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Omaha Steve

(99,054 posts)
Wed Nov 27, 2013, 03:08 AM Nov 2013

Obama authorizes disaster aid to 9 Nebraska counties

Source: Omaha World Herald

By Nancy Gaarder

About 130 workers in Wayne, Neb., don’t know if they’ll still be employed by the end of the year.

The City of Chadron has yet to reopen its largest city park.

And in central Nebraska, county roads remain washed out.

Communities across Nebraska have yet to recover from a powerful October weather system that included a blizzard, torrential rains and tornadoes.

FULL story at link.


Read more: http://www.omaha.com/article/20131126/NEWS/131128905/1016#obama-authorizes-disaster-aid-to-9-nebraska-counties

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Obama authorizes disaster aid to 9 Nebraska counties (Original Post) Omaha Steve Nov 2013 OP
Statement from the White House Tx4obama Nov 2013 #1
He should have gone to Nebraska... Grins Nov 2013 #4
I went to elementary school here. Have not seen it in the news since. Blessings to you. libdem4life Nov 2013 #2
i wonder if the congresscritter from that district will issue a statement? madrchsod Nov 2013 #3
Message auto-removed Name removed Nov 2013 #5

Tx4obama

(36,974 posts)
1. Statement from the White House
Wed Nov 27, 2013, 03:44 AM
Nov 2013

The White House

Office of the Press Secretary
For Immediate Release
November 26, 2013

President Obama Signs Nebraska Disaster Declaration

The President today declared a major disaster exists in the State of Nebraska and ordered federal aid to supplement state and local recovery efforts in the area affected by severe storms, winter storms, tornadoes, and flooding during the period of October 2-6, 2013.

Federal funding is available to state and eligible local governments and certain private nonprofit organizations on a cost-sharing basis for emergency work and the repair or replacement of facilities damaged by the severe storms, winter storms, tornadoes, and flooding in the counties of Adams, Dawes, Dixon, Howard, Sheridan, Sherman, Sioux, Thurston, and Wayne.

Federal funding is also available on a cost-sharing basis for hazard mitigation measures statewide.

W. Craig Fugate, Administrator, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Department of Homeland Security, named Elizabeth Turner as the Federal Coordinating Officer for federal recovery operations in the affected area.

FEMA said additional designations may be made at a later date if requested by the state and warranted by the results of further damage assessments.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION MEDIA SHOULD CONTACT: FEMA NEWS DESK AT (202) 646-3272 OR FEMA-NEWS-DESK@DHS.GOV

http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2013/11/26/president-obama-signs-nebraska-disaster-declaration



Grins

(7,128 posts)
4. He should have gone to Nebraska...
Wed Nov 27, 2013, 03:09 PM
Nov 2013

He should have gone to Nebraska and, like Hurricane Sandy and Chris Christie, had a photo op with Nebraska's Reich-wing governor, just to watch the Reich-wingers howl.

 

libdem4life

(13,877 posts)
2. I went to elementary school here. Have not seen it in the news since. Blessings to you.
Wed Nov 27, 2013, 03:50 AM
Nov 2013

Took piano lessons at Wayne State College. Thanks, Omaha Steve.

madrchsod

(58,162 posts)
3. i wonder if the congresscritter from that district will issue a statement?
Wed Nov 27, 2013, 09:58 AM
Nov 2013

after searching around i found out that the grazing disaster relief program is still unfunded.

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