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FEMA to melt ice intended for Katrina relief

By ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published July 15, 2007

GLOUCESTER, MASS. - After nearly two years, thousands of truck miles and $12.5-million in storage costs, a cold relic of the flawed Hurricane Katrina relief effort is going down the drain. The federal government is getting rid of thousands of pounds of ice it had sent south to help Katrina victims, then north when it determined much of the ice wasn't needed. The Federal Emergency Management Agency had been hanging on to the ice in case it was needed for another disaster, but decided to get rid of it because it couldn't determine whether it was still safe for human consumption. The ice, held at AmeriCold Logistics in Gloucester and at 22 similar facilities nationwide, is being melted. FEMA spokeswoman Alexandra Kirin told the Gloucester Daily Times that FEMA tried to donate the ice but "had no takers."

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