Word: awendaw
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Nevertheless, FEMA has become a convenient target for all the frustrations people feel. In the rural community of Awendaw (pop. 200), the Rev. Jonathan C. Roberts of the Greater Zion A.M.E. Church defied FEMA by setting up temporary trailers for his congregation -- on land where the flood plain is lowest. "They told me, 'You bring those trailers in here, we'll lock you up,' " says Roberts. "I told them, 'Meet me at the county line.' " Such confrontations have taken a toll on FEMA officials. Says relief officer Paul E. Hall: "No one likes to be called a jackass...
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