“They were able to throw the rope and get the son out but the father unfortunately was lost.” says Jackson as he recalls one incident in particular, “They found him a day later”.
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“To have the president come, it means a lot to show that he cares and the federal government cares about what we are going through”, Woods said.
“There are also people who are desperately trying to track down friends and family”. “I’m looking for every option where we can keep everybody here, keep our community together as much as we possibly can”.
Obama also praised the Federal Emergency Management Agency for its work on the ground.
Obama says he wants Louisianans to know they’re not alone in recovering from the flood, even after the news cameras leave. Obama also met with the families of officers killed or injured almost two weeks later by a gunman, apparently in response to Sterlings killing, the White House said.
“I think anybody who can see just the streets, much less the inside of the homes here, people’s lives have been upended by this flood”, he added.
According to Donaldson, once the Disaster Services team meets immediate needs, they will shift into helping families remove debris and clean their homes.
The Baton Rouge visit Tuesday is a reminder of the political dangers and opportunities that natural disasters can pose.
More than 110,000 people have already registered with FEMA for federal disaster aid. GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump visited Louisiana to survey the damage, and Obama arrived later.
“The president has been on vacation in Martha’s Vineyard and has faced some criticism for not visiting Louisiana”.
Louisiana’s Department of Revenue reminds taxpayers in the 20 parishes declared flood disaster areas that they can get extensions on state taxes due in August and later.
“There were RN’s, LPN’s, and CNA’s who all that went so we just started jumping in and taking care of patients and just supporting the whole thing”. It’s past time for the president to pay a personal visit, showing his solidarity with suffering Americans’.
On Monday, White House spokesman Josh Earnest defended the administration’s response.
” ‘I’m not complaining in any way about our federal partnership, ‘ Edwards said in a news conference Thursday”.
In a letter to Obama, he called for several funding mechanisms to be activated and for a recovery task force to be established. The president can be a key voice in championing that goal.
The White House has released few details about Obama’s brief trip.
Many people with damage from the flooding didn’t have flood insurance, making recovery more hard.
Pop star Britney Spears is giving the clothes off her back to raise money for the Red Cross to benefit victims of widespread flooding in her home state of Louisiana.
It is quite interesting how the president of the U.S.A wasn’t willing to cut short his vacation to attend to his people but on the other hand, would have quickly responded to issues of other countries.
Flood waters rise around PreSonus headquarter ins Baton Rouge, LA.
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In an email received by The Advocate (http://bit.ly/2c1gjLk), parish officials said they were revising their previous statement and the 30,000-to-40,000 homes figure represented only “potential” flooding impact, contradicting statements on Wednesday that in fact those homes were flooded to some extent.
