Tuesday, July 28, 2009
FEMA Leaves Eastern Kentucky Officials More Optimistic
FEMA has gone, but what they left behind will be long remembered. As the deadline passed Monday for applying for FEMA flood assistance, officials in the five eligible counties say they're more optimistic than they were three months ago. At Johns Creek Elementary and Belfry Middle School, students were unable to complete the year, but Pike County Superintendent Roger Wagner says repairs will be completed in time to open on August 12th. Emergency management director Doug Tackett says roads are open in all areas of the county, and volunteer groups are assisting people who are rebuilding after housing assistance in Pike County amounted to a staggering $5 million. In Breathitt County, 95% of the 300, or so, displaced people are in temporary or new housing.
# posted by Homer Owens @ 8:57 PM 
