President Declares Major Disaster For Maryland
Release Date: February 19, 2010
Release Number: HQ-10-015
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The head of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Craig Fugate today announced that federal disaster aid has been made available for Maryland to supplement state and local recovery efforts in the area struck by a severe winter storm and snowstorm during the period of December 18-20, 2009.
Federal funding is available to state and eligible local governments and certain private nonprofit organizations on a cost-sharing basis for emergency protective measures in Baltimore, Caroline, Cecil, Harford, Howard, Kent, Montgomery, and Queen Anne’s counties.
Assistance is also available to the state and eligible local governments on a cost-sharing basis for emergency protective measures, including snow assistance, for a continuous 48-hour period during or proximate to the incident period.
Regis Leo Phelan has been named the Federal Coordinating Officer for federal recovery operations in the affected area. Phelan said additional designations may be made at a later date if requested by the State and warranted by the results of further damage assessments.
FEMA’s mission is to support our citizens and first responders to ensure that as a nation we work together to build, sustain, and improve our capability to prepare for, protect against, respond to, recover from, and mitigate all hazards.
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None of this money will be going to the eastern shore. Lets hope we can get help for the storms in Jan/Feb.
ReplyDeleteWhat disaster???? It snowed, now over half is melted, and the sun is out today. 40 degrees
ReplyDeleteIf we get any money for Jan and Feb., maybe we should return it.
ReplyDeleteA snow storm is a major disaster?
ReplyDeleteYou honestly didn't think those salt/sand/plow trucks were free. After recieving 2-3 major storms this years, these counties budgets are shot.
ReplyDeleteMaybe its for the $210,000 dollars in food vouchers that went to the workers in MD. Each worker receives $8 for breakfast, $10 for lunch and $24(yes 24)for dinner.My family does'nt need $42 a day to eat and there is 4 of us. Gov. jobs get better and the business owner falls.
ReplyDeleteRebuild those 50 chicken houses...... plus they have to pay the 1.4mill gov employees that couldn't get to work...
ReplyDeleteWill they be confiscating guns?;-)
ReplyDeleteNone of this money will be going to the Eastern Shore???? Did you not read the story? Cecil, Kent, Caroline and Queen Anne's all qualified.
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