Another case where FEMA couldn't make up their minds.

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http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/stlouiscitycounty/story/B3BC4E0AC8D4C4328625707B00174941?OpenDocument&highlight=2%2C%22blunt%22+AND+%22airport%22

Eleven days ago, the federal government ordered agencies here to make preparations for up to 2,000 people displaced by Hurricane Katrina.

...Simon said he did not have a total cost for the hangar-turned-welcome center, but it conservatively reaches tens of thousands of dollars. All the local money spent on the preparations will be reimbursed by the federal government, he explained.

...St. Louis is not the only city whose preparation efforts have been for naught. Wichita, Kan., officials are folding up 1,800 cots. The convention center in Cleveland was outfitted and ready.