.

For “humanitarian reasons” some of the money was re-turned to the people, but Smith would not say how much. Two people were in each motor home.
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>If you are one of the unlucky ones being affected by the present day bad economic conditions(and who isn’t these days) and need to downsize expenses, then, fulltime RV’ing might be in your future. I think it provides an excellent and more frugal alternative to living in a stix and brick house, and can serve you well anytime, but particularly well, in these more difficult financial times.
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