[0:00] is WDE Walling. I'm the Faget County
Emergency Management Director and we
[0:04] wanted to bring you all here tonight to
help pass out information
[0:09] um where we're at, where we're going, uh
and a little bit of where we've been.
[0:15] So, I brought in some subject matter
experts to help me uh do this. I'm not a
[0:19] public speaker. I'm an emergency
management director and retired
[0:22] firefighter. So, um, as we progress
through, uh, if you guys have important
[0:28] questions that you you are looking for
answers, I hope that we can provide
[0:33] them, uh, to you and we'll do that to
the best of our ability. That's the
[0:37] whole goal here. So, we've been in
response mode for the last 7 days and
[0:44] now we're switching into recovery mode.
Uh, the responses, the rescues, uh,
[0:49] that's all over. Now, we're working to
help get people's houses cleaned up,
[0:55] cleared up, uh get structures torn down
if they're destroyed, you know, to the
[1:00] point that they're not usable. Um so,
the the people behind me can answer
[1:05] certain questions. They may not have all
the answers, but um what we're going to
[1:11] do is make sure that if you have a
question and we can't answer it, make
[1:16] sure you get with me and I'll make sure
we get those uh answers um as quickly as
[1:21] possible.
Um so the title for this this town hall
[1:26] is recovery and long-term recovery,
right? So, the one thing I want to share
[1:31] with you, um, in in this flood event,
we've tracked over 350 addresses,
[1:40] uh, throughout the county. That includes
the city, 212.
[1:44] I may be wrong. It may be 214 in the
city. Um, but we've tracked those. Um,
[1:51] and we're working to make sure that we
help those those that were most
[1:55] impacted.
Today, uh, I checked my numbers again
[2:00] and I've not received the new update
from 211, but 182 people have signed up
[2:07] through 211. And that's the intake
process for us to get your information
[2:12] to be able to uh reach out. Once we have
those teams established, someone will
[2:18] call th those people on the list and go
through a lot of the things that that
[2:23] we'll talk about tonight. Uh but just
know that is in process. So the the good
[2:29] thing is um as soon as uh we heard about
this flooding, we did a early evacuation
[2:36] so people could leave their homes at in
the daylight.
[2:40] Thanks to that early evacuation, there
was no lives lost and no major
[2:45] fatalities. So, our responders did a
great job of getting people out of their
[2:49] homes to safety um and getting those who
have lost their homes to shelters. So,
[2:55] kudos to those guys. They did
outstanding. They were rock stars. Um,
[3:00] so with that being said, if if you know
friends or family that was affected by
[3:06] this storm and they've not got a hold of
211, make sure they call that 8662119966
[3:15] number. That's how they get into the
system so that we can track them, make
[3:20] sure that we're reaching out uh as the
days progress to help them with their
[3:25] immediate, short-term, and long-term
needs. So, give me just a second. Okay.
[3:29] We'll get to questions here in a minute.
Um,
[3:32] » I have a comment on that though.
>> Sure.
[3:35] » They we called them.
We answered all the questions
[3:40] » and then they disappeared.
>> Sure.
[3:43] » And we they wanted us to do it again.
>> Your answers are disappearing. That may
[3:48] be a technical issue on their side, but
I can reach out. I've not talked to
[3:52] them. called back and the woman that we
called back to talk to would not do the
[3:57] questions again.
>> Okay.
[3:59] » She told us to go online.
>> Well, so my phone number's out there, my
[4:03] email's out there. So, get a hold of me
and I will help you through that process
[4:07] in the days to come. Remember, I'm busy.
Um, so
[4:12] » give me some grace.
>> This one woman's telling everybody just
[4:15] to go online to a certain place.
>> Okay.
[4:19] » Okay. So, um I ju I just talked to Jane
behind me. She said that 211 did have
[4:25] some technical issues. So, they they she
talked to them and that's fixed now. So,
[4:30] um please go back on there and do that
again if you haven't. So, now I want to
[4:36] kind of pass the mic around, let
everybody introduce your themselves to
[4:40] you so you know who who's here with me.
Um which will help guide you your
[4:44] questions and things that we can give
you uh for assistance. So, I'll start
[4:50] over here. So,
>> hi. Thank you for having me. Uh, my name
[4:55] is Lacy Foy and I'm from the Indiana
Department of Homeland Security Recovery
[4:59] section.
>> We're just doing an introduction.
[5:03] » We just do an introduction.
>> Yeah, just introduction.
[5:05] » Okay, cool.
>> I'm Jane Krady. I'm the coordinator of
[5:09] dis disaster response for Catholic
Charities out of Indianapolis. Uh,
[5:13] Catholic Charities Disaster Response.
I'm also the chair of Indiana Boed,
[5:18] which stands for voluntary organizations
active in disaster, and that's the folks
[5:21] that'll help you get back in your
houses.
[5:28] » John Baker. I'm the incident commander
for our operation here and uh in
[5:36] Connorville. And I I am sorry. I'm sorry
for your loss.
[5:42] » Yeah. I'm team Rubicon.
>> Yeah.
[5:47] » Good evening everybody. My name is Maria
Rasio and I am with the American Red
[5:52] Cross. I am working right now as the
zone coordinator. I am also with the
[5:57] Southeast Indiana chapter of which Fyet
County is part.
[6:03] » Hi, I'm Malia Thompson and I'm the
Indiana Flood Coordinator for the United
[6:08] Cajun Navy.
the last year.
[6:14] » Hi, I'm Mrs. Kavanagh and I'm with the
public health um health department and
[6:19] um I'm the public health nurse.
>> And off to my right over here is Jason
[6:24] Mauch. He's part of my incident
management team that I requested from
[6:28] the state. The rest of that team has
departed because their skills and
[6:32] services are needed elsewhere u for
other things and they weren't directly
[6:38] uh doing the missions to rescue people,
things like that. But I did need a log
[6:44] section chief. So I asked uh the state
to extend his deployment till Monday at
[6:50] noon um when he he'll be departing back
for home and he definitely needs some
[6:55] rest. Again, we're very sorry that this
happened. We couldn't prevent it, but
[7:02] man, this is a tragedy for us. Nobody
has seen this kind of disaster. Uh it's
[7:07] a one of those hundred-year floods,
right? Uh it's really hard to imagine.
[7:12] And I've been around for a long time, so
I've seen our city and our rivers flood
[7:17] over. There was nothing like this one.
Um, so I uh a heartfelt uh goes out to
[7:26] you. Uh, you know, I don't think words
can even imagine the destruction and the
[7:31] loss that we're facing, but we are
working to make sure that you get some
[7:36] resources. When you're dealing with
government, it's never fast, right? So,
[7:41] I ask everybody to be patient uh and and
give us some grace to help. Um, we're
[7:49] working round the clock. We I have not
shut my EOC down until about 11 or 12:00
[7:55] at night. Um, and run home, get a couple
hours sleep and right back in the
[7:58] morning so I can help answer those
calls. I've had my number open u to the
[8:05] desk that sits right next to mine. If
somebody's not answering it, it forwards
[8:09] over to my cell phone and then I'll
answer those calls. I've been in
[8:14] countless meetings uh in the last 10
days uh about this, so I can't always
[8:20] answer, but as soon as I can uh I will
or someone will return your call. Um so
[8:27] I kind of want to let everybody uh the
experts that are here talk about some of
[8:32] the areas that that they deal with as
far as recovery. Um I brought handouts.
[8:38] They went really fast. If you didn't get
them, um, please reach out to me. Make
[8:43] sure I have your contact information.
We'll write everybody's name, email on
[8:47] the phone, and I'll send those out to
you so that you have them. But they're
[8:51] they're emergency uh grant funds through
state uh disaster relief fund as well as
[8:58] how to reach out to the Red Cross and
all these organizations that are helping
[9:03] us. So, with that, I'm going to let Lacy
um Voy Talk from IDHHS Recovery. Those
[9:10] guys are rock stars, but there's not a
lot of them. Um so, they're working just
[9:15] as hard as everybody to get get help
where it's needed.
[9:25] » Thank you. Well, thank you all for being
here and we're very sorry for what's
[9:30] happening in your community right now.
So, my goal today is to offer you um
[9:35] some information about what's happening
at the state level and give you some
[9:40] resources
um in addition to what you're receiving
[9:45] um informationwise through 211.
Uh so, currently we do have an emergency
[9:53] declaration from FEMA. However, this is
very limited. It does not include any
[9:59] reimbursements
um to any municipalities or individuals.
[10:04] So essentially what this emergency
declaration does is it opens up um
[10:10] category B emergency protective
measures. And what that is is lifesaving
[10:15] and property protection measures. So
anything that the state can't handle or
[10:20] uh if we need additional resources, we
can request that through this specific
[10:25] type of declaration. A couple days ago,
we did submit uh what's called a major
[10:32] presidential federal declaration, and
[clears throat] that includes assistance
[10:37] for individuals as well as
municipalities to help recover.
[10:42] These requests can take time to be
approved. I I do know that our teams are
[10:48] doing absolutely everything they can um
to answer any questions that are coming
[10:53] back regarding this declaration. Um, but
we do want to know that uh that was
[11:00] submitted on August 20th. So, we were
really fortunate to be able to submit it
[11:07] so quickly. Uh, usually declarations of
this nature take anywhere from 30 to 60
[11:13] days to submit. So, it went very
quickly.
[11:18] Um, if you would like to read the
presidential declaration, it can be
[11:22] found on the Department of Homeland
Security's resource hub.
[11:27] That hub is also going to be a really
good place to find out information on if
[11:33] you need food, housing, or who to
contact if you're having any issues um
[11:39] with insurance or anything like that.
So, we did complete some joint
[11:46] preliminary damage assessments in your
area with FEMA. Um, you may have seen
[11:51] them uh driving around in a vehicle.
These were expedited uh preliminary
[11:58] damage assessments, so they happen very
quickly. Uh we were very fortunate and
[12:03] your community was wonderful and we were
able to get those done very quickly.
[12:10] So for the state disaster relief fund,
um IDHS has uh what's called the state
[12:17] disaster relief fund and applications
are open. They can be found on the
[12:22] state's uh resource hub
and we are currently accepting any and
[12:29] all applications.
We will go through those and make sure
[12:33] the eligibility guidelines are met and
then we will process those as quickly as
[12:38] we possibly can. We are getting
thousands of applications so it may take
[12:42] us a little bit of time but we will do
our best to process those as quickly as
[12:48] we possibly can.
Um there is housing assistance available
[12:55] through Indiana Housing and Community
Development Authority. Uh, this is done
[13:00] through Indiana 211. So, if you call 211
and you let them know that you need
[13:06] assistance for long or short-term
housing, they will be able to uh put
[13:11] that in their report and connect the
appropriate resource people um to reach
[13:16] out to you to be able to fill out
information for hotel vouchers or um
[13:22] assistance with rental housing.
[13:26] Um, on August 17th, the Department of
Insurance did um have a 60-day I am not
[13:36] good with this word. I'm very sorry, uh,
moratorum on the cancellation of any
[13:41] insurance policies. Um, they did do that
retroactively back to August 11th. So,
[13:46] if there's any issues, please make sure
you get a hold of the Indiana Department
[13:50] of Insurance.
Um, and then the final thing that I
[13:56] would like to share with you, um, is
it's so important to call 211 and let
[14:02] them know of your damages or any
resources that you might need. They're
[14:06] able to connect you to food, housing,
crisis counseling, any of those things.
[14:13] So, um, 211 is a very, very important
resource and any, uh, questions or needs
[14:21] that you might have regarding the
declaration or resources that the state
[14:25] is able to provide, we will communicate
all of that information through the EMA
[14:31] office. Um, so Wade has my cell phone
number, so if he has questions, he can
[14:36] call. um and we'll try to get
information to him in a timely manner
[14:42] and as quickly as we possibly can. So,
thank you so much for having me tonight
[14:47] and uh we will be here to support in any
way that we can. Thank you.
[14:54] » Thank you.
>> You have questions at the end.
[14:57] » We'll do it at the end here. So yeah, if
if we can so you guys have time to think
[15:02] about your questions, stuff, let's hold
them until everybody gets a chance to
[15:06] speak and then we'll do a kind of a
round table and let you come up to the
[15:09] mic here. It should be turned on. I can
see the green lights. So just come up
[15:14] here so we can hear you really well uh
and answer the questions that we can at
[15:19] this time. Um, next I'm going to let
team Rubicon uh introduce themselves
[15:25] again and tell tell you all uh a little
bit about what they've been doing.
[15:31] As I said, my name is John Baker and I'm
uh the commander for the uh effort here
[15:38] in uh here in Connorville. We have
six efforts ongoing. Uh three in Indiana
[15:48] and and two in Ohio. And our volunteers
are are are working floods and working
[15:56] um tree damage that especially tree
damage in the Maraveville area. And then
[16:02] uh we are working also to flood issues
in the Ohio Valley. Um our our we're a
[16:11] veteranled all volunteer force. Um we're
uh and we are we do u muck uh clear muck
[16:22] clear out and uh we do uh we do tree uh
we do some tree work. Um we and we're
[16:29] from all over the country. I'm from uh
I'm from Illinois. We've got folks here
[16:35] from uh Maryland and Virginia and down
in Alabama and and Texas. So, uh we
[16:43] we're coming from all over to uh to to
help. We're um
[16:52] we see this a lot. Um and and it's it
it's it's heartbreaking to see and and
[17:00] we
we stand with you and and anything that
[17:06] we can do to to uh to
um we do uh muckouts. We do uh cleaning
[17:16] of the the
removal of the floors and taking
[17:20] everything out to the curb. Well, hey,
all your appliances out and whatever
[17:24] whatever needs to be done, but uh I I
like I said, I I I I can't imagine and I
[17:33] can't imagine your loss and and I feel I
feel your pain. Um but if you want uh
[17:40] we're available, 211 will get to us. Um
and we also have a phone number that uh
[17:47] that I can give you if if need be. Um
the phone number I have for for us
[17:54] directly is
[17:59] not here
is right. Come on. Where is it?
[18:14] You think I'd be ready for this
chat.
[18:24] I get to the number.
[18:28] Okay. Stage right.
Um
[18:40] the the number to get us directly is
4695859054.
[18:48] We're scheduled to be here um at least
till the end of the month, but if
[18:53] there's more work to be done, we'll stay
we'll we'll stand by you and and work
[18:59] work till the till the work is done.
We're looking at Connorsville. Uh there
[19:05] are some homes in Laurel that that need
to be taken care of and and uh we'll be
[19:10] working that as well.
>> Can you repeat the number?
[19:13] » Sure. Um 469
4695859054.
[19:26] Thank you.
>> Thank you, John. Um, next I'm going to
[19:31] let Malia Thompson uh talk to you. She's
been a rock star throughout this thing.
[19:38] She's managed all the coordination with
the volunteers. She's also helped with
[19:42] bring heavy equipment in, things like
that. And I'll kind of let her give you
[19:46] an idea of of what they've been doing.
So,
[19:50] » hey guys, I'm Malia. Um, I hate public
talking, just so you guys know. Um, I'm
[19:55] kind of here with the same concept team
Rubicon has. We're here for the same
[19:58] concept, and it's to help any of you
guys. any way we can. Um I'm just going
[20:02] to go over some like statistics that we
have so far that we've able to bring
[20:06] into the community. Um so far we've had
109 pallets of supplies provided. Um
[20:12] we've had just under 1,400 volunteers
that have been coordinated. Um we've
[20:16] done muckout operations, debris removal.
Um we have done 500 meals that have been
[20:21] coordinated through Golden Corral and
Cracker Barrel. Um, just today I had 45
[20:26] heavy equipment operators in town with
10 skid steers, six excavators, six dump
[20:31] trucks, and seven dump trailers. Um, and
I would not be able to do any of this
[20:35] without our incident commander. He's
hiding over here, but that's Josh Gills.
[20:39] Um, [applause]
[20:45] so to everybody who's donated,
volunteered, and done anything, I
[20:48] appreciate every single one of you. um
every business that's donated and
[20:51] anybody who's called to ask for
anything. Um anybody who still needs
[20:55] anything, don't hesitate to reach out.
Um my phone number you can find it
[20:59] anywhere I think at this point in the
county. Um but it is 765470914
[21:06] and anything anybody needs just text me.
Um I prefer texting because my phone
[21:10] doesn't stop ringing. Um and I will try
to get that to you guys as quickly as
[21:14] possible and I'm grateful to be here and
I hope I can help any way that I can.
[21:18] What was your phone number again?
>> Yeah, it's 765470914.
[21:25] » How long have you got to be here?
>> As long as I'm needed the way that I
[21:28] understand. Um, so I mean I'm a local.
I'm actually just from Richmond. So, um,
[21:33] anything that I can do, just let me know
and I'll try to be here.
[21:40] » Thank you, Malia. So, um, I had the
pleasure of meeting Josh Gil from the
[21:46] United Cajun Navy. He sat down with me
last night and he said, "Whatever you
[21:50] guys need, whenever you guys need it,
reach out and that they would fully
[21:54] support what we're doing here to help
you." Um, so, thank you very much, Josh.
[22:00] It's amazing the help you guys have
brought to our community. So, next I'd
[22:04] like to introduce uh Red Cross here and
let them talk a little bit about what
[22:09] they can do to help you and um we'll go
from there. After that, we'll talk with
[22:14] the health department and then to the
famous Jane Krady uh for the Indiana
[22:19] VADS.
[22:23] » Hi, good evening everybody again. My
name is Maria Karasio and I'm with the
[22:27] American Red Cross and uh I will tell
you this much. I live in Bloomington and
[22:33] I cover all of southern Indiana. I drive
around here all the time and um it hurts
[22:39] my heart to see roads that I know that I
don't recognize. So, I'm here with you.
[22:45] Um and the Red Cross is here with you.
Right now, our mission is concentrating
[22:51] on making sure that everybody that needs
a place to stay has a place to stay. We
[22:57] have several people from this county in
one of our shelters at the Wayne County
[23:01] Fairgrounds. Uh anybody who needs a
place to stay, we have uh three shelters
[23:08] uh soon to be four that we are running
in southern Indiana. One in Wayne County
[23:14] at the fairgrounds, another one at the
Laurel Community Center in Franklin. Uh
[23:18] we have another one at the Community of
Hope United Methodist Church in
[23:24] Richmond. and we are uh getting ready to
take over another shelter that's already
[23:29] open in Dearborn County. Uh the other
thing that we're doing right now is that
[23:35] we are making sure that we have several
um a lot of cleaning supplies with us
[23:41] and we actually have a a mission going
on right now at the Expo Hall uh here in
[23:47] Connorsville where we're providing
cleanup supplies for people. We've been
[23:52] there all day and we will continue to
support that mission as long as you guys
[23:56] need it. Um, we're also uh out in the
community doing damage assessment and we
[24:03] just want to make sure that we
understand that data. We only look at
[24:06] houses. We don't look at private at at
uh commercial buildings, only houses.
[24:12] And we'll be sharing that data with 211.
We have really good sharing agreements
[24:16] with a lot of other nonprofits. Um, as
you find that you have needs that you
[24:22] think maybe the Red Cross um can help
you cover, please give us a call. It's 1
[24:28] 800 Redc Cross or 1 800733-2767
[24:35] and we're answering that number 24 hours
a day. And again, that's 1-8007332767.
[24:47] Thank you very much. So, next this is
Missy Kavanagh. She's from our health
[24:52] department. Um, so they've also been
amazing kicking in and helping getting
[24:58] mobile uh health units in into the areas
that needed them. Uh, making sure people
[25:04] have vaccines, things like that. But
I'll let her discuss that. She's smarter
[25:08] than I am.
>> You're telling everything that I was
[25:10] going to talk about.
>> Um, again, I'm Missy Kavanagh. I'm with
[25:13] the FA County Health Department and I'm
your friendly public health nurse. Um so
[25:19] I wanted to let you guys know that we're
giving out um for free tetanus vaccines.
[25:23] So there's, you know, no charge, no
insurance um billing or anything like
[25:27] that. We just ask that you come in and
fill out a demographic of your basic
[25:31] information. And um with that
information, we'll upload it in the
[25:34] state um immunization records. That way
it'll reflect on your medical record if
[25:38] anybody needs to look at your
immunizations.
[25:41] So, um also, uh we uh we're offering
some protective um gear like if you need
[25:48] any any gloves or any N95 mask or um
what else? We have like um even like
[25:55] wound care and stuff like that. We will
do the basic wound care if you want to
[25:58] come into the health department if you
you know, you know, got a cut or
[26:03] something like that. But, you know,
naturally, if it's more severe, you need
[26:06] to go to a higher level, you know, with
our local hospital or or your provider.
[26:11] So, um, also I just wanted to, um, you
know, just kind of go over like, and
[26:16] which I'm sure you all know, like if you
are trying to salvage anything
[26:21] food wise, it's just not recommended.
You know, even if it's in a can and
[26:25] things like that that you can wash it
with soapy water and then cleanse it
[26:29] with some sort of a chlorine or a um,
bleaching solution.
[26:34] Honestly, I would just dispose of it.
Even even like your um jars and um like
[26:42] pop pot bottles and stuff like that,
that bacteria can still get in the
[26:46] crevices of the design on the on the
bottle and stuff. So, it's just really
[26:50] recommended just to get rid of all the
food. I mean, it's not worth the chance
[26:53] of, you know, getting getting the
contamination.
[26:57] Um and then you know if you need any
resources healthwise um just get a hold
[27:03] of us and let us know what you need. Um
like Wade said that we partnered up with
[27:07] Reed and um a couple uh Rush Memorial
they sent over their unit their mobile
[27:12] unit to help with the vaccines and
things like that. But um as far as like
[27:17] um we had uh partnered with Reed in
which they were over at Baptist Temple.
[27:22] I'm not sure if they're going to be over
there again this week. Um, but we will
[27:26] know that if you want to give us a call
down at the office on Monday. Um, and
[27:30] they're giving also they're giving
tetanus vaccines too and and basic wound
[27:35] care. Um, also we've partnered up with
Meridian and Centerstone um for mental
[27:40] health. If you have any mental health
crisis and stuff, please reach out to
[27:44] them and they can provide you with
counseling and some guidance. Um, also
[27:48] there we I don't know if you guys are
aware of but we do have a free clinic
[27:51] here in town. It's called the clinic and
it's associated with a higher praise
[27:55] worship center and they are located over
by um industrial park area on Illino
[28:01] Illinois Avenue. Um they actually sit
behind the old EMT unit over there by
[28:07] Industrial Park, but they have a free
clinic over there and if you need any
[28:11] type of health care or any any
connection um it's low cost or free of
[28:16] charge. So it's it's well worth checking
into since everybody has their limited
[28:22] resources now. Um
um now and then on the water testing I
[28:28] don't know a lot of details about that
but we are offering a lowcost water uh
[28:32] private well testing. Um it'd be your
best bet to call the office to get more
[28:38] details on it. We did post something on
Facebook about what you need to do. Um,
[28:43] but I believe also the state um, health
department, Indiana Department of
[28:47] Health. Um, I think their environmental
divi division is going to do free water
[28:52] testing, but that's a little bit more of
a process because, um, in order to send
[28:58] it off, either you're going to have to
mail it off at your cost or you can
[29:02] drive it up to, I believe, um, Wayne
County Health Department because they
[29:07] are a courier pickup hub. So, um just
call the office and we have all that
[29:14] mapped out and detailed in some
literature for you. But if you want to
[29:18] come to our office, we do um the HML um
we work with HML laboratories and they
[29:24] just have they have a low cost of $10.
So, we can send that out. And like I
[29:29] said, to get more details, I'm I'm not
an expert in that area, but um just
[29:35] reach out at the office and we have the
process of what you need to do to send
[29:38] off that testing. Um,
and I think that's about all I've got to
[29:43] say. So, if you need any any resources,
if I don't if I don't know it offhand, I
[29:48] will dig in and try to find it for you.
Um, we're located at the courthouse on
[29:52] the lower level and our number is
765825413.
[29:59] » Thank you, Miss Bessie. Uh, so one other
thing I I I want to let everybody know
[30:05] and then we'll get into answer trying to
answer some of your or actually let Jane
[30:09] speak and then get into answering your
questions is um I know not everybody
[30:14] follows Facebook which is why we printed
some of these flyers. Um,
[30:19] if you can at all get a friend or family
member, I post all the information that
[30:24] I'm receiving from the state, from Red
Cross, from these other uh agencies to
[30:30] push messages out to you. Uh, I I tell
you, the Faget County Commissioners have
[30:36] pulled out all the stops. They're
supporting our recovery efforts 100%.
[30:42] Uh, I couldn't be happier. Uh, if I just
say, "Hey, I need napkins here." they
[30:47] would make it happen. Um, and you don't
often see that, but this this disaster
[30:52] has really brought out the best in most
people. Um, and and they have stood
[30:58] behind us and and made those decisions
to to allow me to do the best that I
[31:04] could do for you. Um, and it's not
always perfect, but we do try. Um, so I
[31:11] do want to uh give kudos to them because
I this between them and the county
[31:17] council, I've not seen more coordinated
uh support behind any effort. Um, and
[31:23] they do their best, right? But they have
pulled out all the red tape. They've
[31:27] made things streamlined so I can request
the resources we need. Um, so I do want
[31:32] you guys to know, check my Facebook
page, have family and friends give you
[31:37] information. I tried to make it easy
with the state disaster relief fund by
[31:42] having a QR code you can scan and that
takes you directly to the application. I
[31:47] will push out information just as soon
as I have it u about other other
[31:52] programs things like that. But um let's
let Jane talk about the recovery.
[32:00] » Thank you sir.
[32:05] » Hi everybody. Um, as I said before, my
name is JaneRy. C R A D Y, uh, claim
[32:12] Jane works. I'm with Catholic Charities
Disaster Response, but I'm also the
[32:16] chair of Indiana VAD. And again, that
stands for voluntary organizations
[32:21] active in disaster. The groups that you
see behind me are members of Indiana
[32:26] VOAD and National VOAD. And there's over
a hundred different organizations and
[32:33] more hundreds more partners that work
with us. Um, as the gentleman from Cage
[32:38] Navy said, there are people here from
all over the state. Um, we've got people
[32:43] from uh Pennsylvania and Missouri and
Louisiana and Michigan and Wisconsin and
[32:48] and there's just everybody people are
clamoring to come in to help you. Okay.
[32:53] We have a national VOAD uh call that
I'll be having again on Monday to ask
[32:59] for more help if and to put them where
where you need help the most. Okay.
[33:04] Right now you've got two great groups in
here doing what needs to be done. So
[33:08] what I'd like to talk to you about is
where do we go from here? Okay. I'm
[33:13] going to ask you a couple quick
questions. How many of you are
[33:16] homeowners?
Quite a few of you. How many are
[33:19] renters?
Okay. A few. Okay. So, that's good to
[33:25] know. And as you were told before, there
is rental insurance, not only for the
[33:29] renters, but for any of you. Um, there's
rental help. Uh, and they're putting
[33:35] together a program where they can, uh,
Homeland and not Homeland Security. I
[33:39] always get these these
Indiana Housing and Community
[33:44] Development Agency. They're putting
together a program where they can pay
[33:49] the first month's rent and the deposit
for you. Okay? It's not completely in
[33:54] place yet, but they're working on it.
So, that'll give you some uh time and it
[33:59] could be up to each case may be
different, but it could be up to maybe 6
[34:03] months worth. Okay? Which will give you
time to start getting your house
[34:07] repaired or making decisions what you
need to do. There's also that um hotel
[34:14] vouchers as he said, call 211 and just
mark the thing and tell them that you
[34:20] need housing. If you've already done
that, you will be getting a call from
[34:24] somebody uh at the at that level within
the next week or so to get you the
[34:30] vouchers for the hotels. Okay.
Any questions on that part right there?
[34:36] I know it's not time to include
questions yet, but you're asking.
[34:40] » I'm sorry.
>> I do since you're asking and I bet you a
[34:43] lot of people been through this,
>> right?
[34:45] » Call 211. They do have somebody call you
or email you. But as you notice when you
[34:52] do get that information and get that say
motel, hotel or the rent, they want an
[34:59] ID. There are some elderly people that
lost everything.
[35:02] » Oh, we can we can work with that. Okay.
>> We need that.
[35:07] » They will work with that. Okay,
>> gotcha. I hear I don't know if everybody
[35:11] heard that, but there's people who need
help just to fill out forms and and to
[35:15] find their IDs and that and we can work
with that, too. The next step that's
[35:19] going to happen here is we are in the
process uh of setting up what's called
[35:24] the long-term recovery committee, okay?
Or group. And that is people from your
[35:30] community that were not flooded that are
going to start working to get you either
[35:35] back into your homes or relocated or if
we run out of resources that's that. But
[35:41] but to get you back in your homes or
relocated. We will work with the
[35:45] underinsured and the I think I just
pulled this thing apart and the
[35:49] batteries are going to fall out.
Um we'll work with the underinsured and
[35:54] the uninsured. Uh because obviously if
you had flood How many of you had flood
[35:58] insurance?
Oh, that's a good number of you. Thank
[36:02] you. Glad to hear that. Um
[36:07] so we will be working with the
underinsured and the uninsured to help
[36:11] find the resources to get you either
back into your home or relocated. Okay.
[36:16] And what that consists of is several
committees. We'll have a construction
[36:20] committee and a volunteer committee who
will bring in not the volunteers, maybe
[36:26] some of the same groups cuz these people
behind us do the the rebuilds too and
[36:30] the the repairs on the homes, but we
will bring in qualified, trained
[36:36] construction people to help make repairs
to your home. We'll help find the
[36:40] materials to do that. We also have
emotional and spiritual teams. Okay? So
[36:46] if you have anybody whether you marked
it on 211 or not um you know we we'll we
[36:52] can hook you up with that and I
understand um there'll be um finally an
[36:58] unmet needs table where we we will bring
your cases to the table to get resources
[37:04] for anything we haven't already
accomplished getting your house repaired
[37:07] or whatever. But the main thing is is we
will have disaster case managers. Those
[37:13] case managers will be trained in how to
uh help you in disaster emergencies like
[37:20] we have right now. I do the training of
those people and we will be doing that
[37:25] very quickly. So, I'm hoping within the
next couple of weeks we'll have that
[37:29] done and you will be contacted by a case
manager or you will be given a phone
[37:36] number to leave your information so the
case manager can make contact with you.
[37:41] Unfortunately, there's always a lot of
paperwork. You know, we've got to answer
[37:44] all the questions. But please understand
that in order to get grants to help you,
[37:51] okay, we have to answer to the people
that are giving us the money. Therefore,
[37:54] we have to have a lot of paperwork. But
the case manager will hold your hand and
[37:59] and they'll be helping you do all that
kind of paperwork, too. these people.
[38:03] You'll have one case manager per
household and that one case manager will
[38:08] hold your hand until you're either back
in your house or relocated again. Okay?
[38:12] So, don't despair. There are there is
help on the way for all of this. And um
[38:18] yeah, it should be happening pretty
soon. You'll get a case manager and the
[38:22] ball will start to roll. Okay? You'll
see there's also legal aid. Uh we have
[38:28] some situations in all disasters where
maybe uh somebody's buying their house
[38:34] on contract and so you've got the owner
that's the seller and the buyer
[38:39] basically and the fine print in all that
can be kind of interesting. Um insurance
[38:45] policies are always kind of difficult to
understand and so our people the case
[38:51] manager will help you through that to
help find the resources. Okay.
[38:57] And so I'll turn this back over to to
Wade, uh, I guess for questions and
[39:03] answers.
[39:06] » Thank you, Jay. So, uh,
we want to do a few minutes here to
[39:12] answer some questions that we can answer
for you. Um, is this thing working? Um
[39:18] but um if if you would so we can hear
you and and we're not straining, please
[39:23] come up to the microphone, ask your
question, kind of do it orderly. Um
[39:29] we're going to try to uh provide you
those answers. Um
[39:35] so let's start with whoever would like
to
[39:40] come on.
I just had a question.
[39:43] » Um, can I get some of that paperwork or
you'd like a lady who
[39:47] » I'm sorry I couldn't hear you.
>> Can I just get the paperwork that they
[39:50] have?
>> Yeah, right here. Yeah, that's my only
[39:53] question.
>> Good thing I'm loud enough so I don't
[39:57] really need the mic. Um, isn't there a
virtual like or not virtual but like an
[40:02] online application too for 211? Yes.
>> So you Okay. I just want to know is
[40:06] there a way to figure out to make sure
that that does get submit? like do you
[40:09] get like a like a um confirmation back
or anything like that or how does that
[40:15] work?
>> Yeah. So, if you go to indian211.org
[40:20] that will take you to the disaster
response page or the intake uh area.
[40:25] Read through that page. It will I
believe it's down at the lower end of
[40:30] it. Um but there is an intake form. You
click on it and open it up. you can.
[40:35] It's actually faster than using the 211
telephone number. Um, you will get a
[40:41] response saying your form's been
received. Um, and every I believe right
[40:47] now it's set up for every two days. I
get an Excel spreadsheet with that. Um,
[40:52] which is the 182 names that I seen
today. I'm expecting the the new one
[40:57] tomorrow. Um, so you know the the names
list should have have grown on that if
[41:04] people are going to that website or
calling 211.
[41:07] » Okay. And then I also have seen like the
grants and stuff that's like the 5,000.
[41:10] I' Well, we've seen so many different
things. There's 25,000. Is that per
[41:14] person, per family? How does that work?
Does anyone know the answer to that?
[41:20] » So that's per household. Okay. Uh we
have had a lot of duplicate applications
[41:26] um for each member of the household. Uh
but it is only available
[41:33] uh per household right now.
>> Oh, perfect.
[41:37] » Is there a confirmation on that 5,000
after you filled it out?
[41:41] » Yeah.
>> She just said something else.
[41:43] » I'm sorry. I didn't hear.
>> Is there a confirmation on the 5,000
[41:47] once you fill that out? Oh. Um,
so we did have a a confirmation uh that
[41:54] when you filled it out, it would send
you um an email afterwards saying thank
[41:59] you for your submission. We did have to
turn that off because unfortunately
[42:05] there were so many applications
happening at one time. So people were
[42:10] getting other people's information in
the uh reply email. Um,
[42:17] we had to turn that off unfortunately.
[42:23] » Yeah, we crashed the system. Um, and
just so you know, okay, on the 211
[42:28] confirmation, they did have a glitch and
even though you filled it out, you hit
[42:33] submit, it did go through, but you may
not have gotten that confirmation
[42:37] number. Okay? But don't worry about it.
That's what they told me yesterday.
[42:43] » All right. Go ahead. Okay. So, I'm here
for myself, too, but I'm also here for
[42:49] some other people since I also walked my
neighborhood to If you don't know your
[42:53] neighbor, you know them now.
>> I'll tell you that. [clears throat]
[42:56] » Um, so a couple of things that some of
my surrounding people are wanting to
[43:00] know, is there a timeline on the Expo
and Baptist Temple items that you can go
[43:07] get? Is there a deadline for that? Like,
is it going to I mean, obviously, are
[43:10] you going to do it till it runs out or
what is there a timeline? They all worry
[43:14] they can't that some of them don't have
vehicles,
[43:16] » right,
>> or a ride, so they worry about that. So,
[43:18] I'm just up here kind of with a list of
stuff here.
[43:20] » Sure.
>> Um and then there was a social media um
[43:25] post about if you want to send
information to Bill McDaniel.
[43:30] » Mhm.
>> Um in regards to the 211 being glitchy.
[43:35] » So, if they sent that already, would
that be something that Mr. Mr. McDaniel
[43:39] was going to take care of like it like
the post had said or what's that going
[43:42] to be about?
>> Sure. So, you stay there so I can
[43:45] backtrack on your your other questions.
So, Bill is actually here with us
[43:49] tonight.
>> Um he he's got a folder that's that big
[43:52] and I believe he's been going house to
house too talking to people. He is
[43:57] collecting the data that we need. So,
please work with him. Um, but you're
[44:02] going to meet a lot of people from a lot
of different organizations and they it
[44:06] seems like they all need the same
information, right? Um, but that's to
[44:10] help you to get you resources as quickly
as possible. So, uh, bear with us as we
[44:16] get these damage assessments in and
done. Uh, we have a long haul. Uh, I I
[44:22] don't foresee all of this being wrapped
up in two years. Um it's that takes that
[44:28] long to get all the data, all that uh
everything done uh get all the special
[44:34] teams. We're going to be working on this
for a while. Um so uh we are trying to
[44:39] move as quickly as possible to get this
done. Most of those damage assessment
[44:44] things are done outside of a few
organizations like the Red Cross. They
[44:49] were on the boot boots on the ground
yesterday and today uh doing that. Um,
[44:53] but we're quickly moving into that
long-term recovery phase. Um, where Jane
[44:59] and the steering committee for that u
long-term recovery group will will be
[45:05] moving really uh quickly here in the
next couple weeks. Um, so uh I hope that
[45:11] answers that question for you to go back
to the distribution points. So I have
[45:17] spoken with the fair board on this and
they are planning on keep continuing
[45:22] their operations for two more weeks. Um
and uh as far as I know there is no uh
[45:30] time that the Baptist temple
distribution uh point will close down.
[45:35] » Were they going to merge those two?
>> Well, they will. So any supplies that we
[45:39] order, we're trying to split it up
between the two of them now so that
[45:43] people that need it on the north end can
go. somewhere close and people that need
[45:47] on the south end have a a close place to
go. Um, I know my logs chief over here,
[45:52] Jason, uh, he's still filling requests.
I think we ordered more fans, box fans
[45:58] today because we were out, mops, any
anything that we think we could need.
[46:03] Um, as soon as we talked to those people
running those distribution points, I
[46:09] know extension cords was another one
today. Um, so as soon as I get that
[46:14] information, I go straight to my logs
chief and I say, "We need this." and he
[46:19] goes through uh everybody he can think
of to get those supplies donated because
[46:24] we're trying to help you so you don't
have to cover the cost of cleaning
[46:28] equipment and gear. So, um keep the
requests coming in. Tell the people
[46:33] running that that this is what you need.
If they don't have it, uh be patient.
[46:37] You know, as soon as I get the the
information that we need something, I'm
[46:40] pushing to him. Um but keep in mind,
he's leaving uh us Monday. He has to end
[46:46] his deployment. So, I will be that
person taking that. I am working with
[46:51] the commissioners hopefully to get some
more help for my office to do that. Um,
[46:56] so I'm not trying to track everything by
myself. Uh, because that's when we have
[47:00] some failures, right? And I don't want
that for you. Uh, I already fell enough
[47:04] on some things. So, um, go ahead. What
was your other question?
[47:09] » I got a little bit of a list. Okay. And
then this is more on this is how I am,
[47:14] Wade. You know me. So, um there are um a
lot of people and we are talking more
[47:20] elderly again um who if there was some
way that we could set the have the
[47:25] library or someplace that these people
can go for internet access if they need
[47:32] to um there's a lot of people that don't
know that the that the trustee township
[47:36] trustees right
>> um put out a email list for everybody to
[47:41] contact their trustee at the you know
their okay
[47:44] » um And then again, um there's a lot that
don't even have an email address. They
[47:48] don't do the email. They don't do the
internet. So, is there a place of des is
[47:53] there a designated place that we could
set up a um even if it's not all day or
[47:59] every day, just say like every
Wednesday, somebody can go down to the
[48:04] library or someplace and have somebody
help them get logged on in some, you
[48:10] know, and have some type of help for
that because very well.
[48:14] » So, you beat me to my end of my talk, so
you're you jumped way ahead for me.
[48:20] » I'm sorry. Well, I wrote this down. So,
like, you know, designate it or a tech
[48:25] person to help these people, right?
>> Um, I know we all have support systems,
[48:28] but, you know, internet does
>> play a factor sometimes in this. So,
[48:32] obviously,
>> so here's what we're planning right now.
[48:35] Uh, I'm in the process, I've already had
this conversation with a few of the
[48:38] commissioners, with Jane. What we want
to do is set up um an area. The public
[48:45] library was one. I'm thinking about
using the office next to the
[48:50] commissioner's conference room in the
courthouse where we'll have uh people
[48:54] trained to help those who are not real
techsavvy who who may not uh get these
[49:01] messages. And when that comes out, we
will publish that information. I will
[49:05] probably send another rave like I did
for the alert. So, you'll get that alert
[49:10] on your phone that these centers are
open. Um, we're going to try to get
[49:14] volunteers to staff that. Uh, and I plan
on uh relying a little bit heavily on
[49:19] Malia here, uh, to help man those uh,
places because she knows what we need.
[49:25] Um, she's great at resources. U, but
getting the volunteers to come in and
[49:30] help our community. That being said, I
if we have elderly uh or people that
[49:36] can't don't have good mobility, we will
try to get teams to go to them with
[49:41] computers and sell cell service Wi-Fi
going to them. Um I don't have those
[49:48] teams in place. This this whole event
has went really quick for me because
[49:52] it's uh still Tuesday. Um so we will get
those teams out. be patient with us, but
[49:59] that is our goal to to to help our
community uh get the applications, get
[50:04] the resources they need. Um, you can
always contact me at that 15:30 number
[50:10] that I published uh that and that like I
said that rolls over if I'm not
[50:16] answering that desk phone, it rolls over
to myself.
[50:18] » And then the only other question that
somebody asked me that was I don't know
[50:21] if it's important, but what is the
T-Mobile uh bus doing on East Fifth at
[50:26] the utility? What is that for? Is that
for your support or is it for community
[50:30] to sign up with T-Mobile? What is that?
>> Right. So, it has nothing to do with
[50:34] signing up for T-Mobile. So, I had
Verizon come in and T-Mobile come in.
[50:39] And what those are are mobile charging
stations. So, they gave um us several
[50:45] charging blocks that had like a 100
cords on each one so that they could get
[50:50] any phone that needed charge. What we
ran into on especially in East
[50:54] Connorville is the power was out.
People's phones were dying. They weren't
[50:58] getting messages from us. So, I called
them. They sent those mobile support
[51:03] units for uh your cell phone charging.
We set it next to uh the Cross Points
[51:11] feeding tent because when people sat
down there to eat, they could set their
[51:15] phone on there and charge. Uh I believe
uh T-Mobile, I I haven't checked today,
[51:20] but last I seen yesterday, they were
still there. Um Verizon Verizon got
[51:26] called I think to go help Cambridge.
>> Um so it it was a resource we wanted to
[51:32] provide for you. Uh actually the man
that brought that they weren't manning
[51:36] that station. They dropped it off and
let people charge as they needed to. Um
[51:40] and I think he went somewhere else and
just hung out um while that resource was
[51:46] here.
>> Okay. because there was some people that
[51:48] lost cell phones and they didn't know if
they could go and recoup something from
[51:51] T-Mobile or if there was a cell phone
help for lost communications.
[51:56] » That's actually Yeah, that's a very good
point. And I don't have that answer.
[52:01] That's something I I think they're
probably going to have to contact their
[52:04] carrier for. Okay.
>> Um because it's a vital resource, you
[52:08] know, for other people to try to get
>> a phone, right?
[52:12] » So, I just wanted to make sure that
wasn't some kind of hub that they could
[52:14] go and get a emergency. They weren't
they weren't manned. Now the Verizon was
[52:19] manned. They were handing out water, but
you telling people what it was for. But
[52:22] » well, if you locate something to help
for lost cell phones and no
[52:25] communication whatsoever for some, it
might help, too.
[52:28] » Yeah.
>> Okay, I'm done.
[52:29] » Thanks, Kelly. I appreciate you.
>> I have a question for Jane first. What
[52:35] is your number that we can reach out to
you?
[52:37] » Honey, I can't hear you. You got to
speak into the mic. what is your number
[52:41] so people in the county can reach out to
you just in case you don't have their
[52:45] active information then they can reach
out to you to give it to you because
[52:49] you're talking about let's see disaster
case managers coming to help them but I
[52:55] ran into a problem when this first
happened to some people out of our
[53:00] county saying not all of the landlord's
informations or the owner's telephone
[53:04] numbers was attached to their file on
record at the courthouse. So, how would
[53:09] you reach out to them to help them get
assigned a case manager?
[53:13] » Okay, first of all, it's not me and you
don't need my number.
[53:17] » So, I'm not going to give it to you.
Okay.
[53:18] » Okay. I didn't contact I cover the
entire state and as of and Lacy can
[53:24] correct me just the other day on two
couple days ago on 211 application, you
[53:30] know, registrations only. There were
over 13,000.
[53:33] » Oh, I didn't know like everybody else
was giving contact so I didn't. So, I
[53:37] was jotting it down for everybody. I
didn't hear yours. Sorry.
[53:40] » Yeah, I didn't give it. Okay. I can't
take 13,000 calls a day. That's what I
[53:45] would get. No, it will be the long-term
recovery group. Let me stand up. I feel
[53:49] like I'm yelling over the table at
>> um the long-term recovery group, which
[53:53] is forming right now for your county.
Okay. So,
[53:57] » u and they will contact you from the 211
list.
[54:00] » Okay. And just in case you're not
showing up for some reason, they will
[54:05] give you they will be publishing a
number in u weights and everything that
[54:10] you can call to to tell them you need a
case manager.
[54:13] » And back to her when she asked for a
confirmation number, they said they
[54:17] couldn't give anybody confirmation
numbers of the applications
[54:21] » for which one? 211
>> 211. They said there they there was
[54:24] nothing they could do to give us a
confirmation. There used to be a
[54:28] confirmation number button on there that
would give you one and that broke.
[54:32] » Okay. [clears throat]
>> Because ours overload.
[54:34] » Well, what happened was the system
overloaded. Like, you know, there were
[54:38] 13,000 so far, right?
>> Um, and everybody was calling in at
[54:42] once. So, certain things crashed and
they weren't able to put that
[54:46] confirmation number back up there.
>> Okay, that makes sense.
[54:49] » So, don't worry about it. You're in
there. The next question is, we
[54:54] scrambled to find my dad and brother a
place. We raised a little bit of money
[54:58] like rubbing pennies together to get
them in a place. So, will you guys have
[55:03] funds to reimburse that?
>> It um depends. You mean since the flood?
[55:08] » Yeah.
>> Okay. Uh that's up to the long-term
[55:10] recovery committee again. Uh but there's
a good possibility. The main thing is
[55:15] keep every receipt. I don't care if you
just had to buy a hamburger burger
[55:20] because your kitchen was flooded. Keep
every receipt. Any money you put out
[55:25] there for hotels, uh food on the road,
you know, so to speak, uh because you
[55:31] are in a hotel, any money that you uh
anything you purchase for your home,
[55:36] » whether it be um you know, something to
muck it out or help get the water out,
[55:40] whatever it is, keep every receipt. And
those at the long-term recovery table
[55:46] will be what we're looking at to qualify
for receipts.
[55:49] » You may have covered this, but I was
trying to jot down stuff.
[55:52] » Okay.
>> Now, my dad's landlord is from
[55:55] California,
>> right?
[55:57] » He was he didn't have the insurance like
he thought. So, will he also be able to
[56:02] be reimbursed to for anything that he
does?
[56:05] » Your father?
>> No, my father's landlord. He's from
[56:09] California. He's right over there.
>> Oh, well, okay. So, so he's further away
[56:13] and he wanted a point of contact like
somebody locally listed.
[56:16] » It'll be the long-term recovery group.
Again, what happens with landlords and
[56:21] renters?
>> Yes.
[56:22] » Is a decision that the long-term
recovery has to make,
[56:25] » okay,
>> based on how much money they have, how
[56:28] many resources they have. Quite frankly,
the general rule is if a landlord owns
[56:34] four or more rental units, he's
considered a business and should have
[56:40] insurance. And and that in general, you
don't help them just like you wouldn't
[56:46] help Walmart.
>> See, but he was also located on the
[56:49] highest point of the the bank where it
shouldn't have even breached and broke.
[56:52] » Yeah. But that doesn't you know
>> Yeah. You know what I'm saying? So you
[56:55] would never thought that. But remember
the the renter
[56:59] » is anything they lost in that
>> okay
[57:02] » uh flood and then helping to find them
another location and paying the first
[57:06] month's rent and the the deposit.
>> Okay.
[57:09] » But the renter the rental or the
landlords
[57:12] » are case by case kind of.
>> Okay. That's what I want to know. Thank
[57:15] you. Appreciate that.
>> Okay.
[57:17] » Thank you. Go ahead.
>> So I'm sure I'll probably get told the
[57:20] same thing of go into longterm recovery.
What is the long-term like outlook from
[57:27] people like us where we own our house,
we still owe $46,000 on it. So now we're
[57:32] out of that money and they're going
to demo our house down next weekend. We
[57:37] actually to tell my 5-year-old on our
fifth birthday that we lost our entire
[57:40] house and our six-year-old and now
they're tearing our house down. Our bank
[57:46] is still telling us we're liable for
that loan. That's $46,000. So now we're
[57:50] screwed. Um, and now no one really has a
question and then we're getting told
[57:55] this is going to take at least 2 years
to kind of get to a normal and if Red
[58:01] Cross and stuff's only going to help for
30 days or whatever it was or a couple
[58:05] months, how's that help down the long
road? Like
[58:07] » how does that look or play? Does that
make sense? Like
[58:10] » Yeah, it does. So, and it's
heartbreaking because you're not the
[58:13] only one with this problem. I've seen
it. I've talked to people actually some
[58:17] of my family have totally lost their
homes. They're destroyed. They can't go
[58:22] back to them. They're
>> our whole foundation's about to just
[58:24] fall down.
>> So, that unfortunately is a part of
[58:28] disaster, right? So, now you have to
deal with your bank who's saying, you
[58:32] know, this is you still owe us this
money. I I can't give you financial
[58:36] guidance on information that that's way
over what I understand anyway. U it it's
[58:42] heartbreaking, but the long-term piece
of this is where this committee comes
[58:47] in. So, yes, temporary Red Cross in the
next 30, 45 days to get you someplace.
[58:53] The long-term recovery committee are the
ones that help you restore your homes uh
[58:58] financially until the money runs out.
And and it's that long-term um that
[59:04] they're really looking at making you uh
or helping you get back into a position
[59:10] of stability.
>> What about like trying to like buy a
[59:13] house, things like that? like is it
going to have any help with that or
[59:17] » First of all, my recommendation from 20
years of doing this in Indiana and other
[59:24] places across the country, do not let
them demo your home until we've got our
[59:30] eyes on it. Everybody's got their eyes
on it. FEMA, the uh Homeland Security
[59:35] people, there's a lot that goes into
this. And the DNR, the Department of
[59:39] Natural Resources, uh are you in a flood
zone?
[59:43] » No. So FEMA came in in 2015. We bought
our house in 2019. 2015 they told them
[59:48] the house next to us is a flood zone.
We're not. We're like 30 feet from the
[59:52] river. We're on Howard Street. And they
told us we weren't a flood zone. The
[59:55] house next to me though was one and it
was $1,400 a month for their flood
[59:59] insurance entrance. And now they have a
$10,000 deductible. So no one's going to
[1:00:02] be able to afford that in the first
place.
[1:00:05] » So it's kind of like the
>> whatever you do again, do not let them
[1:00:08] demo your house. be told by KJ and Navy
to have it demoed because of how
[1:00:12] » do not let them demo your house. It's
it's all the all the red tape that's got
[1:00:18] to go on to get you the money that you
need. There could be eventually and it's
[1:00:25] kind of been applied for, but we're
trying to get all the figures from all
[1:00:29] the floods in the in the state and put
it together what's called the mitigation
[1:00:34] buyout plan. We can't promise that right
now, but that is a plan whereby they
[1:00:40] have to buy your house
at your assessed value before the
[1:00:45] disaster.
>> Okay? Cuz I think it was ours was almost
[1:00:48] 200,000.
>> Okay? So sit tight. Do not let them demo
[1:00:52] your house. Stand there. No.
>> K Navy was cuz we asked FEMA or we asked
[1:00:57] them. We're like, "Well, doesn't FEMA
have to see it first?" And he's like,
[1:01:00] "No, as long as you have all the
pictures of me."
[1:01:02] » Who did you ask?
>> Someone from Cinjun Navy over at Baptist
[1:01:05] Temple.
>> Okay. Did do you know about that?
[1:01:07] » It wasn't you.
>> Okay. They they they're great at what
[1:01:11] they do, but what they do right now is
not the technical work that
[1:01:17] » it's also not the normal. Like this
isn't what we have happen every day. So,
[1:01:21] » I know, I know, I know, I know, hun. And
it's so devastating and it's so
[1:01:25] frustrating and mindboggling and then it
all gets mixed up. But I'm telling you,
[1:01:30] don't let them demo the house. Um, it
will be demoed when it needs to be if
[1:01:34] that's what needs to be done. But in the
meantime, we've got to have everybody
[1:01:38] that needs to see it. I mean, if they
measure it and you're a half an inch
[1:01:42] from the flood zone, it makes a
difference. Okay.
[1:01:45] » They told us we are 03% or 03 away from
being a flood zone.
[1:01:50] » Yeah. See,
>> and then they told us we couldn't get
[1:01:52] flood insurance when we bought the
house. We got told from everyone about
[1:01:55] that. And then
>> I live in Shelby County.
[1:01:59] » Okay. Which is that away?
>> Yeah. His family lives in Shelby.
[1:02:02] » Okay. So, um I live nowhere near
anything that could be considered a
[1:02:08] flood zone. I have flood. I have flood
insurance.
[1:02:11] » Yeah. We just got told now, but when we
bought in 2019, they told us insurance.
[1:02:15] Our um when we bought the house, they
told us that. So, we're like cuz I said
[1:02:19] I told him I said, "Hey, can we get it?
I want it." because we're like 30 ft
[1:02:23] from the river and they told us we could
not.
[1:02:25] » Anytime you're told you cannot go find
another agent, another company, you can.
[1:02:30] Okay. I did it just to prove that I can.
Okay.
[1:02:33] » So, is there any specific thing we need
to look for for the long term? Like cuz
[1:02:36] obviously like housing all that
>> what you need to do right now is keep
[1:02:42] yourself in a safe place, you and your
family, wherever that is. You can get as
[1:02:46] I said the hotel um assistance or rental
assistance. Um, don't let them demo your
[1:02:52] house and sit tight till you get a case
manager. They can walk you through this.
[1:02:56] Indiana Legal Aid is here to help us.
Uh, you know, we've got to all the all
[1:03:01] the all the questions will be answered,
okay? But we can't do it all right now
[1:03:05] because we don't know some of the things
yet. Just don't let them demo the house.
[1:03:09] Okay?
>> I don't do it.
[1:03:12] » Thank you.
[applause]
[1:03:18] before you before you run off.
>> So, can you discuss individual
[1:03:23] assistance, please?
>> Sure. Absolutely. Um, the amount that
[1:03:28] they could be eligible for and how the
states got to apply for individual
[1:03:31] assistance for these people here.
>> Absolutely. Um, before I forget though,
[1:03:37] I wanted to make sure I answered your
question appropriately about um getting
[1:03:41] confirmation on your state disaster
relief fund application. Um, so I I
[1:03:46] texted our public information officer um
and they are going to send an email out
[1:03:51] to everyone um in the coming days, maybe
a week or so um that they have received
[1:04:00] your application. Um so make sure that
that you keep an eye on your email for
[1:04:04] that as well.
>> I even reached out to Red Cross the day
[1:04:07] that it happened and they finally called
me back. What was that called the way
[1:04:12] ago? And they said, "Oh, what can we
help you with?" And I said, "Well, we
[1:04:15] literally lost everything. The water
went above our roof." Like, and they
[1:04:19] said, "Okay, well, what about housing?"
And I said, "Well, we didn't really like
[1:04:24] have a long-term situation. We just had
something that shortterm to kind of get
[1:04:27] through." And they told us, "Okay, we'll
have a good day." So, they're like, "You
[1:04:32] have this place in moral. Oh, wait. The
place in moral is closing." And then
[1:04:35] told us that we could go to the one in
Richmond for the shelter house.
[1:04:38] » Okay.
>> So,
[1:04:41] let's have a quick chat.
>> Yeah. Um let me talk about individual
[1:04:46] assistance if that's okay. Um so the
state I
[1:04:50] » opened up a whole flood of
>> No, you're fine. You're fine. Um the
[1:04:54] state so part of the uh major um federal
presidential disaster declaration
[1:05:02] um we can ask for specific programs. So
we have asked for individual assistance.
[1:05:08] Um, and what that means is if it is
approved by the president, um, we have
[1:05:14] absolutely no say in programming or how
much people get or anything like that
[1:05:20] because it is a federal program. Um, but
we have asked for it and it did go into
[1:05:26] our presidential declaration request.
>> How do they determine that? Do you know
[1:05:30] like of how much people get or whatever
or how they get it?
[1:05:35] » That's a great question. Um, That was a
president question. [laughter]
[1:05:39] » I wish I could just call him on the
phone and be like, "Hey, sir." Um,
[1:05:42] » we have all kinds of questions down
here, like if you could come answer
[1:05:45] these.
>> So, um, once FEMA comes in, uh, to my
[1:05:49] knowledge, the state is kind of removed
from that process, right?
[1:05:52] » I talked to the FEMA guy the other day.
He said people that have to relocate,
[1:05:56] the max they could get was $43,000, but
he said, "Don't bank on that. Typically,
[1:06:00] people only get 4,000,
>> which will not help at all with buying a
[1:06:06] whole new house." It's like
>> right which is why the long-term
[1:06:09] recovery group is so important.
>> Um
[1:06:12] » it's up to the 40 some thousand and you
know so it could be anything just like
[1:06:16] your
>> so so
[1:06:19] Larry is your boss is that right?
>> Yes he's my boss [laughter]
[1:06:24] » about this and he said hey just to kind
of give you an idea how important these
[1:06:29] boads are. FEMA comes in and they may
offer you that that much money, but
[1:06:34] these boads that come in and help you
bring a lot more resources, a lot more
[1:06:40] fun.
>> So, while FEMA may only give us, you
[1:06:43] know, an X number of dollars for the
whole state to try to help these BOATs
[1:06:49] come in and I don't bank count on that
number, but like triple the amount of
[1:06:54] money that FEMA is going to offer. It
isn't like
[1:06:57] » Let me give you an example on what he's
talking about there deal
[1:07:01] » in one of our disasters a few years
back. Um we got a FEMA declaration and
[1:07:07] the town was not too much bigger than
what your town is. Okay. Um and so
[1:07:11] anyway, uh FEMA came in and it took us
about 2 years to get everything back to
[1:07:17] normal and everybody back where they
belonged. And when we tallied up the
[1:07:20] figures, we found that FEMA had
contributed overall $3.5 million.
[1:07:27] The voluntary organizations that came in
with with Indiana Boad contributed over
[1:07:33] $15.5 million, five times what FEMA
brought in. That's in labor and
[1:07:39] materials and everything else. It's
putting them all together, you know, and
[1:07:43] that's what your case manager is going
to help you do is apply for anything and
[1:07:47] everything that's available and squeeze
to the last penny. Okay.
[1:07:52] » Okay.
>> Okay. So, just sit tight. I know it's
[1:07:54] frustrating. I know y'all want answers
now, but we can't give them some of the
[1:07:58] things we don't know yet.
>> And just make sure that you're
[1:08:02] documenting everything. videos, photos,
um lists, receipts, invoices, everything
[1:08:09] that that you can possibly document.
Document as long as it's safe to do so.
[1:08:15] » Yeah. We got told we're not supposed to
go back in ours anymore.
[1:08:18] » Yeah. So,
>> does that come from
[1:08:20] » that came from Kinjun Navy? It came from
FEMA because our ceiling's falling in.
[1:08:25] The whole like foundation's falling.
There's black mold like everything. So,
[1:08:29] » sure. And mold's a real concern, right?
These houses were soaked. Um, and and
[1:08:35] here here's the thing. If you feel your
home's unsafe, don't go back in it. Um,
[1:08:41] right now, we're trying to work through
the process of of helping you decide
[1:08:45] whether your home's safe or not. But
that's a liability if if we take that on
[1:08:49] as a county or a city government, and
we're telling you your home's not safe.
[1:08:53] We want the experts to do that. And
right now, the contact for
[1:08:57] » So, right now, we don't have the experts
in place to do that. So that takes
[1:09:02] structural engineers and people that
have degrees behind their name that that
[1:09:06] I don't have. Um so I don't want to give
you false hope that they're right here
[1:09:10] getting ready to come condemn your house
because that's just not the case. Um you
[1:09:15] you as the homeowner have have more
right over that than than we do as a
[1:09:19] county or state. If you want something
done to your home, it's your property.
[1:09:24] But you know, you have to assume that
risk if that's the case. unfortunately
[1:09:29] until we get the pieces in place to
help. So, and the last thing I want to
[1:09:33] do is make a decision on somebody's home
that that I'm wrong on. I don't want to
[1:09:38] tell somebody you can't live there if it
it would be perfectly fine. But I I'm
[1:09:42] not an expert in that area. Um, so I
want you guys to all hear the
[1:09:46] information from the experts and not
somebody else. What I would also caution
[1:09:51] you on doing is not uh there's rumors,
right? we have rumors about this can be
[1:09:56] happening or this can be happening. If
it's not coming from from official
[1:10:00] sources, I would caution you on how you
accept that information. And two, I
[1:10:05] would vet it. So, if somebody says,
"Today's the day to tear your house down
[1:10:09] for free." Um, I would be very cautious.
Uh, not that I'm discounting any of the
[1:10:15] free help is amazing, right? It's not
costing homeowners, but what's it doing
[1:10:19] to your long-term future and getting the
the max amount of of reimbursement you
[1:10:24] can? I'm not saying it's right or wrong.
I'm just telling you to vet the
[1:10:28] information you're hearing so that
you're not u uh not making a decision
[1:10:34] based on emotion because everybody's
emotions are high. They're hurt, right?
[1:10:38] They've lost everything. We have to
really think about what we're doing,
[1:10:43] especially when it comes to our
properties and our homes. So, I hope
[1:10:48] that helps answer. We've got a line
behind you. So,
[1:10:50] » I think the American Red Cross was
wanting to say something, too.
[1:10:53] » Did you have something else?
>> It's okay.
[1:10:55] » Yep. So, here's the thing. Red Cross is
here. They're in town. If you see their
[1:10:59] vest and them people around, please stop
and talk to them. They're official
[1:11:03] people to help you, right? So, um don't
be afraid if you have more questions.
[1:11:09] Don't be afraid to come up. Uh, call my
number. I'll answer the best but but
[1:11:14] also be straight with you. I'm not going
to tell you something that I don't know
[1:11:17] and I will get I'll try to find the
answer to the best of my ability and get
[1:11:21] back with you. But I this is a
complicated thing. I've never been
[1:11:26] through this just like you haven't.
We're all kind of learning together.
[1:11:30] It's painful. Um, but we'll get there.
we just have patience and a little bit
[1:11:34] of kindness towards each other and we'll
make a a we'll make our families uh
[1:11:40] proud of of what we've accomplished. So,
go ahead, sir.
[1:11:48] Uh thank you very much. I would like to
say a big thank you to Cornerville, the
[1:11:52] people, the equipment, the labor that
was given, uh during this week. Um just
[1:11:58] a quick question and I think a lot of
people there's this uh Faget County um
[1:12:02] community health um
>> community foundation.
[1:12:05] » Yeah, the community foundation been
blown away with you know 160,000 that's
[1:12:09] amazing. The the 50,000 they're going to
uh designate to families um the
[1:12:15] application the time frame things like
that and like the $5,000 one was a
[1:12:20] different setup alone. um if there's any
way that you can put a window out there
[1:12:24] for folks to uh when to expect something
like that because they've got added
[1:12:30] bills now to add you know different
things whereas the donations have been
[1:12:33] just amazing. I mean nobody's going to
go hungry that's for sure.
[1:12:36] » Yeah. Yeah.
>> Um so but you know if I I know that's
[1:12:39] immediate uh you know help immediate
that comes in if we could have some sort
[1:12:44] of a window of opportunity to find out
when when to expect that so they know
[1:12:49] how to plan whether they got to take a
short-term loan from the bank or
[1:12:52] something like that to you know to make
things to keep things going. So
[1:12:55] » so the County Community Foundation
is an amazing partner.
[1:13:00] » They publish information as soon as they
know that. So, as soon as those
[1:13:05] applications are open, it'll be
everywhere. They they have the right
[1:13:09] connections to make that message go far
and wide. So, I would say stay tuned. I
[1:13:14] if I get that information, I will pass
it out just as soon as they they publish
[1:13:18] it.
>> And I think the 211 was like a initial
[1:13:22] $5,000 window or $5,000
>> the state disaster relief fund. Yeah,
[1:13:27] that was an initial $5,000 kind of to
help you get through the next few weeks.
[1:13:32] » Exactly. Exactly. you know, there's a
lot of people that, you know, are
[1:13:35] paycheck to paycheck and some of them
couldn't work
[1:13:37] » or, you know, because of the flood. So,
just just just kind of a
[1:13:42] » information on when that would be
available. So,
[1:13:44] » so that state disaster relief fund you
can apply for now.
[1:13:47] » Right. We've already applied or it's
already been applied for, but yeah, just
[1:13:50] to be able to know what to expect,
>> how far we can go without, you know,
[1:13:55] » Right.
>> All right. That's that's all you Thank
[1:13:57] you,
>> sir. Hey. Yeah. I have a question.
[1:14:02] » No, you're fine. You're fine.
>> Did you get a confirmation that they got
[1:14:06] all your information?
[1:14:10] » We did not get a confirmation.
>> Yeah, we did it yesterday.
[1:14:16] » So, just to answer the question, um, so
we can get through the rest of the folks
[1:14:20] in line. Um, for the state disaster
relief fund, it is, uh, at $5,000.
[1:14:26] Unfortunately, um I I don't have a
timeline for when those payments will be
[1:14:32] dispersed, but when I do find that
information out, I will communicate it
[1:14:36] through um Wade's office.
>> Okay. Okay. Yeah. All right. Thank you
[1:14:40] very much.
>> Yep. No problem.
[1:14:51] » Okay.
>> Yeah.
[1:14:53] So, uh, one thing I was just asking them
about is, uh, there's SBA help. Um, but
[1:15:01] we can't get that until the FEMA
declaration for IAS been declared and
[1:15:05] signed by the president. So, more
information to come about that. Um, and
[1:15:10] I'm I apologize for bringing it up, but
I was researching it, forgot about it.
[1:15:15] Um but um we're waiting on that
declaration and once that happens that
[1:15:20] will open up additional resources. So go
ahead.
[1:15:25] Um our situation, forgive my voice, it's
been gone the last couple days.
[1:15:31] Wade knows where we live and actually
the neighbor our homes the original part
[1:15:37] of our home was b date back to like
189093.
[1:15:42] Our foundations and all are gone.
where I'm at. The front part of my yard
[1:15:47] was flat and that's where our home was
and it's destroyed. We have a hill
[1:15:52] behind us. We're wanting to build a new
home on that hill, but we're going to
[1:15:58] require things like dirt to be brought
in to level that out and everything. Are
[1:16:02] there going to be any resources for
people who are going to build a new home
[1:16:06] on that same piece of property?
>> Yeah. So, I will say be patient.
[1:16:12] » Help is coming. It just takes time to
get through this red tape. And I can't
[1:16:17] tell you everything they're going to be
able to do because that's a huge
[1:16:20] resource outside of my my realm of
emergency management. But help is
[1:16:25] coming. Be a little patient and please
pay attention news. So, I'm sure the
[1:16:29] Congress News Examiner is going to
publish help documents to to get you the
[1:16:33] resources. I'll be pushing messages. I
think every government agency in in Fate
[1:16:38] County is going to push uh information
to help you get it. So,
[1:16:42] » yeah. And again, you know, again, you
have to be a little bit patient, but
[1:16:45] your case manager is going to help you
walk through that. They will have to
[1:16:49] deal with the zoning and planning and
you, you know, what you can do where and
[1:16:52] do you have to build back on the same
footprint or not,
[1:16:54] » okay?
>> They're going to walk you through all
[1:16:56] that. They're going to hold your hand,
okay?
[1:16:57] » Okay.
>> So, just sit tight. It's going to take a
[1:17:00] couple weeks to get everybody a case
manager.
[1:17:02] » Okay?
>> But you'll start seeing results then.
[1:17:05] » Okay. Thank you.
>> And and keep in mind, we're moving as
[1:17:08] fast as we can. So, I'm already calling
people. I've called a couple great
[1:17:12] people today to be on that committee. Uh
so we can get this process started. Uh
[1:17:17] and I'm one person. So, you know, I I
I'm reaching out. I've got my other team
[1:17:22] guys helping me, stuff like that. Uh but
we'll get there. It just takes a little
[1:17:27] bit of time. This this caught everybody
off guard, right? We weren't ready for a
[1:17:31] flood. None of us were. Um we we might
think we are, but what do they say? uh
[1:17:36] your best play your best plans fall
apart the minute it actually starts. So
[1:17:42] um
I can tell you we'll be better prepared
[1:17:46] for the next one and more knowledgeable
about it. So
[1:17:55] » I think we'll do a couple more questions
and I I really do need to get back to
[1:17:59] work because if I'm here answering
questions, I'm not working for you,
[1:18:02] right? And I want to be there working
for you. So go ahead. I have a few
[1:18:05] questions, but they're short, I think.
Um, so for the 211, so things don't get
[1:18:10] bogged down. Um, my parents have filed
for their home or done that report. They
[1:18:16] also have Do their tenants need to do
that individually or do my parents as a
[1:18:21] landlord do that for them?
>> Yep. They were tenants individually.
[1:18:24] Yeah. They need to file their renters,
they need to do their own so that they
[1:18:28] » do anything for their um
>> for the damage assessments.
[1:18:34] Do does the homeowner have to be there?
Like, how are you seeing that? Because I
[1:18:37] know that we weren't there today.
[1:18:43] » That's a great question. And you don't
need to be home for those assessments to
[1:18:46] take place. Um, in fact, a lot of them
have already taken place. Okay.
[1:18:51] » Um, so we needed to do those in order to
get the presidential disaster
[1:18:55] declaration. Um, so our teams already
went through with FEMA and so they they
[1:19:02] got the information and and the numbers
that that we needed for that.
[1:19:06] » Okay. Um,
[1:19:10] so you say not to take things out to let
them see everything, but the volunteers
[1:19:16] and the
>> just not demo. So like they're all
[1:19:20] complete guts. So
>> we've taken advantage of the volunteers
[1:19:24] that have been wonderful. So that's
okay. You're just talking about don't
[1:19:28] demo it completely. Level it, right?
Don't do that.
[1:19:32] » So at least But all the debris is okay
out here and make sure everything that
[1:19:36] they need the documents documented. If
your home's destroyed, we don't want you
[1:19:40] especially if there's a possibility you
can rebuild it. We don't want you
[1:19:44] destroying
repaired. So
[1:19:46] » yeah. And so pictures, pictures,
pictures inside your house if your
[1:19:50] stuff's still in there. If you can video
it,
[1:19:53] » just walk around and and you know what's
in your home. Take lots of pictures. Um
[1:19:58] and do take it out because if it got
wet, it needs to come out of that house
[1:20:02] or the mold is growing like crazy. Okay.
>> Let them take it to the dump site as
[1:20:06] well at the airport. Correct.
>> If it wants to be dumped or if you need
[1:20:09] to save it, then you put it in a
different pile. Of course.
[1:20:11] » Well, no. It's all
>> okay.
[1:20:13] » Is that
>> So I will I will tell you. So the city
[1:20:16] is running and managing that dump site
with the help of volunteers. Now u
[1:20:23] FEMA has a specific process for how you
should align your debris in a curb
[1:20:29] because it really needs to be picked up
a certain way, weighed a certain way,
[1:20:33] and then ticketed in and out of a a a
dump site that's able to take that.
[1:20:39] Well, the that didn't really happen. So
now somebody at a dump site is going to
[1:20:45] have to sort this material. [music]
Um, but we want you to get it out of
[1:20:49] your house. And if you haven't had it
hauled away yet, there will be people
[1:20:53] come around and pick that up. It's
completely up to you if you want to take
[1:20:57] advantage of that. Somebody will sort
that out and and make that right in the
[1:21:02] end process, right? So um, please get it
out of your house. And if your house is
[1:21:08] savable and it's just wet, start
cleaning it. There's plenty of supplies
[1:21:13] to to help with that and we'll get
volunteers to you. That's what Team
[1:21:16] Rubicon does. The Cinjun Navy does that.
So, um
[1:21:21] » that's including carpet, wet and
drywall.
[1:21:24] » Yeah. They'll they'll they completely
will tear everything out that they need
[1:21:28] to
to get it to that point to where if it
[1:21:32] can be rebuilt, they'll do that
>> and haul it off the curb. That's not
[1:21:37] that won't affect like
>> So I would let I would let the people
[1:21:40] that pick it up deal with that. You guys
just get it to the curb.
[1:21:45] » It's almost putting a cat back in a bag
with trying to separate it now. Um
[1:21:50] because it so much has went into the
single pile, but that that's somebody
[1:21:56] else's wheelhouse. I can't really speak
to what they're going to do with that.
[1:22:01] » Hi.
>> Hi. Um, so I have a question regarding
[1:22:05] what the mayor announced on was it
Wednesday or Thursday?
[1:22:11] » Thursday.
>> Thursday with the teams coming in and
[1:22:16] having the homes demolished.
>> Um, so that is vetted because it was the
[1:22:22] mayor that made the announcement on
Facebook on the city of Connorsville
[1:22:26] page.
>> Okay.
[1:22:28] My biggest question through all of this
has been the inspections that are being
[1:22:34] done to the homes and how are the
homeowners supposed to find out what the
[1:22:39] results are of the inspections that are
being done to know what the status is of
[1:22:46] their home, if it can be rebuilt, if it
needs to be torn down, etc.
[1:22:50] » Right? So, the mayor made the
announcement on Thursday to come into
[1:22:54] the city hall to fill out the form to
have the house demolished because it was
[1:22:59] going to be done for free. My mother is
69 years old. Her house was paid off.
[1:23:04] She worked for 40 years.
>> She can't afford a mortgage to repair
[1:23:11] her home. So, we made the decision
because we were told that FEMA and other
[1:23:16] inspectors had been around and deemed
her house as destroyed.
[1:23:20] We filled out the paperwork
>> to have it demolished.
[1:23:25] » Now we're hearing, don't have your house
demolished until FEMA comes around.
[1:23:29] Well, we were told that FEMA has already
come around and done inspections. So,
[1:23:33] has FEMA come around or has FEMA not
come around?
[1:23:36] » Let me clear this up. FEMA has come and
done damage assessments, right? They're
[1:23:41] looking at the destruction. They're
making assessments so they can work out
[1:23:44] their funding. The mayor had an
opportunity to come to help answer your
[1:23:49] questions. I think he couldn't make it
tonight. Uh, but
[1:23:52] » that really,
>> right, let let's try to keep it going. I
[1:23:57] We have our our our issues, right? We'll
deal with those in the appropriate time.
[1:24:02] What we're telling you is listen to
we're emergency management, the state.
[1:24:08] We're trying to get you through this the
best way we can to keep the dollars from
[1:24:13] FEMA coming um once they start coming.
Um, I can't speak to what they they
[1:24:20] suggest you do. They are running the
city the way they feel they need to.
[1:24:25] Please direct those questions to the
appropriate leadership there.
[1:24:28] » Okay. And I understand that, but I don't
want my mom to make a decision to have
[1:24:32] her house torn down if it should not be
torn down yet.
[1:24:35] » So, the best policy is always to be
slower to do something than jump because
[1:24:40] there's free labor may make it a little
difficult,
[1:24:44] » right? I understand that. were telling
that FEMA had come in and done the
[1:24:46] inspections already. So, has FEMA not
come in and done inspections?
[1:24:50] » Great.
>> So, there are no FEMA inspectors that
[1:24:55] have been here.
>> Thank you. Okay. So, we need to contact
[1:24:58] the city and have her name removed from
that list.
[1:25:02] » Okay.
>> Thank [applause] you.
[1:25:05] » You're very welcome. Um, I just want to
be very clear, okay? We have done damage
[1:25:12] assessments. That is not an inspection
of your home. That is not any reason to
[1:25:20] identify anything other than there has
been damage in your community. That's
[1:25:26] it. So,
>> why was the utility company putting out
[1:25:29] calls that your house was on demolition?
Why did that happen?
[1:25:34] » I can't speak to that. I can only talk
about what damage assessments were done
[1:25:39] and all all we did was identify how many
homes met the federal criteria
[1:25:45] um for us to put in our declaration
letter to show the need for us to get
[1:25:51] that federal assistance. That is the
only thing that happened. FEMA
[1:25:55] inspectors have not been here. Um FEMA
assistance for individuals is not
[1:26:00] available yet. We're working really hard
to try to get it. Um, but if anyone
[1:26:05] comes to your home and says that they're
a FEMA inspector, that is not true. All
[1:26:10] of us from the state and FEMA have these
badges. Please feel free to ask us for
[1:26:16] them. We will never tell you no. We're
not going to show you this. Okay. Yes,
[1:26:21] sir. I was outside my homestead.
[1:26:33] » Yeah, that
>> my house.
[1:26:39] » So,
[1:26:45] » I will have to look into that. if you
can give that information to Wade. Um,
[1:26:51] we I don't have any answers for that
right now. Um, but there, to my
[1:26:58] knowledge, there has been no FEMA
inspectors here to do that. Our damage
[1:27:02] assessment teams were out looking at
what the damage assessment, you know,
[1:27:07] totals were to help us get that federal
declaration. Um, but if you can take
[1:27:12] that information, we'll
>> So, yeah, before you you leave, let's
[1:27:16] let's talk. I'll write down your
information. But she's right. We've had
[1:27:19] one person that I've seen that came to
my office and told me they were here and
[1:27:24] they went around with IDHS staff and
what they do, they don't go in homes.
[1:27:28] They look at the damaged homes. They
write that down and they they will talk
[1:27:33] to you if you're out there um give you
some information. They So, you got to
[1:27:39] remember when they're doing damage
assessment, destroyed means one thing,
[1:27:43] right? Condemned is something that they
they're not here to do. They're not here
[1:27:47] to condemn those homes or say you can't
live there. They're here to assess the
[1:27:52] damage uh to the structure so that we
can meet a certain dollar threshold to
[1:27:57] uh be able to apply for that federal
declaration.
[1:28:01] So, yeah, give me your information.
We'll get with the state and have that
[1:28:05] conversation to see uh what actually
transpired if that helps.
[1:28:10] » And that's why you need to not demolish
your house because the only people that
[1:28:15] have been here so far is to get the FEMA
declaration to see if we had the
[1:28:19] numbers. Once we get a declaration, then
they got to the FEMA people have to come
[1:28:24] in and with you decide how much money
they're going to give you. Okay? Don't
[1:28:31] demolish your house. a case like yours,
like he said, give him the information.
[1:28:36] We'll we'll find it. And if these were
impostors, we'll find them. Okay.
[1:28:41] » Can you put that on the city mayor's
website?
[1:28:43] » I cannot. So, here's the thing. The
mayor runs the city. I am a county
[1:28:47] employee. I work for the Faget County
Commissioners. I I apologize. I can't
[1:28:52] force the mayor to do anything. I can't
force the county to do anything. I work
[1:28:57] for them. But I'm here to help you not
make rash decisions uh that will hurt us
[1:29:02] in the long run. If you're somebody like
this gentleman and you've already made
[1:29:07] that decision because somebody said that
you could get with me, we'll get in
[1:29:12] contact and we'll see what is going on
with that.
[1:29:16] » Am I up?
>> Please.
[1:29:18] » All right. Uh anyways, I'm going to beat
this dead horse a little bit about the
[1:29:22] demo. Uh though I my hearts go out to
all these people that lived over there
[1:29:27] and lost everything. Uh never been
through that myself and hope I never do.
[1:29:32] » I came tonight. I think I spoke to you.
I came tonight uh to sign the papers to
[1:29:37] demo the house.
>> Um and Malia is that
[1:29:42] » No, she I think Okay. Malia I think
left.
[1:29:45] » I spoke to her and she said to come
tonight and sign the papers.
[1:29:49] » Well, I don't have any papers for you to
sign. Sorry. I had two contractors look
[1:29:54] at our house, said it was demoed. The
city called and said it was on the demo,
[1:29:58] » destroyed list. Here's my issue. I'm a
landlord.
[1:30:02] » Um, so I own the property, but right now
it's like a uh I don't know, amusement
[1:30:08] park over there with people driving
through and looking at properties and
[1:30:11] walking across your land and stuff. I
hold a risk because of the liability on
[1:30:16] that. I have insurance on the property.
I didn't have flood insurance. It wasn't
[1:30:21] in a flood plane,
>> right?
[1:30:22] » Uh, two sides of my foundation's gone.
But my issue is the longer I let that
[1:30:27] house stand,
I hold some liability when my insurance
[1:30:32] says, "Hey, your house was destroyed.
We're cancelelling you." Now I'm 100% at
[1:30:37] risk.
>> Mhm.
[1:30:38] » Because I don't even have insurance,
period.
[1:30:40] » Right.
>> So,
[1:30:42] that's my issue. And that's why I'm
like, "Hey, I've had contractors come
[1:30:46] in. They told me it's not worth
rebuilding. The city said demo it, but
[1:30:50] now you guys are saying don't demo. But
me and my insurance is in a real bad
[1:30:55] spot right now because we hold risk if
somebody walks through the house, they
[1:30:59] fall through the floor, they get cut on
all the windows that are busted out of
[1:31:03] it.
>> They're coming after me and my insurance
[1:31:06] company.
>> So, and to your point, this is exactly
[1:31:09] your decision. You're the property
owner. Like I said, I can't tell you to
[1:31:13] demo or not demo your home. What the
city does on their side is what the city
[1:31:19] does on their side. I'm trying to give
you the best advice to get us through.
[1:31:23] » Let me ask you this, Cinjun Nation,
Navy, or whoever. Is there help to
[1:31:27] secure the house?
>> Well, uh, that would be we would need to
[1:31:31] I I don't think there's enough law
enforcement to do that. That would be
[1:31:35] » saying to board it up.
>> Oh, yes. Yes. So, if you're having
[1:31:38] issues with boarding up, these groups
will come around and board your house
[1:31:41] up. Team Rubicon will do that. uh if
you're not able to to do that, that's
[1:31:46] what the
>> We did some of it, but we didn't go
[1:31:48] overboard because I thought, well, why
do I want to waste all the time and
[1:31:52] resources if I'm demoing it?
>> Sure.
[1:31:54] » Uh you know, most of the inside of the
house is still intact, but I'm like, why
[1:31:59] pull out the carpet and the drywall if
we're demoing it,
[1:32:02] » right?
>> So, I have a huge mold farm over there
[1:32:05] probably now.
>> Yeah. Yeah. I'm sure.
[1:32:06] » Uh but we're in limbo, you know? I'm
ready to go ahead and move forward and
[1:32:10] demo and rebuild, but now I'm hearing
don't do that.
[1:32:13] » Well, we're doing we're telling you not
to do that because we want to get you
[1:32:17] the maximum amount of dollars. And if
FEMA does get in here or when they get
[1:32:21] in here and they need to see something,
if the house is gone, what are they
[1:32:25] going to to assess?
>> And I get these things don't happen
[1:32:28] quick and I get a lot of people lost
their whole livelihoods.
[1:32:31] » It's heartbreaking.
>> But but as a landlord, like I said, we
[1:32:34] hold a lot of liabilities.
>> Oh yeah, absolutely. You're making a
[1:32:38] really good point. There is a difference
between landlord and homeowner. Okay. As
[1:32:43] far as FEMA's concerned and everybody
else, how many apartment units do you
[1:32:49] have?
>> Um, I think we have like three or four
[1:32:52] right now in total.
>> Okay. I don't know if you heard me while
[1:32:56] ago if you own more than four.
>> I did.
[1:32:59] » Okay. You're considered a business
>> and I'm also a realtor. So, I know
[1:33:04] » given the state laws any more than four,
I believe. Right. Exactly.
[1:33:08] » You have to be licensed, I think.
>> Yeah. You have to make and you should be
[1:33:11] fully insured and FEMA won't have
anything to do with you anyway.
[1:33:15] Probably. Okay. Uh and as he said, you
know, it's your decision. I understand
[1:33:20] your liability and you're right. You
could have it boarded up completely if
[1:33:24] it's just a matter of keeping people out
of the house,
[1:33:27] » right?
>> You know, wrap it with a lot of uh
[1:33:29] yellow tape and uh enter at your own
risk. uh you might want to consult an
[1:33:36] attorney and ask uh there is a number
that
[1:33:40] » state legal
>> yeah that's Indiana state legal aid uh
[1:33:44] they're doing probono um counsel or
consulting on on legal things um yeah it
[1:33:52] is a tough one but as a landlord you are
you're different than the homeowner as
[1:33:57] far as FEMA is going so
>> so are you saying virtually as a land
[1:34:00] owner there is not going to be any FEMA
No, I'm not saying as a as a not a land
[1:34:06] owner, but a
>> I mean, I'm I'm a land owner and also
[1:34:10] the landlord, but you know, my total
investment's been destroyed. So,
[1:34:15] » Yes. Yes. Okay. But all of your
apartments are in that one building.
[1:34:18] » It's just one. It's a single house. It's
a single house. And much like the young
[1:34:23] lady that was sitting over here and
spoke when I bought our house, our all
[1:34:28] all of our properties are on a blanket
policy,
[1:34:30] » right? Um, I knew it was close to a
flood zone. I checked the FEMA map. My
[1:34:35] insurance agent and I spoke and he said,
"It's not in a flood plane. You don't
[1:34:39] need flood insurance."
>> Yeah.
[1:34:41] » So, we didn't have flood insurance.
Everything else was insured on the
[1:34:44] property.
>> So, I didn't lose all my possessions,
[1:34:48] but I lost a valuable asset that I
>> How good How how good are you with
[1:34:53] computer as far as doing a Google search
and stuff?
[1:34:56] » I'm fairly savvy.
>> Okay. I would first of all go out to the
[1:34:59] FEMA page and there's the questions and
answers thing and you can actually put
[1:35:02] in any kind of questions.
>> Sure.
[1:35:04] » See if and and reward it several ways to
get, you know, uh several opinions. You
[1:35:09] can even do that right on Google or AI
>> and just ask, you know, if I'm I'm a
[1:35:17] landlord with three or four apartments,
whatever it is, and should I tear the
[1:35:20] house down before FEMA sees it? And then
uh just I'll close with this but even
[1:35:26] the land owner landlords will get a case
manager. Is that correct?
[1:35:30] » Yes.
>> Do you know the timing on that?
[1:35:33] » Okay.
>> How do you get your case worker?
[1:35:36] » So
>> the case workers the Red Cross
[1:35:40] manager I'm sorry.
>> Yeah. your case managers, they will come
[1:35:44] once this the committee is put together
for that and then they will work off the
[1:35:50] 211 list to reach out to those numbers.
>> As long as there's not a glitch with the
[1:35:56] 21,
>> right?
[1:35:57] » So, it's not going to hurt you to go in
and do that application again. If you're
[1:36:02] doubled in there, I will see the
duplication. Um, so, you know, I would
[1:36:07] make sure I was on that list somehow.
So,
[1:36:11] » thank you.
>> Thank you for your question.
[1:36:13] » What you're saying is if you had
insurance, flood insurance, people won't
[1:36:17] help you or
>> No, no, no. We're not saying that.
[1:36:20] » No. So, what we're saying is if you had
flood insurance or didn't have flood
[1:36:25] insurance, file a claim with your
insurance carrier, let them deny you,
[1:36:29] and keep track of all of that
information. The time's coming where
[1:36:33] those questions will be answered um to
help you get through this process.
[1:36:37] Honestly,
>> go ahead.
[1:36:41] I think we'll do the last two after you
and then I really do need to get to uh
[1:36:46] getting back to work. So,
>> okay. First of all, I want to I want to
[1:36:50] thank the Red Cross.
>> Yes, absolutely.
[1:36:52] » Lady came over, took all my information
stuff. Very good job. I well pleased.
[1:36:58] Cage and Navy come over there and done a
lot of work in the house. I wish I'd
[1:37:04] come back and finish, but that's a
different story.
[1:37:07] If you need somebody to come back and
finish, let us know.
[1:37:12] » Well, we'll see what happens tomorrow.
How many show I got to show up and then
[1:37:18] only one from the city that I've seen
over there on a Howard Street
[1:37:24] is the assistant fire chief came over.
He wanted to know
[1:37:28] you going to
you want your house tore down. I said
[1:37:33] not planning on it. Asked him, why are
you asking? said, "Well, we'll tear it
[1:37:37] down for free. The city will."
And I said, "Well, my plans are to stay
[1:37:43] here." And no one else from the city,
mayor, no one else has never been in
[1:37:49] there except for the assistant chief.
And you, Wade, you know me.
[1:37:53] » For a long time,
>> a long, long time, man. And that's
[1:37:57] basically all I got to say. They just
>> Yeah.
[1:38:00] » They said I basically had two choices.
Tear it down or rebuild.
[1:38:03] » Right. Well, my plans are to re stay
there, but it's getting tough.
[1:38:09] » Again, I can't speak for what the city's
doing. They have their own their own
[1:38:14] » thing. I I wish it was more streamlined,
but um that we are two separate
[1:38:20] entities, right? And they get to choose
what they're going to do. Um
[1:38:24] » I want to thank all the volunteers,
>> man. That's they've been they have been
[1:38:28] amazing. They've helped our community.
>> Point
[1:38:30] » all of them. All of them. They've been
great. Yeah, if somebody's hungry, then
[1:38:35] they they're not getting the message
that there's a lot of food out there.
[1:38:38] » A couple good meals out there.
>> That's all I have to say. Thank you for
[1:38:42] » Thank you. Go ahead.
>> It's extremely confusing to I'm
[1:38:45] learning, you know, that you air the
county and the city's on a whole
[1:38:49] separate separate track and homeowners
are getting confused are getting offers
[1:38:54] to free tear down and then you're you're
fearing that if you don't take their
[1:38:58] offer and you end up needing to tear it
down, then you know who's going to pay
[1:39:01] for that, right? But my my two primary
questions mainly for Jane is I know
[1:39:05] you've been doing this a long long time.
So what
[1:39:10] » oh sorry so you've been doing this a
long long time and um thank you for your
[1:39:15] service. All of you truly um the road
ahead it sounds like a couple years
[1:39:21] process for people who might who do want
to stick with uh getting aid and
[1:39:27] volunteer help and there's there's help
for rebuilding help with materials help
[1:39:32] with everything but it sounds like it's
a couple year process is that
[1:39:36] » not per household but to get every
household.
[1:39:39] » Okay.
>> I mean I'm you know there will be some I
[1:39:42] mean you're going to have a list and
you're going to pick them off as you go.
[1:39:44] You see what I'm saying?
Right. And so I guess if we have any
[1:39:49] hope of saving our home, continue
mitigation and
[1:39:52] » and don't tear it down.
>> Right.
[1:39:54] » Okay. And did I ask any
>> Well, the m the mitigation part. So, we
[1:39:58] got to go back in now and try to prevent
the mold and all of that.
[1:40:03] » I would do my best to do that. Um, but
if you need help, that's what our
[1:40:07] resources, our volunteers are for, to do
that for you. uh you know if you give
[1:40:12] them access to go in and take care of
that that's what they're going to do.
[1:40:15] » That would be fabulous. Okay. Awesome.
Okay. That's ba that's basically the
[1:40:19] same thing I'm asking is, you know, we
stopped. We absolutely stopped because
[1:40:24] Okay,
>> we still have water in the basement.
[1:40:27] » Yeah.
>> And we were told not to pump it out
[1:40:29] anymore because the walls are going to
cave and it could be very dangerous and
[1:40:33] I don't want anybody down there getting
hurt. Um my sister's house that already
[1:40:37] happened when they were pumping and so
we have stopped everything. There's mold
[1:40:41] growing on the walls now. It's getting
worse by the moment. We don't have
[1:40:45] anything in there. The windows are
closed. We have stopped and we signed a
[1:40:49] paper saying okay tear it down. Now
we're hearing don't tear it down. And
[1:40:55] now we're really confused on what to do
now because
[1:40:58] » trying to make the confusion. I'm I'm
really not I'm trying to give you the
[1:41:02] best advice to get you the most help
with resources.
[1:41:06] » Yeah.
>> And but they haven't been coming to us
[1:41:10] and there's when we don't know like we
don't know where to go to get the
[1:41:15] resources
>> coming and that will be pushed out.
[1:41:18] » But we're not there.
>> Okay. I'm sorry. I've still got the mic,
[1:41:22] don't I?
>> We're not We're not at the home because
[1:41:26] we've
>> you need you need to get team Rubicon or
[1:41:28] those guys out there to take a look and
help you muck out the house. Get the wet
[1:41:34] stuff out because more and more the the
longer it sits, the more it's going to
[1:41:38] cause to put back together because of
the mold and everything that's growing
[1:41:41] in there. Okay.
>> Yeah. No, that's why we just
[1:41:43] » Has anybody told you that your house is
>> it's destroyed?
[1:41:47] » Not condemned. Just
>> who told you that?
[1:41:50] » That was on the list from the Cinjun
Navy.
[1:41:53] » So, we're being told to
>> We went to the We went to the city hall
[1:41:57] and we were on that list at the city
hall. I called the Cinjun Navy. called
[1:42:02] the Kinjun Nova phone number and um we
were on the list.
[1:42:07] » Okay. But on the list doesn't mean
anything until an engineer or somebody
[1:42:10] looks at it to see if it's structurally
sound.
[1:42:12] » Okay. So, but nobody was telling us,
okay, you need to wait. There's you need
[1:42:17] to tell your house and again doing it
and telling us we're not going to get
[1:42:21] more funding if we tear it down. It's
not that you won't get more, but if the
[1:42:25] in the FEMA inspectors can look at the
damage themselves,
[1:42:31] » they'll give a more accurate amount to
you.
[1:42:36] » If you just have to go by pictures, they
may look at it and say,
[1:42:39] » "Oh, well, yeah, that's that, you know,
I'm sorry. I didn't see any cracks or
[1:42:43] anything in those pictures, so we're not
going to pay you anything."
[1:42:46] » Okay.
>> Okay. Then why is the Cinjun Navy here
[1:42:48] telling people that they should not be
here telling people to go ahead and tear
[1:42:52] their houses down?
>> No, they should not be telling people
[1:42:54] that.
>> So why are they here telling people
[1:42:56] that?
>> They're very good at some of the things
[1:42:58] they're doing, but they should not.
>> She's not here to answer our question,
[1:43:01] » but she says that it was not her, so it
might be one of their people.
[1:43:05] » Okay.
>> So if we don't tear it down,
[1:43:08] » it was it was her saying that we were on
the list for the house being considered
[1:43:13] destroyed. and she explained what the
destroyed meant.
[1:43:16] » Let me clear that up for you. So, when
we do and when our search and rescue
[1:43:21] team went out, they categorize houses as
they're searching for for victims,
[1:43:26] people that are hurt, their primary job
is to search for people to rescue them.
[1:43:32] um the people that that responders
weren't able to get to that search team
[1:43:36] comes in that. As they're doing that,
they're doing damage assessments to help
[1:43:41] us find out what homes are damaged. And
they have four main categories: minor,
[1:43:47] affected, major, and destroyed. What
that does is tells FEMA to look more
[1:43:52] closely at these houses. That doesn't
mean that your house is needs condemned.
[1:43:59] That that's exactly what it means. that
tells our search and rescue team said,
[1:44:03] "You need to look at these houses in
this light and pay attention to this."
[1:44:08] That I think is where they've got a hold
of the list and they've used that
[1:44:12] without understanding it and it's caused
a lot of issues. Okay,
[1:44:17] » that's why it's really important to uh
hear stuff from emergency management
[1:44:22] because I'm dealing with FEMA in this
state on what I can give and what they
[1:44:27] can do. I would be very careful if
anybody walks up and says your house is
[1:44:31] condemned. There has to be ordinances in
place for that. There has to be
[1:44:36] structural engineers. There has to be
health code violations that with people
[1:44:40] that have those degrees and those those
uh roles to perform that function.
[1:44:45] » I spent hours sitting over there for two
days here because I heard that there
[1:44:48] were going to be people coming around to
do that
[1:44:51] » and then nobody came and nobody came.
Nobody's coming.
[1:44:54] » I hurt for you. I do. I hurt for you.
>> Except for the cinjun lady. She
[1:44:57] personally called me to tell me that.
>> Right. So
[1:45:00] » that our houses are destroyed and we
need to have them tore down.
[1:45:04] » That's where the confusions come in
because they don't understand the FEMA
[1:45:08] paperwork and the the side the emergency
management deals with. And I hate that
[1:45:12] for you. I so much. But your case
particularly if you have floodwaters in
[1:45:18] your basement, right? You cannot just
pump it out because the ground will cave
[1:45:22] it in. It has to be done slow and
methodical while the ground outside is
[1:45:26] drying.
>> Right. So,
[1:45:28] » so we had it pumped twice
>> and it came back in.
[1:45:31] » Right.
>> Yes. And so we left it alone and we've
[1:45:36] left it alone and now the ground's drier
than it was.
[1:45:39] » Right.
>> But I'm sure it's still moist there in
[1:45:41] that particular area.
>> Maybe a foot of water down every day.
[1:45:45] » Well, we're probably at around a foot
now. But I'm scared to death to have
[1:45:49] anybody be in that basement. I'm just
afraid that that something had hurt.
[1:45:53] » So, when these houses start crumbling,
when they're so ate up with the black
[1:45:56] mold and stuff, who's going to tear them
down at a later date?
[1:45:59] » Let's let's start back again.
>> Okay. First of all, and and the Cinjun
[1:46:05] Navy is trying very hard. Have a lot of
respect for the work they do. I was
[1:46:10] there in Mississippi after Hurricane
Katrina when they started and uh I've
[1:46:14] watched them grow. They're doing well,
but they don't have all the answers.
[1:46:18] Okay? They're only like not that old
yet. They're growing. Okay.
[1:46:24] No organization
can tell you. I can't walk in there and
[1:46:29] tell you your house is condemned or your
house needs to be torn down. That's only
[1:46:34] the structural engineer that is going to
be able to really tell you that unless
[1:46:38] you've been told that by somebody you
know and trust as a structural engineer.
[1:46:44] » Yes.
>> Don't tear your Don't let them tear your
[1:46:46] house down, please. Okay. Um,
>> what about the mitigation?
[1:46:51] » What about
>> now the mitigation part?
[1:46:53] » Going to tear it down. We're going to
get volunteers to come help.
[1:46:56] » So, the mitigation, I would like you to
connect to team Rubicon who's behind me.
[1:47:01] Okay. And have them out take a look and
see if they can muck out the house and
[1:47:06] finish pumping it out and that sort of
thing. He he'll have people
[1:47:10] » What we can do is if it's not safe to go
in the house,
[1:47:15] » then we can't go in,
>> right? But we'll have you sign a a right
[1:47:19] of entry because every everything in our
process everything is legal is you allow
[1:47:25] us to come into the house first. We'll
look and see what damage is and then uh
[1:47:31] we'll send if if if we can do something.
>> We brief you and say, "Okay, this is
[1:47:37] what we see. This it looks like we can
do something here and we'll tell you
[1:47:43] what we can do."
>> Okay. Um, and then what will happen is
[1:47:47] follow on there will be a team that will
come in and actually do the work.
[1:47:51] » Okay. So you we we signed a paper saying
you can come in and then you get hurt.
[1:47:56] What happens then?
>> They're signed.
[1:47:58] » They're insured. So it's not going to
come on us.
[1:47:59] » You get hurt then that's on us.
>> Okay.
[1:48:02] » Yeah.
>> The good thing about VOAD partners is
[1:48:06] they all have their own liability
insurance.
[1:48:09] » Okay.
>> Okay. So, it won't come back on you and
[1:48:12] it won't come back on the city or the
county.
[1:48:14] » All right. So, I'm hoping I can get us
off the list. But wait, I have one more
[1:48:17] question for you as far as can we check
with you somehow to find out if we are
[1:48:22] on that list for the 211. I did it
twice.
[1:48:25] » Call 211 and ask. That's about the only
way. Unless
[1:48:29] » I can't You don't have like an address.
>> To do everybody really quick, but I have
[1:48:33] the list. That's right. Office. So, if
if you email me or or text me, uh my
[1:48:40] number's out there or I can give it to
you before you leave. I can check for
[1:48:44] you.
>> And that's the thing is I haven't really
[1:48:46] » I don't have Facebook, so I don't really
have that information readily available
[1:48:51] to me. Thankfully, my sister's on there,
I think. So, thankfully, I'm just I
[1:48:55] really
>> And if you notice, I don't push a lot of
[1:48:57] information because I don't have a lot
of the answers yet. So I push the
[1:49:01] information that I feels I'm accurate
with and that I have the data and the
[1:49:05] yeah the the the people to back
>> but it would be nice to just have that
[1:49:09] information sent to us that you are
working on getting information and right
[1:49:12] now we don't have any information so
that we know that somebody is actually
[1:49:16] out there doing something because we
don't know we're just going with what
[1:49:19] volunteers came to us that's all we had.
It's a lot of chatter and you know a lot
[1:49:24] of a lot of stuff goes around. Yeah.
Once Team Rubicon if they can do the
[1:49:28] muck out for you and everything.
>> They'll let the house dry out and then
[1:49:31] we'll send probably the Southern Baptist
in to do the mold remediation. Okay.
[1:49:37] They use the chemical that and you only
have to stay out of the house a few
[1:49:40] hours after they do that. Um but they
are just every bit as good as any
[1:49:46] » commercial mold remediation company that
would charge you over $10,000. And it's
[1:49:50] all free to use.
>> Okay.
[1:49:53] » So, do you have a question real quick?
Because if not, I'm I'm gonna kind of
[1:49:57] cut this off because I gotta get back to
work. So, I know we can go around this
[1:50:02] for a long time, but I want to make sure
if you felt like you needed to ask a
[1:50:05] question, you had the opportunity.
Again, our commissioners, our county
[1:50:10] government's working hard to help. Um,
and I can only offer you what I know to
[1:50:15] be accurate.
>> Yes, sir.
[1:50:19] clean out now. We keep it out on the
beach.
[1:50:23] » So, somebody will come around and pick
that up.
[1:50:26] » Yeah, they have been right. That's We're
worried.
[1:50:30] » So, this is not going to come back on
you if they pick that trash up and take
[1:50:33] it to the dump somewhere. That's going
to be sorted out at a later time. You're
[1:50:37] not going to have Am I missing the
question?
[1:50:40] » Yeah, it's kind of confusing because
you're It's like this stuff has to be
[1:50:45] » It [clears throat] does
>> invested, but an individual.
[1:50:54] Will our reimbursement or help be
lessened because we don't have all of
[1:51:00] those?
>> No. No. So, so here's the thing. All
[1:51:03] that trash is going to be weighed. All
that debris is going to be weighed. It's
[1:51:07] going to be separated and weighed and
that will go towards our county. Now, to
[1:51:12] your point, I had a lady from Cambridge
said, "Hey, can we bring stuff to your
[1:51:15] dump today?" I said, "No, because that's
going to hurt your county getting
[1:51:19] reimbursement for that debris and it's
going to help Fyet County." So, I wanted
[1:51:23] to be honest with her and say, "No, you
can't dump here."
[1:51:26] » But they are,
>> but I I I am not controlling the dump
[1:51:30] honestly. Um, that that's above my pay
grade. And I hate to be I hate to say
[1:51:36] that because I want to give you the
answers you need. Um, but I just can't
[1:51:41] that it's not my my area. Where do we
get your information?
[1:51:49] » So, I would go I would go to
County's government website. My contact
[1:51:55] information, my email is on there. Go to
the government button. Click that and it
[1:52:01] will list all the departments. I'm
listed on that. I'm also on the city's
[1:52:05] website as an emergency manager for the
county, but we put it there because I
[1:52:10] don't think they have an emergency
manager.
[1:52:12] » Thank you.
So, thank you all for your time. I
[1:52:15] appreciate it. I hope this helped. And
stay tuned for information. Go ahead,
[1:52:20] please. Yeah. I don't want to I don't
want you not to. Yeah.
[1:52:24] » I just had a couple things. Uh is the
state relief fund and 211 separate
[1:52:28] things or when you do it, they merge
together?
[1:52:30] » So, the state 211 is an intake form
that's telling us that you need
[1:52:35] assistance. The state disaster relief
fund is a grant through Right. So that's
[1:52:41] something totally different, but we've
got to capture that so that we can vet
[1:52:46] that, yeah, you've been affected by this
flood, you know, they can at the state
[1:52:52] level decide who gets those funding
based on the information they have.
[1:52:56] » Um,
>> do you think if you plan on rebuilding,
[1:52:59] should you get flood insurance now or
should you wait?
[1:53:02] » I would always say get flood insurance
as soon and keep it covered as soon as
[1:53:08] you can.
>> Okay. So, and I don't know what that
[1:53:11] process is, but I would get flood
insurance.
[1:53:13] » I have other ones, but I'm not going to
keep you.
[1:53:14] » So, hey, go to the website on the county
and get my email, email me your
[1:53:18] questions. I will respond. I have I can
honestly say I've received 80 to 100
[1:53:23] calls a day and I'm trying to get
through everything. So, be patient.
[1:53:28] » Yep. All right. Thank you all.
>> Thank you. We have two rules signed with
[1:53:33] the city to have their houses
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