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2 unusual facts about Rick Weiland


Rick Weiland

In 1997, as Weiland was being installed as regional director of FEMA, the Red River swamped its banks, causing unprecedented flooding to North Dakota and Minnesota, inundating all of downtown Fargo and causing the evacuation of Grand Forks, North Dakota in an event known as the Red River Flood.

Weiland was the Chief Executive Officer of the International Code Council (ICC), appointed by Bill Clinton to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), and senior advisor to former United States Senate Majority Leader, Tom Daschle.



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