Now I expect you are doubly correct as I just checked Google Earth and the FEMA facility is located on the closed Fort McClellan Army base property. I know the politicians were trying to find some alternative uses after FM closed to keep that government money circulating in the local economy. They at least replaced part of the economic impact of FM.
Richard Shelby and Rep. Mike Rogers said the plan to bring coronavirus patients to Alabama has been cancelled.
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We;;, still, everybody’s gotta be somewhere.