71.   The Austin-based emergency management agency has opposed the cuts from the beginning and has been recruiting support from other emergency management offices across the South.

72.   The emergency management agency, which has not asked for the extra money, is overseeing the cleanup from Tropical Storm Allison.

73.   The emergency scenarios are developed by Rob Stephenson, who has a doctorate in emergency management from Kings College of London University.

74.   The FBI there has established contact with every police chief, sheriff and emergency management agency via telephone or radio, he said.

75.   The FEMA plans won endorsement from Florida director of emergency management Joseph F. Myers, who accompanied Witt to the White House announcement.

76.   The prospect of a landfalling hurricane often impels emergency management officials to order evacuations of coastal areas, which can require many hours to complete.

77.   The state emergency management office also said that many more bodies are expected to be found once crews can examine houses and cars now under water.

78.   To ease that strain, emergency management officials in Tampa suggested that those leaving their homes in vulnerable coastal areas seek refuge with relatives or friends.

79.   Weather service and emergency management personnel were engaged in an exercise to coordinate procedures in the event that a powerful hurricane were threatening the East Coast.

80.   With the damage in the Bahamas in mind, state emergency management agencies in Georgia, Florida, South Carolina and North Carolina continued to prepare Saturday.