No Rebuilding Picher
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State and federal officials say there will be no government money to rebuild the 100 homes destroyed by Saturday's killer tornado.
The twister is blamed for seven deaths in Picher and severe weather left another 20 people dead in the Plains and southeast.
Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff visited Picher today and says it looks like a small nuclear bomb went off.
And Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator David Paulison promised a quick decision on Governor Henry's request for a federal disaster declaration.
The tornado hit the heart of a federal Superfund site where the government is buying out homes because of contamination from years of lead and zinc mining.
The governor says the buyout won't stop federal disaster aid from coming to the area but he says the aid will be to help people move not rebuild. |
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