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More help on the way — With Volusia County declared a federal disaster area, more help for localities and families to help clean up and dry out from damage from Tropical Storm Fay should be on the way. Tankers like this one are being replaced with more pumps in DeBary.
Volusians can apply for individual disaster aid
By Pat Hatfield
posted Aug 26, 2008 - 10:34:38pm
It was an answer to prayer for many in West Volusia, residents and city officials alike, who strove to cope with flooding in the wake of Tropical Storm Fay — and pay for it.
Volusia County has been declared a federal disaster area.
U.S. Rep. John L. Mica made the announcement Tuesday evening, Aug. 26. FEMA individual assistance for local home owners was also approved.
According to a release from Mica’s office, he submitted a letter to the president requesting the disaster status, which opens the gate to federal aid, Aug. 25.
Aug. 26, Mica met with state, local and federal officials, including Federal Emergency Management FEMA Administrator R. David Paulison and Florida Division of Emergency Management Director W. Craig Fugate.
Tuesday afternoon, Mica met with Volusia County officials at Florida Hospital Fish Memorial to review current state, local and federal efforts to deal with the storm damage from Tropical Storm Fay.
The disaster declaration allows FEMA to make individual homeowners affected by the storm eligible for the federal Individuals and Households Program (IHP), with support for temporary housing, home repairs and home replacement in some circumstances. Additional money will be made available through U.S. Small Business Administration loans and FEMA’s Other Needs Assistance (ONA).
"Thankfully, the president and his administration acted quickly to declare the damage in Volusia County a disaster,” Mica said. The federal government will partner with local communities in rebuilding efforts, and I am hopeful the other affected areas will soon receive similar support.”
How to request emergency assistance
Register by phone at 1-800-621-FEMA or online at FEMA. Applicants will be asked for the following information:
• Name and Social Security number
• Address of the damaged property
• Current address and telephone number
• Insurance information
• Total household annual income
• A bank routing and account number for direct deposit
• A description of your losses caused by the disaster
FEMA is continuing damage assessments in Seminole, St. Johns and Putnam Counties.
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Quiet Rockland Offers US$500 Reward For The Lawful Capture Of Congressman John Mica's Toupee
Like a midget wrestler would do in the ring, or like a B-List Hollywood fake-celebrity would do on the TMZ website, unabashed aeromercantile hawked-chicken Congressman John L. Mica (Florida, 7th District) decided to HEAD-BUTT a cameraman or two last night:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBhe7d36BHs
http://www.abcnews.go.com/Blotter/MoneyTrail/story?id=5707463&page=1
The incident occurred while Mica was caught trying to sneak out of a Tom Delay stealth perp-fundraiser in Minnesota. Supposedly, John Mica is still seeing purple after yesterday's Quiet Rockland blogged letters about Mica's hairpiece:
http://indictsturgell.blogspot.com/2008/09/congressman-john-micas-hairpiece-8th.html
These blogged documents were faxed, inter alia, to each of Congressman Mica's district offices. They were also distributed all over Florida, the District of Columbia, and elsewhere. Guess Mica didn't like 'em much.
Quiet Rockland, in turn angered by this obviously-intentional abuse of the media and the First Amendment, accordingly offers a Five Hundred Dollar (US$500) reward, payable through and including the date of the November 2008 election (New York time), to the first person who lawfully and legitimately traps, captures, and delivers over Congressman John L. Mica's ill-fitting, gravity-devying, entirely-preposterous hairpiece.
Please watch the video linked above. Mica runs the pattern like a former football player.
But why would he lead with his HEAD? He must be real confident in the application of his Topstick.
Also, we want to be very clear here that no one is asking anyone to make any unlawful conversion of property (even toupee-lifting, after all, is a taking of chattel, no matter how ugly the rug looks). No one is inviting any assault or bodily contact or anything like it (and in this case, if I were you, I'd be afraid of it).
However, it is entirely possible that someone might enterprisingly work out a method for the lawful taking of possession of John Mica's toupee. For example, Mica might accept a check. After all, Congressman Mica has accepted a check already from most of the relevant aero-mercantile interests in this country. You might get similarly lucky.
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