FEMA housing units are returning to Louisiana. Jeff Palermo has the story…
================
Over 120-thousand people registered for disaster assistance and federal and state agencies are having trouble keeping up with the demand. Halen Doughty has more…
CUT 2 (30) “I’m Halen Doughty”
===============================================
FEMA owned temporary housing units are returning to Louisiana to provide housing for flood victims who are in the process of rebuilding their homes. Governor John Bel Edwards says these trailer units are different from what we say after Hurricane Katrina.
Edwards says these trailers are similar to actual mobile homes. He says flood victims who suffered over 17-thousand dollars in damages to their homes are eligible for a trailer.
Edwards says the trailers will be secured on concrete blocks and not on wheels. The governor says he’s heard that FEMA representatives are checking to see if the FEMA units can fit on a person’s flood-damaged property and they’ll also have multiple trailers on a commercial lot.
==================================================
Triple-A is warning motorists looking to purchase a used car to beware of flood damaged vehicles for sale. Spokesperson Don Redman says usually damaged cars are quickly moved farther away from the devastated areas as early as one week after the disaster. He says be careful when buying a car off of Craigslist or resale sites.
Redman advises people to use their sense of smell to detect any wet or musty odors inside the car. He also says to check for new carpeting and signs of dirt or mud.
Redman says always get a Carfax report or some kind of vehicle history, because it can indicate where the car is coming from. He says the potential damage from the flooded vehicles may not be obvious in the short term but…
==================================================
Over 120-thousand people have applied for federal aid following the historic flood in south Louisiana, and many are encountering problems trying to get their assistance. Baton Rouge Senator Regina Barrow says she doesn’t like the idea of sending people to multiple locations, possibly across town, to meet with FEMA and apply for disaster food stamps.
Deputy Director for Disaster Recovery with the Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness, Mark Riley, says they are trying to get people out of their cars and shelters as quickly as possible. He says there are already some manufactured homes in the state after the March flood in north Louisiana, but it will be a while before they get these flood victims moved into them.
DSNAP has been rolled out in three phases, and many victims are still not able to receive their food stamps. Flood victims in East Baton Rouge, Ascension and Lafayette can’t get theirs until next week. Barrow is not happy about the delay.
===================================================
Weather experts say the disturbance in the Atlantic Ocean is still a fairly disorganized system, and there are many unknowns about the so called, “Invest 99L.” State Climatologist Barry Keim says conditions with this system are expected to become more favorable by the weekend…
cut 12 (08) “hurricane center”
Keim says if this storm does develop, it would probably enter the Gulf of Mexico Sunday or Monday. He says it is too early to speculate on what specific impacts might occur
Cut 13 (11) “this thing”
Keim says this is kind of scary considering everything south Louisiana is already going through right now with the flooding. He says it’s still a ways out and things could change anytime…:
==============================================