Word: fema
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There is, however, plenty of frustration, most of it directed at the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Citizens and local officials complain that FEMA did not act quickly enough to help the area rebound. The agency has closed all but five of 32 disaster-assistance centers after taking more than 51,000 applications for aid. So far, the Federal Government has committed $321 million to Hugo recovery efforts in South Carolina, and $100 million has already been paid to contractors and cleanup crews. About $17 million in checks for individual victims of the storm has also been mailed...
Nevertheless, FEMA has become a convenient target for all the frustrations people feel. In the rural community of Awendaw (pop. 200), the Rev. Jonathan C. Roberts of the Greater Zion A.M.E. Church defied FEMA by setting up temporary trailers for his congregation -- on land where the flood plain is lowest. "They told me, 'You bring those trailers in here, we'll lock you up,' " says Roberts. "I told them, 'Meet me at the county line.' " Such confrontations have taken a toll on FEMA officials. Says relief officer Paul E. Hall: "No one likes to be called a jackass...
Meanwhile, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, which must evaluate the evacuation plans submitted to the NRC, has expressed reservations about any system that lacks state and local cooperation. But Parler and Stello, who met with FEMA officials earlier this month, said the sister agency had not foreclosed acceptance of a utility-drawn plan...
...Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) called off its worldwide alert and informed emergency teams standing by across the country to disband...
...message to officials in all 50 states, FEMA said, "the public should be advised that protective action in connection with Cosmos 1402 is no longer necessary and thus the alert is over...