Friday, May 29, 2009
FEMA DISASTER DECLARATION COMES THROUGH !!!
Exactly three weeks following the Mothers' Day weekend flooding that ripped through eastern Kentucky and southern West Virginia, the bright light of federal assistance will begin to shine through. Twenty-two counties in Kentucky...and, that represents all the counties named in the application to FEMA, have been approved for public assistance.
This is one of two prongs of relief to be awarded to the region. Public assistance, or, "PA" will allow the affected counties to either be reimbursed for bridge and road repair or replacement, or, will provide much needed funds to pay for specific equipment and also to pay for the manpower needed to accomplish the painful recovery efforts. Yet, another aspect of the disaster declaration is individual assistance, or, "IA". This part of the declaration will deal with people who have suffered losses caused by the flooding. This would include damage or loss of property. The counties included in this part of the declaration include Floyd, Breathitt, Owsley and Pike. This means that residents in the four counties will be able to apply for assistance at designated disaster centers, yet to be announced, in the region.
The centers will be staffed with FEMA disaster professionals who have dealt with disasters of this kind all over the nation. The disaster centers will be open six days a week...Monday through Saturday. The locations of these centers will be announced very quickly following the major announcement.
Once again, the two-tiered approval of the FEMA disaster declaration...public assistance for counties and municipalities...and individual assistance for citizens directly affected by the flooding has been approved in Washington !!!
This is one of two prongs of relief to be awarded to the region. Public assistance, or, "PA" will allow the affected counties to either be reimbursed for bridge and road repair or replacement, or, will provide much needed funds to pay for specific equipment and also to pay for the manpower needed to accomplish the painful recovery efforts. Yet, another aspect of the disaster declaration is individual assistance, or, "IA". This part of the declaration will deal with people who have suffered losses caused by the flooding. This would include damage or loss of property. The counties included in this part of the declaration include Floyd, Breathitt, Owsley and Pike. This means that residents in the four counties will be able to apply for assistance at designated disaster centers, yet to be announced, in the region.
The centers will be staffed with FEMA disaster professionals who have dealt with disasters of this kind all over the nation. The disaster centers will be open six days a week...Monday through Saturday. The locations of these centers will be announced very quickly following the major announcement.
Once again, the two-tiered approval of the FEMA disaster declaration...public assistance for counties and municipalities...and individual assistance for citizens directly affected by the flooding has been approved in Washington !!!
# posted by Homer Owens @ 8:22 PM 
