WEBVTT 00:11.984 --> 00:15.882 align:start >> THIS PROGRAM IS MADE POSSIBLE 00:15.885 --> 00:17.215 align:start IN PART THROUGH FUNDING BY THE 00:17.218 --> 00:18.049 align:start CORPORATION OF PUBLIC 00:18.052 --> 00:20.082 align:start BROADCASTING. 00:20.085 --> 00:21.382 align:start ADDITIONAL SUPPORT IS PROVIDED 00:21.385 --> 00:23.382 align:start BY THE FOUNDATION FOR EXCELLENT 00:23.385 --> 00:24.149 align:start IN THE LOUISIANA PUBLIC 00:24.152 --> 00:27.516 align:start BROADCASTING AND FROM VIEWERS 00:48.684 --> 00:51.749 align:start >> HELLO AND WELCOME TO 00:51.752 --> 00:53.082 align:start “LOUISIANA PUBLIC SQUARE.” 00:53.085 --> 00:54.516 align:start I'M BETH COURTNEY, PRESIDENT OF 00:54.519 --> 00:57.649 align:start LPB. 00:57.652 --> 01:00.182 align:start TONIGHT WE'RE HERE WITH OUR 01:00.185 --> 01:02.315 align:start VOLUNTEER HOST, BOB COURTNEY, A 01:02.318 --> 01:03.449 align:start VETERAN TELEVISION JOURNALIST. 01:03.452 --> 01:05.416 align:start AND MY HUSBAND. 01:05.419 --> 01:07.482 align:start >> I AM? 01:07.485 --> 01:08.682 align:start OH, YES. 01:08.685 --> 01:10.182 align:start >> IN MARCH, AND AGAIN IN 01:10.185 --> 01:11.649 align:start AUGUST, VAST EXPANSES OF 01:11.652 --> 01:13.016 align:start LOUISIANA WERE INUNDATED WITH 01:13.019 --> 01:15.016 align:start FLOOD WATERS. IN TOTAL, OVER 01:15.019 --> 01:17.382 align:start THREE-QUARTERS LOUISIANA'S 01:17.385 --> 01:20.282 align:start PARISHES WERE DECLARED DISASTER 01:20.285 --> 01:22.516 align:start AREAS IN 2016. THE STATE'S 01:22.519 --> 01:25.282 align:start RESTORE LOUISIANA TASK FORCE IS 01:25.285 --> 01:27.682 align:start IN THE PROCESS OF DECIDING HOW 01:27.685 --> 01:29.549 align:start TO SPEND THE FIRST FEDERAL GRANT 01:29.552 --> 01:31.215 align:start OF 438 MILLION DOLLARS. THAT 01:31.218 --> 01:33.115 align:start NUMBER MAY SEEM LARGE, BUT IS 01:33.118 --> 01:35.916 align:start ONLY ABOUT AN EIGHTH OF THE 01:35.919 --> 01:37.349 align:start ESTIMATED NEED, CLOSE TO 4 01:37.352 --> 01:43.016 align:start BILLION DOLLARS. 01:43.019 --> 01:44.582 align:start >> HOW CAN THE STATE HELP TO 01:44.585 --> 01:46.482 align:start ENSURE THAT ALL COMMUNITIES 01:46.485 --> 01:47.282 align:start RECOVER EQUALLY? WHAT IMPACT 01:47.285 --> 01:48.016 align:start SHOULD THE FLOODS HAVE ON 01:48.019 --> 01:49.149 align:start BUILDING STANDARDS, MITIGATION 01:49.152 --> 01:49.916 align:start AND PREVENTION? COULD JUMP 01:49.919 --> 01:50.982 align:start STARTING STALLED DIVERSION 01:50.985 --> 01:52.549 align:start PROJECTS PREVENT A SIMILAR 01:52.552 --> 01:53.482 align:start DISASTER IN THE FUTURE? OVER THE 01:53.485 --> 01:55.049 align:start NEXT HOUR WE'LL HEAR FROM STATE 01:55.052 --> 01:56.182 align:start OFFICIALS, RECOVERY EXPERTS AND 01:56.185 --> 01:57.815 align:start RECOVERING HOMEOWNERS. WE'LL 01:57.818 --> 02:01.916 align:start EXPLORE THESE ISSUES AND MORE ON 02:01.919 --> 02:03.182 align:start “BEYOND THE FLOOD” . 02:03.185 --> 02:09.949 align:start >> THE WATER CAME UP TO RIGHT IN 02:09.952 --> 02:18.282 align:start HERE. 02:18.285 --> 02:18.982 align:start >> LIKE MANY HOMEOWNERS ACROSS 02:18.985 --> 02:19.749 align:start LOUISIANA ALBERT PENDARVIS IS 02:19.752 --> 02:20.482 align:start STILL RECOVERING FROM THE AUGUST 02:20.485 --> 02:22.115 align:start FLOOD THAT RAVAGED HIS 60 YEAR 02:22.118 --> 02:23.516 align:start OLD HOME. 02:23.519 --> 02:26.082 align:start >> I HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING BUT 02:26.085 --> 02:28.282 align:start GUT MY HOUSE OUT. FIRST OF ALL, 02:28.285 --> 02:30.149 align:start COSTS ARE EXCESSIVE NOW; AND FOR 02:30.152 --> 02:33.215 align:start MATERIALS AND LABOR SO I AM 02:33.218 --> 02:34.782 align:start FORTUNATE TO HAVE A PLACE TO GO. 02:34.785 --> 02:36.049 align:start >> PENDARVIS AND HIS WIFE 02:36.052 --> 02:37.315 align:start EVACUATED BY BOAT TO HIS 02:37.318 --> 02:39.049 align:start GRANDSON'S HOME. IT WAS BUILT 02:39.052 --> 02:40.115 align:start NEARBY ACCORDING TO FEMA 02:40.118 --> 02:41.516 align:start ELEVATION STANDARDS JUST TWO 02:41.519 --> 02:43.182 align:start YEARS AGO. THAT HOME ALSO 02:43.185 --> 02:45.249 align:start FLOODED. 02:45.252 --> 02:46.916 align:start JULIE BAXTER PAYER IS WITH 02:46.919 --> 02:49.715 align:start GOVERNOR JOHN BEL EDWARDS' 02:49.718 --> 02:52.715 align:start OFFICE. SHE SAYS THE STATE IS 02:52.718 --> 02:54.049 align:start TRYING TO HELP FAMILIES LIKE THE 02:54.052 --> 02:54.782 align:start PENDARVISES ACROSS LOUISIANA. 02:54.785 --> 02:55.449 align:start EVERY FAMILY'S PATH HOME IS A 02:55.452 --> 02:56.482 align:start DIFFERENT PATHWAY, IT'S A 02:56.485 --> 02:57.416 align:start DIFFERENT STORY FOR EVERY 02:57.419 --> 02:58.382 align:start FAMILY. 02:58.385 --> 02:59.215 align:start THE STATE HAS FACILITATED MANY 02:59.218 --> 03:02.315 align:start KINDS OF RECOVERY PROGRAMS, FOR 03:02.318 --> 03:02.949 align:start THE IMMEDIATE, SHORT-TERM AND 03:02.952 --> 03:05.982 align:start LONG-TERM NEEDS OF FLOOD 03:05.985 --> 03:06.882 align:start VICTIMS. 03:06.885 --> 03:07.882 align:start >> WE HAD 11,000 PEOPLE IN 03:07.885 --> 03:09.382 align:start SHELTERS AT THE PEAK OF THIS 03:09.385 --> 03:13.115 align:start DISASTER, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO 03:13.118 --> 03:13.682 align:start CLOSE THAT DOWN SO WE ARE MOVING 03:13.685 --> 03:14.482 align:start FORWARD. 03:14.485 --> 03:15.649 align:start >> SHORT TERM, TEMPORARY 03:15.652 --> 03:17.582 align:start ASSISTANCE INCLUDES THE 2,100 03:17.585 --> 03:19.215 align:start FAMILIES STILL IN FEMA FUNDED 03:19.218 --> 03:22.182 align:start HOTEL ROOMS. ABOUT 1,300 03:22.185 --> 03:26.149 align:start FAMILIES ARE IN MANUFACTURED 03:26.152 --> 03:29.916 align:start HOUSING UNITS PROVIDED BY FEMA. 03:29.919 --> 03:31.949 align:start BUT ANOTHER 4,700 ARE ELIGIBLE 03:31.952 --> 03:33.782 align:start FOR THEM, ACCORDING TO BAXTER 03:33.785 --> 03:35.049 align:start PAYER. ABOUT 8,400 HOMES HAVE 03:35.052 --> 03:36.882 align:start HAD TEMPORARY REPAIRS COMPLETED 03:36.885 --> 03:39.749 align:start UNDER THE SHELTER-AT-HOME 03:39.752 --> 03:41.549 align:start PROGRAM, WHICH ALLOWS HOMEOWNERS 03:41.552 --> 03:43.115 align:start TO LIVE IN THEIR HOMES AS 03:43.118 --> 03:44.615 align:start REPAIRS ARE BEING MADE. IN 03:44.618 --> 03:45.549 align:start ADDITION TO THESE PROGRAMS, THE 03:45.552 --> 03:46.916 align:start STATE HAS ASKED FOR FEDERAL 03:46.919 --> 03:49.249 align:start FUNDS TO GET FINANCIAL AID TO 03:49.252 --> 03:50.782 align:start HOMEOWNERS FOR REBUILDING. 03:50.785 --> 03:52.349 align:start >> WE HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFUL 03:52.352 --> 03:54.249 align:start THAT WE ARE NOT SO TO SPEAK 03:54.252 --> 03:56.449 align:start HANDING OUT BLANK CHECKS. 03:56.452 --> 03:59.182 align:start THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS ONLY 03:59.185 --> 04:02.016 align:start ALLOCATED $438 MILLION DOLLARS 04:02.019 --> 04:04.882 align:start FOR REBUILDING HOMES. WITH WELL 04:04.885 --> 04:06.416 align:start OVER 100,000 FAMILIES AFFECTED 04:06.419 --> 04:08.449 align:start BY THE FLOODS, THE TOTAL NEED IS 04:08.452 --> 04:09.715 align:start AN ESTIMATED $2.6 BILLION 04:09.718 --> 04:11.382 align:start DOLLARS. HOW WILL THE STATE 04:11.385 --> 04:12.749 align:start CHOOSE WHO GETS HELP FIRST? THE 04:12.752 --> 04:13.715 align:start STATE'S RESTORE LOUISIANA TASK 04:13.718 --> 04:16.016 align:start FORCE IS HELPING MAKE THOSE 04:16.019 --> 04:17.682 align:start DECISIONS. 04:17.685 --> 04:20.849 align:start >> THE DISCUSSION INCLUDES 04:20.852 --> 04:24.449 align:start LIMITING WHO RECEIVES BENEFIT 04:24.452 --> 04:26.982 align:start FROM THE FIRST POOL OF MONEY TO 04:26.985 --> 04:28.982 align:start THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE NOT 04:28.985 --> 04:31.049 align:start IN A FLOOD PLAIN AND DID NOT 04:31.052 --> 04:32.249 align:start THEREFORE HAVE FLOOD INSURANCE 04:32.252 --> 04:34.315 align:start THAT ARE ALSO LOW TO MODERATE 04:34.318 --> 04:35.282 align:start INCOME CAUSE THEY JUST DON'T 04:35.285 --> 04:36.249 align:start HAVE THE RESOURCES TO BE ABLE TO 04:36.252 --> 04:38.049 align:start GO TO THE BANK AND HAVE A 04:38.052 --> 04:39.615 align:start SAVINGS ACCOUNT AND TO BE ABLE 04:39.618 --> 04:40.482 align:start TO REBUILD. 04:40.485 --> 04:41.715 align:start >> LAFAYETTE PARISH 04:41.718 --> 04:43.249 align:start MAYOR-PRESIDENT JOEL ROBIDEAUX 04:43.252 --> 04:46.149 align:start IS HEAD OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE 04:46.152 --> 04:46.916 align:start LENDING ADVICE. 04:46.919 --> 04:48.849 align:start >> WHAT WE DON'T WANT; WE DON'T 04:48.852 --> 04:49.582 align:start WANT OUR CITIZENS LEAVING THE 04:49.585 --> 04:51.782 align:start STATE FOR WHATEVER OPPORTUNITIES 04:51.785 --> 04:52.682 align:start EXIST AND WALKING AWAY FROM 04:52.685 --> 04:53.982 align:start THEIR HOMES. 04:53.985 --> 04:56.949 align:start >> SOME HOMEOWNERS ARE ALREADY 04:56.952 --> 04:58.082 align:start GETTING HELP FROM THE NATIONAL 04:58.085 --> 04:59.916 align:start FLOOD INSURANCE PROGRAM. FOR 04:59.919 --> 05:01.449 align:start HOMEOWNERS WAITING ON INSURANCE 05:01.452 --> 05:02.482 align:start PAYOUTS FROM THEIR FLOOD 05:02.485 --> 05:03.715 align:start POLICIES, FEMA REPRESENTATIVE 05:03.718 --> 05:06.482 align:start WAYNE BERGGREN SAYS PATIENCE IS 05:06.485 --> 05:07.682 align:start KEY. 05:07.685 --> 05:09.682 align:start >> WE'VE CLOSED ALMOST 62 05:09.685 --> 05:11.416 align:start PERCENT OF THE CLAIMS FROM 05:11.419 --> 05:12.615 align:start AUGUST HAVE BEEN CLOSED WITH 05:12.618 --> 05:13.949 align:start PAYMENT. 05:13.952 --> 05:15.449 align:start SO, WE'RE OUT THERE WORKING; IT 05:15.452 --> 05:16.849 align:start SEEMS SLOW BUT WITH THE DISASTER 05:16.852 --> 05:18.115 align:start AND THE MAGNITUDE WE JUST HAD 05:18.118 --> 05:22.682 align:start ABOUT 6 OR 7 HUNDRED ADJUSTERS 05:22.685 --> 05:24.882 align:start TO WORK 29 THOUSAND CLAIMS. 05:24.885 --> 05:26.449 align:start >> TO PUT THINGS INTO 05:26.452 --> 05:27.582 align:start PERSPECTIVE, BERGGREN NOTES THAT 05:27.585 --> 05:29.982 align:start THERE WERE 49 HUNDRED CLAIMS 05:29.985 --> 05:30.882 align:start FROM LOUISIANA'S SPRING FLOODING 05:30.885 --> 05:32.049 align:start EVENT. 05:32.052 --> 05:34.082 align:start >> I THINK GOING FORWARD ONE OF 05:34.085 --> 05:35.549 align:start THE MOST IMPORTANT THING WE CAN 05:35.552 --> 05:37.249 align:start DO NOT JUST IN LAFAYETTE BUT 05:37.252 --> 05:38.749 align:start ACROSS THE STATE IS TO ENCOURAGE 05:38.752 --> 05:42.182 align:start PEOPLE TO GET FLOOD INSURANCE. 05:42.185 --> 05:48.749 align:start WE'RE A LOW LYING STATE; WE'RE 05:48.752 --> 05:52.282 align:start AT RISK WITH HURRICANES AND RAIN 05:52.285 --> 05:54.115 align:start EVENTS ALL THE TIME; 05:54.118 --> 05:55.582 align:start >> WE NEED TO CONSIDER POSSIBLY 05:55.585 --> 05:57.382 align:start CHANGING SOME OF OUR DEVELOPMENT 05:57.385 --> 06:01.349 align:start CODE AND THAT WE REQUIRE PEOPLE 06:01.352 --> 06:05.482 align:start TO DEVELOP BASED ON 25 YEAR 06:05.485 --> 06:07.815 align:start FLOOD EVENT. 06:07.818 --> 06:12.149 align:start SO THOSE ARE CONVERSATIONS THAT 06:12.152 --> 06:13.049 align:start ARE DIFFICULT. 06:13.052 --> 06:14.149 align:start >>MANY LOCAL GOVERNING BODIES 06:14.152 --> 06:16.215 align:start THAT GET THEIR REVENUES FROM 06:16.218 --> 06:17.516 align:start PROPERTY TAXES MAY EXPERIENCE 06:17.519 --> 06:18.682 align:start SOME FINANCIAL INSTABILITY. 06:18.685 --> 06:21.682 align:start ROBIDEAUX HOPES LAFAYETTE CAN 06:21.685 --> 06:24.349 align:start MAKE UP THE LOSS IN SALES TAX. 06:24.352 --> 06:28.815 align:start >> LAFAYETTE WAS MORE FORTUNATE 06:28.818 --> 06:30.916 align:start THAN A LOT OF THE MUNICIPALITIES 06:30.919 --> 06:33.282 align:start BECAUSE OUR CORE ECONOMY OF 06:33.285 --> 06:34.649 align:start BUSINESSES WERE NOT AFFECTED AND 06:34.652 --> 06:36.349 align:start SO WHEN THE REBUILD EFFORT 06:36.352 --> 06:37.115 align:start OCCURS; FOR US HERE IN 06:37.118 --> 06:39.416 align:start LAFAYETTE; THEY'RE GOING TO SHOP 06:39.419 --> 06:40.682 align:start LOCALLY; GET THEIR BUILDING 06:40.685 --> 06:42.149 align:start MATERIALS LOCALLY. 06:42.152 --> 06:44.916 align:start >> THE GOVERNOR'S ASK OF THE 06:44.919 --> 06:47.182 align:start FEDERAL GOVERNMENT INCLUDES $600 06:47.185 --> 06:48.482 align:start MILLION FOR INFRASTRUCTURE 06:48.485 --> 06:50.549 align:start PROJECTS LIKE A CANAL THAT WOULD 06:50.552 --> 06:52.282 align:start DIVERT WATER FROM THE AMITE 06:52.285 --> 06:52.949 align:start RIVER UNDER EXTREME FLOODING 06:52.952 --> 06:53.916 align:start EVENTS. EDWARDS' OFFICE IS 06:53.919 --> 06:56.682 align:start HOPEFUL ABOUT THE FEDERAL 06:56.685 --> 06:58.416 align:start GOVERNMENT'S EXPEDIENCY. 06:58.419 --> 07:00.115 align:start >> MANY TIMES AFTER A STORM 07:00.118 --> 07:02.882 align:start YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE FIRST 07:02.885 --> 07:04.449 align:start APPROPRIATION, COMPARABLE TO OUR 07:04.452 --> 07:05.549 align:start $438 MILLION, COMING SIX MONTHS, 07:05.552 --> 07:06.416 align:start EIGHT MONTHS AFTER THE STORM. IN 07:06.419 --> 07:10.016 align:start JUST OVER TWO MONTHS, WE'VE HAD 07:10.019 --> 07:11.149 align:start OUR FIRST APPROPRIATION. 07:11.152 --> 07:12.182 align:start >> PENDARVIS, WHO IS ALSO A 07:12.185 --> 07:14.849 align:start PASTOR, IS TAKING THINGS IN 07:14.852 --> 07:18.715 align:start STRIDE. 07:18.718 --> 07:20.482 align:start >> ITS JUST ONE OF THOSE THINGS; 07:20.485 --> 07:22.782 align:start I'M NOT UPSET ABOUT IT; NOT 07:22.785 --> 07:23.982 align:start RAISING SAND ABOUT IT, I JUST 07:23.985 --> 07:26.815 align:start KNOW THE LORD KNOWS ALL ABOUT IT 07:26.818 --> 07:29.615 align:start AND THE LORD SAYS HE WOULDN'T 07:29.618 --> 07:30.916 align:start PUT MORE ON US THAN WE CAN BEAR. 07:30.919 --> 07:33.682 align:start >> JOINING US TO EXPLORE BEYOND 07:33.685 --> 07:36.215 align:start THE FLOOD IS OUR STUDIO 07:36.218 --> 07:37.549 align:start AUDIENCE. IT INCLUDES PARISH 07:37.552 --> 07:39.482 align:start OFFICIALS, DISPLACED RENTERS AND 07:39.485 --> 07:40.982 align:start REBUILDING EXPERTS. WE ALSO HAVE 07:40.985 --> 07:42.449 align:start LEGISLATIVE YOUTH ADVISORY 07:42.452 --> 07:44.849 align:start COUNCIL STUDENTS FROM FLOOD 07:44.852 --> 07:46.916 align:start EFFECTED AREAS. THANKS TO 07:46.919 --> 07:48.149 align:start EVERYONE FOR BEING HERE. 07:48.152 --> 07:51.416 align:start THIS NATURAL DISASTER CAN BE 07:51.419 --> 07:53.549 align:start DEFINED BY SEVERAL HISTORIC 07:53.552 --> 07:55.682 align:start FIGURES, SO LET'S START THERE. 07:55.685 --> 07:57.982 align:start >> BASED ON DATA FROM FEMA, OVER 07:57.985 --> 08:00.449 align:start 50 PERCENT OF THE HOMES IMPACTED 08:00.452 --> 08:03.315 align:start BY BOTH OF THESE FLOODS WERE NOT 08:03.318 --> 08:05.749 align:start IN FEMA'S 100-YEAR FLOODPLAIN 08:05.752 --> 08:08.315 align:start AND 78 PERCENT OF IMPACTED HOMES 08:08.318 --> 08:10.082 align:start DID NOT HAVE FLOOD INSURANCE. 08:10.085 --> 08:11.849 align:start 25 PERCENT OF IMPACTED RESIDENTS 08:11.852 --> 08:13.749 align:start WERE RENTERS. ATTENTION HAS 08:13.752 --> 08:15.516 align:start LARGELY BEEN PAID TO HOMEOWNERS, 08:15.519 --> 08:16.882 align:start BUT THE STATE IS ASKING FOR $180 08:16.885 --> 08:19.282 align:start MILLION FROM THE FEDERAL 08:19.285 --> 08:21.182 align:start DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN 08:21.185 --> 08:24.549 align:start DEVELOPMENT TO AID RENTERS. 08:24.552 --> 08:26.115 align:start DAMAGES TO BUSINESSES AND 08:26.118 --> 08:27.682 align:start AGRICULTURE ARE ESTIMATED TO 08:27.685 --> 08:31.182 align:start EXCEED $3.2 BILLION, WITH 6,000 08:31.185 --> 08:33.315 align:start BUSINESSES FLOODED. THE 08:33.318 --> 08:35.115 align:start GOVERNOR'S OFFICE ESTIMATES $120 08:35.118 --> 08:37.182 align:start MILLION OF PUBLIC INVESTMENT 08:37.185 --> 08:38.849 align:start WILL BE NEEDED TO AVOID CLOSURES 08:38.852 --> 08:41.016 align:start AND JOB LOSS. 08:41.019 --> 08:42.882 align:start BUT THOSE NUMBERS DON'T PAINT 08:42.885 --> 08:44.416 align:start THE ENTIRE PICTURE WHAT ABOUT 08:44.419 --> 08:45.249 align:start THE HUMAN IMPACT? WHAT ARE SOME 08:45.252 --> 08:47.049 align:start HURDLES YOU ARE EXPERIENCING? 08:47.052 --> 08:49.649 align:start I'LL OPEN THAT UP TO THE 08:49.652 --> 08:52.715 align:start AUNDIENCE. 08:52.718 --> 08:53.516 align:start >> I'D LIKE TO GO TO ASHLEY AND 08:53.519 --> 08:55.782 align:start JUDY. 08:55.785 --> 08:56.782 align:start A MOTHER AND DAUGHTER GREATLY 08:56.785 --> 08:57.982 align:start IMPACTED BY THE FLOOD. 08:57.985 --> 08:59.782 align:start START WITH YOU, ASHLEY. 08:59.785 --> 09:02.982 align:start TELL ME ABOUT YOUR EXPERIENCE. 09:02.985 --> 09:03.382 align:start >> WHAT YOU SAW ON CAMERA WAS MY 09:03.385 --> 09:04.315 align:start GRANDFATHER. 09:04.318 --> 09:06.682 align:start WE GREW UP THERE. 09:06.685 --> 09:09.916 align:start HE'S BEEN THERE FOR 86 YEARS. 09:09.919 --> 09:12.082 align:start MY CHILDHOOD HOME WAS LOST. 09:12.085 --> 09:13.082 align:start IT WAS PROBABLY ABOUT 9 FEET OF 09:13.085 --> 09:16.315 align:start WATER TO THE ROOF. 09:16.318 --> 09:19.449 align:start EVERYBODY IN MY FAMILY, EXTENDED 09:19.452 --> 09:21.049 align:start FAMILY, COUSINS, AUNTS, UNCLES 09:21.052 --> 09:21.416 align:start PRETTY MUCH LOST EVERYTHING. 09:21.419 --> 09:23.349 align:start >> WOW. 09:23.352 --> 09:24.315 align:start >> SO NOW IT'S THE QUESTION OF 09:24.318 --> 09:28.682 align:start WHAT TO DO NEXT. 09:28.685 --> 09:31.016 align:start TO REBUILD OR MOVE ON. 09:31.019 --> 09:31.315 align:start WHAT DO YOU DO WITH THAT FAMILY 09:31.318 --> 09:33.082 align:start LAND? 09:33.085 --> 09:35.416 align:start >> ONE OF YOUR CONCERNS, JUDY, 09:35.419 --> 09:36.416 align:start IS THAT BARRIER THEY BUILT ALONG 09:36.419 --> 09:39.416 align:start THE INTERSTATE. 09:39.419 --> 09:40.982 align:start THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT 09:40.985 --> 09:42.516 align:start BELIEVE THAT HAD A LOT TO DO 09:42.519 --> 09:42.949 align:start WITH THE FLOODING THERE. 09:42.952 --> 09:44.715 align:start >> YES. 09:44.718 --> 09:46.516 align:start WE'VE LIVED THERE FOR 40 YEARS. 09:46.519 --> 09:48.549 align:start AND THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT 09:48.552 --> 09:52.916 align:start WE EVER HAD WATER LIKE THAT. 09:52.919 --> 09:54.449 align:start SO THE INTERSTATE HAS ONLY BEEN 09:54.452 --> 09:57.682 align:start THERE FOR A LITTLE WHILE. 09:57.685 --> 10:00.282 align:start SO IT REALLY DID HAVE AN IMPACT 10:00.285 --> 10:03.282 align:start ON IT. 10:03.285 --> 10:06.049 align:start THE WATER STARTED COMING IN AT 10:06.052 --> 10:08.249 align:start 5:00 THAT FRIDAY MORNING AND 10:08.252 --> 10:10.516 align:start KEPT GETTING DEEPER AND DEEPER. 10:10.519 --> 10:12.416 align:start SO IT COULDN'T GO ANYWHERE. 10:12.419 --> 10:14.082 align:start IT COULD ONLY SPREAD OUT ON THE 10:14.085 --> 10:15.482 align:start NORTH SIDE OF THE INTERSTATE. 10:15.485 --> 10:17.049 align:start IT COULDN'T GO FAST. 10:17.052 --> 10:18.049 align:start >> THE WATER CAME UP QUICKLY. 10:18.052 --> 10:19.715 align:start >> IT DID. 10:19.718 --> 10:21.815 align:start IT CAME UP QUICKLY. 10:21.818 --> 10:25.082 align:start >> YOU ALSO ARE A FLOOD VICTIM. 10:25.085 --> 10:28.416 align:start TELL US ABOUT YOUR EXPERIENCE. 10:28.419 --> 10:33.715 align:start >> WELL, I CALLED THE INSURANCE 10:33.718 --> 10:33.982 align:start COMPANY BECAUSE WE HAD NO WAY 10:33.985 --> 10:37.249 align:start OUT. 10:37.252 --> 10:39.582 align:start WE HAVE 11 HOMES. 10:39.585 --> 10:41.249 align:start 9 OF THE 11 HOMES FLOODED. 10:41.252 --> 10:42.615 align:start WE HAD NOWHERE TO GO. 10:42.618 --> 10:44.049 align:start USUALLY YOU GO WITH YOUR MOM. 10:44.052 --> 10:45.682 align:start >> THE WHOLE FAMILY. 10:45.685 --> 10:47.849 align:start >> WE LOST 9 HOMES. 10:47.852 --> 10:50.082 align:start SO WE'RE ALL REBUILDING. 10:50.085 --> 10:51.949 align:start I GUESS THE HARDEST THING FOR ME 10:51.952 --> 10:53.215 align:start IS THE COMMUNICATION WE'VE GOT. 10:53.218 --> 10:55.049 align:start I DID HAVE FLOOD INSURANCE. 10:55.052 --> 10:57.349 align:start AND I THINK PEOPLE JUST NEED TO 10:57.352 --> 10:58.182 align:start REALIZE IT'S GOING TO BE A VERY 10:58.185 --> 10:59.749 align:start LONG PROCESS. 10:59.752 --> 11:01.516 align:start THE MONEY THAT YOU ARE SUPPOSED 11:01.519 --> 11:02.649 align:start TO GET IS GOING TO TAKE A WHILE 11:02.652 --> 11:04.182 align:start TO GET HERE. 11:04.185 --> 11:04.549 align:start THEY DON'T COMMUNICATE THAT TO 11:04.552 --> 11:06.149 align:start YOU. 11:06.152 --> 11:07.815 align:start YOU DON'T REALIZE YOU ARE GOING 11:07.818 --> 11:09.815 align:start TO HAVE TO HAVE A PLACE TO STAY 11:09.818 --> 11:12.382 align:start FOR 3, 4, 6 MONTHS. 11:12.385 --> 11:12.916 align:start SO WE'RE WAITING ON THE CHECK TO 11:12.919 --> 11:15.182 align:start COME IN. 11:15.185 --> 11:16.649 align:start >> SO YOU STILL HAVE HAD NO 11:16.652 --> 11:20.082 align:start ECONOMIC RELIEF? 11:20.085 --> 11:22.482 align:start >> NO, I HAD RECEIVED THE MONEY 11:22.485 --> 11:22.815 align:start AND USING THAT TO REBUILD THE 11:22.818 --> 11:25.182 align:start HOME. 11:25.185 --> 11:26.115 align:start BUT MY MOTHER HAS NOT RECEIVED 11:26.118 --> 11:27.282 align:start HER FLOOD INSURANCE. 11:27.285 --> 11:30.149 align:start SHE'S STUCK. 11:30.152 --> 11:30.482 align:start WHEN ARE THEY GOING TO SEND THE 11:30.485 --> 11:32.049 align:start CHECK? 11:32.052 --> 11:33.715 align:start IT'S FRUSTRATING. 11:33.718 --> 11:35.449 align:start >> YOU GOT FLOODED. 11:35.452 --> 11:35.849 align:start AND YOU DON'T HAVE FLOOD 11:35.852 --> 11:38.249 align:start INSURANCE? 11:38.252 --> 11:38.615 align:start OR YOUR FAMILY DIDN'T HAVE FLOOD 11:38.618 --> 11:39.582 align:start INSURANCE? 11:39.585 --> 11:41.916 align:start >> NO, SIR. 11:41.919 --> 11:42.315 align:start I WAS LIVING AT THE SAINT JOHN'S 11:42.318 --> 11:43.115 align:start APARTMENTS. 11:43.118 --> 11:46.382 align:start EVERY APARTMENT GOT FLOODED. 11:46.385 --> 11:50.782 align:start I WAS IN THE PROCESS OF MOVING 11:50.785 --> 11:53.815 align:start TO THE HOUSE NEXT DOOR. 11:53.818 --> 11:55.215 align:start AND MY PARENTS WERE TOLD THEY 11:55.218 --> 11:56.916 align:start DID NOT NEED FLOOD INSURANCE. 11:56.919 --> 11:57.782 align:start THEY DIDN'T HAVE IT AND WE ALL 11:57.785 --> 12:00.215 align:start LOST EVERYTHING. 12:00.218 --> 12:04.715 align:start >> AND YOU AS A RENTER, HOW ARE 12:04.718 --> 12:09.149 align:start YOU IMPACTED? 12:09.152 --> 12:11.049 align:start >> WELL, AS OF RIGHT NOW, I WAS 12:11.052 --> 12:12.282 align:start GIVEN RENTAL ASSISTANCE AND TOLD 12:12.285 --> 12:16.682 align:start I DIDN'T QUALIFY FOR ANYTHING 12:16.685 --> 12:20.649 align:start ELSE. 12:20.652 --> 12:27.182 align:start GIVEN -- SO TOOK PICTURES AND 12:27.185 --> 12:28.649 align:start DOCUMENTED EVERYTHING. 12:28.652 --> 12:29.416 align:start AND JUST BECAUSE WE DON'T OWN 12:29.419 --> 12:31.315 align:start OUR HOMES. 12:31.318 --> 12:31.715 align:start I WAS ABOUT TO BECOME A 12:31.718 --> 12:33.082 align:start HOMEOWNER. 12:33.085 --> 12:34.215 align:start BUT THE FLOOD KIND OF TOOK CARE 12:34.218 --> 12:35.815 align:start OF ALL THAT. 12:35.818 --> 12:36.649 align:start >> THAT PUT THAT OFF AT LEAST 12:36.652 --> 12:38.382 align:start FOR A WHILE. 12:38.385 --> 12:40.482 align:start >> DESTROYED MY CAR. 12:40.485 --> 12:42.749 align:start CAN'T WORK TWO OF MY JOBS. 12:42.752 --> 12:46.182 align:start SO AS IT STANDS, IF I DON'T GET 12:46.185 --> 12:48.516 align:start SOME TYPE OF HELP, I MIGHT HAVE 12:48.519 --> 12:49.982 align:start TO VOLUNTEER FOR DEPLOYMENT JUST 12:49.985 --> 12:52.549 align:start TO SHAPE BACK. 12:52.552 --> 12:52.882 align:start >> YOU HAD FLOOD INSURANCE; 12:52.885 --> 12:53.516 align:start CORRECT? 12:53.519 --> 12:56.516 align:start >> THAT'S CORRECT. 12:56.519 --> 12:56.916 align:start >> TELL US ABOUT YOUR 12:56.919 --> 12:59.382 align:start EXPERIENCE. 12:59.385 --> 13:00.349 align:start >> WELL, IT WAS DEFINITELY HARD 13:00.352 --> 13:05.049 align:start FOR ME. 13:05.052 --> 13:07.549 align:start I HAD A NEW BORN IN THE HOUSE. 13:07.552 --> 13:09.749 align:start THE WATER COMING IN SO QUICKLY, 13:09.752 --> 13:13.749 align:start DIDN'T HAVE MUCH TIME TO DECIDE 13:13.752 --> 13:18.115 align:start WHAT TO DO WITH THINGS. 13:18.118 --> 13:21.382 align:start CALLED MY INSURANCE THE NEXT DAY 13:21.385 --> 13:24.115 align:start AND DID GET SOME ASSISTANCE FOR 13:24.118 --> 13:25.649 align:start RENTAL INSURANCE. 13:25.652 --> 13:29.282 align:start FORTUNATE ENOUGH. 13:29.285 --> 13:29.916 align:start A FAMILY OF FOUR IS KIND OF 13:29.919 --> 13:32.849 align:start TIGHT. 13:32.852 --> 13:34.949 align:start IT'S A BLESSING TO HAVE THEM. 13:34.952 --> 13:39.949 align:start THIS IS PROCESS. 13:39.952 --> 13:46.282 align:start IT'S JUST TAKING A LONG TIME. 13:46.285 --> 13:49.549 align:start >> YOU CAN KIND OF GIVE US A 13:49.552 --> 13:51.416 align:start PERSPECTIVE BEING WITH THE -- 13:51.419 --> 13:52.782 align:start ABOUT RENTERS IN GENERAL. 13:52.785 --> 13:54.849 align:start A LOT OF THE APARTMENTS WERE 13:54.852 --> 13:56.749 align:start LOST IN THIS FLOOD. 13:56.752 --> 13:58.682 align:start >> THERE WERE NO MORE UNITS. 13:58.685 --> 13:59.449 align:start >> WHAT HAPPENS TO THE PEOPLE 13:59.452 --> 14:01.815 align:start DISPLACED AND WHAT HAPPENS TO 14:01.818 --> 14:03.549 align:start THE OWNERS OF THE APARTMENTS AND 14:03.552 --> 14:04.682 align:start HOW DO THEY REBUILD? 14:04.685 --> 14:08.016 align:start >> THOSE ARE GOOD QUESTIONS. 14:08.019 --> 14:09.815 align:start I KNOW FOR THE RENTERS THEY 14:09.818 --> 14:11.149 align:start SCRAMBLED JUST LIKE ALL THE 14:11.152 --> 14:14.982 align:start HOMEOWNERS DID AND THAT CREATED 14:14.985 --> 14:18.115 align:start A GREAT INFLUX OF NEEDS. 14:18.118 --> 14:19.416 align:start WASN'T A GREAT DEAL OF VACANCY 14:19.419 --> 14:22.482 align:start TO BEGIN WITH. 14:22.485 --> 14:24.715 align:start SO THE FIRST COME FIRST SERVICE 14:24.718 --> 14:27.282 align:start SITUATION MADE IT HARD FOR 14:27.285 --> 14:28.916 align:start PEOPLE TO LIVE. 14:28.919 --> 14:29.315 align:start >> TELL US ABOUT YOUR 14:29.318 --> 14:29.949 align:start EXPERIENCE. 14:29.952 --> 14:33.282 align:start YOU WERE FLOODED. 14:33.285 --> 14:36.315 align:start >> WE GOT A FOOT OF WATER. 14:36.318 --> 14:40.115 align:start MY HUSBAND AND I PAID FOR OUR 14:40.118 --> 14:43.916 align:start HOMES. 14:43.919 --> 14:48.215 align:start BUT THE COST OF REBUILDING OUR 14:48.218 --> 14:52.016 align:start HOUSE IS REALLY COSTING US MORE 14:52.019 --> 14:53.615 align:start TO REBUILD THAN BUY THE HOUSE 25 14:53.618 --> 15:01.849 align:start YEARS AGO. 15:01.852 --> 15:05.282 align:start WE DO HAVE A SECOND FLOOR. 15:05.285 --> 15:08.682 align:start WE HAVE TO GIVE CREDIT TO FEMA. 15:08.685 --> 15:12.016 align:start THEY PUT $20,000 IN OUR HANDS. 15:12.019 --> 15:15.182 align:start AND WE HAD ENOUGH MONEY TO HIRE 15:15.185 --> 15:18.416 align:start A CONTRACTOR. 15:18.419 --> 15:21.182 align:start WE WERE ABLE TO QUALIFY FOR THE 15:21.185 --> 15:24.949 align:start SBA LOANS. 15:24.952 --> 15:29.182 align:start AND I WAS ABLE TO BORROW MY 15:29.185 --> 15:36.315 align:start DEFERRED COMPENSATION I KNOW 15:36.318 --> 15:40.382 align:start THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO 15:40.385 --> 15:42.215 align:start HAD HOMES AND THEY CANNOT AFFORD 15:42.218 --> 15:46.715 align:start TO PAY TO REBUILD. 15:46.718 --> 15:48.082 align:start THE GOVERNMENT IS GOING TO GO TO 15:48.085 --> 15:50.016 align:start THEIR RESCUE. 15:50.019 --> 15:51.482 align:start I FEEL WHEN THIS IS ALL OVER 15:51.485 --> 15:52.382 align:start WITH, I'M GOING TO HAVE LESS 15:52.385 --> 15:54.082 align:start THAN WHAT THEY HAD. 15:54.085 --> 15:55.815 align:start I'M GOING TO HAVE A TON OF DEBT. 15:55.818 --> 15:56.582 align:start THE GOVERNMENT IS GOING TO GO TO 15:56.585 --> 15:58.315 align:start THEIR RESCUE. 15:58.318 --> 16:00.882 align:start BETWEEN THE TWO OF US, WE'VE 16:00.885 --> 16:03.115 align:start WORKED FOR 70 YEARS. 16:03.118 --> 16:05.115 align:start AND THAT'S HURTFUL TO ME. 16:05.118 --> 16:06.849 align:start SEND MY KIDS TO COLLEGE. 16:06.852 --> 16:08.215 align:start PREPARE FOR A RAINY DAY AND ALL 16:08.218 --> 16:09.682 align:start OF THAT IS DISSIPATING. 16:09.685 --> 16:11.549 align:start I'M GOING TO END UP WITH A 16:11.552 --> 16:12.782 align:start LOADED DEBT. 16:12.785 --> 16:15.882 align:start SOME OF THESE PEOPLE THE 16:15.885 --> 16:16.615 align:start GOVERNMENT IS GOING TO HELP 16:16.618 --> 16:23.016 align:start THEM. 16:23.019 --> 16:26.982 align:start AND IT'S VERY FRUSTRATING. 16:26.985 --> 16:32.382 align:start >> SO THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OF 16:32.385 --> 16:34.849 align:start HOMELAND SECURITY WE SERVE AS A 16:34.852 --> 16:35.982 align:start STATE AGENCY THAT LIAISONS 16:35.985 --> 16:37.782 align:start THROUGH BOTH THE RESPONSES AND 16:37.785 --> 16:41.582 align:start THE RECOVERY PHASE FOR THIS. 16:41.585 --> 16:46.115 align:start BUT LOOKING FORWARD TO 16:46.118 --> 16:50.349 align:start MITIGATING AND GROWING STRONGER 16:50.352 --> 16:54.182 align:start AS WE LOOK FORWARD. 16:54.185 --> 16:55.549 align:start TO REBUILD IN A WAY THAT BETTER 16:55.552 --> 16:58.449 align:start PROTECTS THEM FROM THE FLOOD 16:58.452 --> 16:59.715 align:start RISK MOVING FORWARD. 16:59.718 --> 17:01.349 align:start OBVIOUSLY, WE'RE WORKING WITH 17:01.352 --> 17:04.516 align:start THE GOVERNOR'S STAFF AND THE 17:04.519 --> 17:08.215 align:start TASK FORCE AND LOOKING AT ARE 17:08.218 --> 17:10.815 align:start THERE OPPORTUNITIES TO UTILIZE 17:10.818 --> 17:16.482 align:start THE FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES WE 17:16.485 --> 17:18.416 align:start WILL HAVE AS MORE FUNDING GETS 17:18.419 --> 17:20.949 align:start APPROPRIATED THAT KEEP US FROM 17:20.952 --> 17:22.715 align:start GETTING INTO A SITUATION WHERE 17:22.718 --> 17:24.516 align:start WE HAVE COMMUNITIES THAT ARE 17:24.519 --> 17:26.249 align:start RECOVERING IN A PATCHWORK 17:26.252 --> 17:28.115 align:start FASHION AND THIS HOUSE GETS 17:28.118 --> 17:28.815 align:start ELEVATED AND TWO HOUSES DOWN 17:28.818 --> 17:30.549 align:start DOES NOT. 17:30.552 --> 17:31.516 align:start AND THEN YOU HAVE A VACANT LOT 17:31.519 --> 17:33.349 align:start NEXT TO THAT. 17:33.352 --> 17:36.615 align:start SO CERTAINLY, OUR FIRST LOOK AND 17:36.618 --> 17:38.949 align:start OUR FIRST ATTEMPT IS TO TRY TO 17:38.952 --> 17:44.249 align:start LEVERAGE INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS 17:44.252 --> 17:46.382 align:start THAT ALLOW GREATER FLOOD 17:46.385 --> 17:48.249 align:start PROTECTION FOR THE COMMUNITY AND 17:48.252 --> 17:50.949 align:start NOT JUST SIMPLY A HOUSE BY HOUSE 17:50.952 --> 17:51.315 align:start APPROACH TO UTILIZING THAT 17:51.318 --> 17:53.049 align:start FUNDING. 17:53.052 --> 17:55.082 align:start >> WHAT WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH IS 17:55.085 --> 17:55.449 align:start DEAL WITH WHAT HAPPENED WHICH IS 17:55.452 --> 17:56.582 align:start TERRIBLE. 17:56.585 --> 17:58.516 align:start AND WE HAVE TO HAVE A PLAN FOR 17:58.519 --> 18:00.115 align:start THE FUTURE IF IT HAPPENS AGAIN. 18:00.118 --> 18:01.949 align:start SO YOU ARE HAVING TO DEAL WITH 18:01.952 --> 18:02.249 align:start TWO DIFFERENT THINGS AT THE SAME 18:02.252 --> 18:03.049 align:start TIME. 18:03.052 --> 18:06.016 align:start >> CORRECT. 18:06.019 --> 18:10.382 align:start MITIGATION REALLY IS LOOKING 18:10.385 --> 18:10.749 align:start FORWARD. 18:10.752 --> 18:16.349 align:start FORWARD. 18:16.352 --> 18:24.682 align:start BUT CERTAINLY FOR AN EVENT LIKE 18:24.685 --> 18:27.815 align:start THIS AN IMPORTANT RECOVERY. 18:27.818 --> 18:30.815 align:start WITHOUT CLARITY ABOUT HOW THAT 18:30.818 --> 18:33.849 align:start FUNDING WILL BE SPENT AND WHAT 18:33.852 --> 18:37.815 align:start PROTECTION WILL BE ABLE TO BE 18:37.818 --> 18:39.449 align:start FUNDED, SIGNIFICANT NUMBERS OF 18:39.452 --> 18:40.949 align:start CITIZENS ARE STRUGGLING WITH 18:40.952 --> 18:43.949 align:start WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? 18:43.952 --> 18:44.849 align:start >> A LONG PROCESS. 18:44.852 --> 18:46.182 align:start ALL RIGHT. 18:46.185 --> 18:47.315 align:start >> THAT'S ALL THE TIME WE HAVE 18:47.318 --> 18:48.215 align:start FOR THIS PORTION OF OUR SHOW. 18:48.218 --> 18:49.882 align:start WHEN WE RETURN, WE'LL BE JOINED 18:49.885 --> 18:53.916 align:start BY OUR PANEL TO FURTHER EXPLORE 19:03.018 --> 19:05.049 align:start >> WELCOME BACK TO LOUISIANA 19:05.052 --> 19:06.749 align:start PUBLIC SQUARE. TONIGHT WE'RE 19:06.752 --> 19:08.682 align:start DISCUSSING LOUISIANA'S RECOVERY 19:08.685 --> 19:10.115 align:start FROM RECENT FLOODING. JOINING US 19:10.118 --> 19:12.849 align:start NOW IS OUR PANEL OF EXPERTS. 19:12.852 --> 19:14.115 align:start WAYNE RICKARD IS A FEDERAL 19:14.118 --> 19:15.882 align:start DISASTER RECOVERY COORDINATOR 19:15.885 --> 19:17.615 align:start WITH FEMA. HE HAS SERVED AT FEMA 19:17.618 --> 19:18.882 align:start FOR 26 YEARS IN VARIOUS 19:18.885 --> 19:20.082 align:start POSITIONS, SUCH AS AN EMERGENCY 19:20.085 --> 19:21.849 align:start ANALYST, HAZARD MITIGATION 19:21.852 --> 19:24.016 align:start OFFICER, AND FIELD OFFICE 19:24.019 --> 19:25.349 align:start DIRECTOR. 19:25.352 --> 19:26.615 align:start AVA DEJOIE IS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 19:26.618 --> 19:30.182 align:start OF THE LOUISIANA WORKFORCE 19:30.185 --> 19:32.416 align:start COMMISSION. SHE WAS APPOINTED BY 19:32.419 --> 19:34.882 align:start GOVERNOR JOHN BEL EDWARDS. THE 19:34.885 --> 19:35.916 align:start COMMISSION MONITORS EMPLOYMENT, 19:35.919 --> 19:37.016 align:start PROVIDES TRAINING RESOURCES FOR 19:37.019 --> 19:38.516 align:start EMPLOYERS AND JOB-SEEKERS AND 19:38.519 --> 19:40.682 align:start OVERSEES WORKER COMPENSATION 19:40.685 --> 19:42.849 align:start BENEFITS. 19:42.852 --> 19:44.782 align:start ADAM KNAPP IS PRESIDENT AND CEO 19:44.785 --> 19:45.682 align:start OF THE BATON ROUGE AREA CHAMBER, 19:45.685 --> 19:47.549 align:start A MEMBER OF THE RESTORE 19:47.552 --> 19:48.916 align:start LOUISIANA TASK FORCE, AND A 19:48.919 --> 19:50.315 align:start FORMER MEMBER OF THE LOUISIANA 19:50.318 --> 19:51.982 align:start RECOVERY AUTHORITY, WHICH AIDED 19:51.985 --> 19:54.182 align:start REBUILDING AFTER THE 2005 19:54.185 --> 19:55.449 align:start HURRICANES. 19:55.452 --> 19:56.982 align:start PAT FORBES IS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 19:56.985 --> 19:57.715 align:start OF THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY 19:57.718 --> 19:58.449 align:start DEVELOPMENT AND IS HELPING TO 19:58.452 --> 20:02.815 align:start STRUCTURE THE FLOOD ASSISTANCE 20:02.818 --> 20:04.516 align:start PROGRAMS FUNDED BY THE FEDERAL 20:04.519 --> 20:05.916 align:start DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN 20:05.919 --> 20:07.416 align:start DEVELOPMENT. FORBES ALSO WORKED 20:07.419 --> 20:08.815 align:start WITH THE LRA. 20:08.818 --> 20:11.349 align:start BEFORE WE GO TO OUR AUDIENCE 20:11.352 --> 20:12.416 align:start QUESTIONS, I'D LIKE TO ASK YOU 20:12.419 --> 20:19.115 align:start ALL, FROM YOUR POINT OF VIEW, 20:19.118 --> 20:21.382 align:start WHAT'S THE STATUS OF RECOVERY? 20:21.385 --> 20:23.882 align:start >> I'LL START HERE AND WORK OUR 20:23.885 --> 20:25.682 align:start WAY DOWN THE PANEL. 20:25.685 --> 20:28.682 align:start >> I WOULD SAY IT IS DIFFICULT 20:28.685 --> 20:35.082 align:start TO COMPARE ONE DISASTER TO 20:35.085 --> 20:37.582 align:start ANOTHER. 20:37.585 --> 20:43.949 align:start I THINK WE'RE COMING ALONG WELL. 20:43.952 --> 20:46.016 align:start THEY ARE EXTREMELY RESILIENT. 20:46.019 --> 20:48.282 align:start THEY HAVE TAKEN THE RESOURCES WE 20:48.285 --> 20:49.749 align:start HAVE PUTTING THEM TO WORK AND 20:49.752 --> 20:52.582 align:start DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO MAKE 20:52.585 --> 20:54.782 align:start SURE THAT WE GET THE EXTERNAL 20:54.785 --> 21:03.215 align:start RESOURCES WE NEED. 21:03.218 --> 21:04.482 align:start IT'S JUST BEEN A VERY EFFECTIVE 21:04.485 --> 21:07.549 align:start EFFICIENT RESPONSE. 21:07.552 --> 21:08.349 align:start IT STILL DOESN'T LOOK VERY GOOD 21:08.352 --> 21:12.815 align:start TO YOU RIGHT NOW. 21:12.818 --> 21:17.016 align:start IN TERMS OF LOOKING AT IT AS A 21:17.019 --> 21:22.815 align:start MAJOR DISASTER, WE AS A STATE 21:22.818 --> 21:24.582 align:start ARE DOING WELCOMING BACK. 21:24.585 --> 21:25.615 align:start MAYBE NOW HIGH SCHOOL IF WE WERE 21:25.618 --> 21:27.682 align:start IN HIGH SCHOOL. 21:27.685 --> 21:31.682 align:start MAYBE WE ARE IN SECOND SEMESTER 21:31.685 --> 21:34.649 align:start OF FRESHMAN YEAR. 21:34.652 --> 21:35.115 align:start YOU KNOW WHERE THE BATHROOMS ARE 21:35.118 --> 21:38.416 align:start YET. 21:38.419 --> 21:43.249 align:start WE COME FROM THE VANTAGE POINT 21:43.252 --> 21:45.082 align:start OF ECONOMIC RECOVERY AND LOOK 21:45.085 --> 21:45.482 align:start FOR THE CHALLENGES OF 21:45.485 --> 21:48.749 align:start BUSINESSES. 21:48.752 --> 21:51.482 align:start THE SAME SCENARIOS YOU HEAR ARE 21:51.485 --> 21:52.916 align:start SO MANY BUSINESSES WITHOUT FLOOD 21:52.919 --> 21:53.449 align:start INSURANCE. 21:53.452 --> 21:55.815 align:start AND THE RESOURCES OF RECOVERY 21:55.818 --> 21:56.582 align:start AND THE RESOURCES OF RECOVERY 21:56.585 --> 21:59.115 align:start ARE STILL SLIM. 21:59.118 --> 22:01.449 align:start WE LOOKED AT THE ANALYSIS OF 22:01.452 --> 22:04.182 align:start BUSINESS DATA AND MAYBE 25% ARE 22:04.185 --> 22:06.582 align:start ABLE TO BE ACCESSING WHAT IS 22:06.585 --> 22:07.849 align:start AVAILABLE THROUGH THE S B.A., 22:07.852 --> 22:08.315 align:start THE SMALL BUSINESS 22:08.318 --> 22:10.082 align:start ADMINISTRATION. 22:10.085 --> 22:12.249 align:start SO LARGELY, ANOTHER CHAPTER, 22:12.252 --> 22:14.082 align:start ANOTHER ACT TO COME FOR BUSINESS 22:14.085 --> 22:16.649 align:start RECOVERY IN GENERAL. 22:16.652 --> 22:18.149 align:start >> THIS IS A LOSS AND A TRAGEDY 22:18.152 --> 22:19.615 align:start FOR ALL THOSE THAT WERE FLOODED 22:19.618 --> 22:21.815 align:start AND FOR THOSE THAT WEREN'T 22:21.818 --> 22:22.182 align:start FLOODED IT STILL IMPACTS THEIR 22:22.185 --> 22:24.649 align:start COMMUNITY. 22:24.652 --> 22:27.349 align:start SO IT'S DIFFICULT TO SAY THAT 22:27.352 --> 22:29.649 align:start WHERE YOU ARE IN THAT GRIEVING 22:29.652 --> 22:31.215 align:start PROCESS BECAUSE IT IS VERY MUCH 22:31.218 --> 22:33.315 align:start A PROCESS. 22:33.318 --> 22:36.016 align:start I THINK WE ARE WORKING OUR WAY 22:36.019 --> 22:40.482 align:start AT DIFFERENT PACES THROUGH THE 22:40.485 --> 22:42.282 align:start HEALING AND TO AN EVENTUAL -- I 22:42.285 --> 22:45.582 align:start CAN NEVER SAY CONCLUSION BECAUSE 22:45.585 --> 22:46.516 align:start THE PROCESS IS CONTINUING AND 22:46.519 --> 22:49.215 align:start STARTING OVER. 22:49.218 --> 22:51.115 align:start I THINK IT IS PROCEEDING FOR 22:51.118 --> 22:54.715 align:start EVERYONE AT A DIFFERENT PACE. 22:54.718 --> 22:58.715 align:start >> AS THE GUY ON THIS PANEL WHO 22:58.718 --> 22:59.949 align:start IS BLAMED -- FROM FAMOUS 22:59.952 --> 23:00.782 align:start PERSPECTIVE, WHERE ARE WE IN 23:00.785 --> 23:03.882 align:start THIS PROCESS? 23:03.885 --> 23:06.282 align:start >> WELL, TO USE ADAM'S ANALOGY, 23:06.285 --> 23:09.315 align:start IF WE REVIEW THE HIGH SCHOOL 23:09.318 --> 23:10.682 align:start ANALOGY AS SHORT-TERM RECOVERY, 23:10.685 --> 23:13.649 align:start WHEN WE COMPLETE THAT, WE HAVE 23:13.652 --> 23:15.649 align:start THE LONG-TERM RECOVERY WHICH IS 23:15.652 --> 23:18.782 align:start LIFE FOR US AS A COLLECTIVE. 23:18.785 --> 23:20.382 align:start THE STATE OF LOUISIANA, I THINK, 23:20.385 --> 23:23.715 align:start WAS BECAUSE OF THE SPRINGTIME 23:23.718 --> 23:25.249 align:start FLOOD AND THE IMPACTS OF THOSE 23:25.252 --> 23:26.982 align:start COMMUNITIES AND HOUSEHOLDS, 23:26.985 --> 23:29.649 align:start WE'RE ALREADY LEANING FORWARD. 23:29.652 --> 23:31.882 align:start AND SO WHEN THE AUGUST FLOOD 23:31.885 --> 23:33.782 align:start OCCURRED, A LOT OF MECHANISMS 23:33.785 --> 23:37.149 align:start HAD ALREADY BEEN PUT IN PLACE BY 23:37.152 --> 23:39.582 align:start THE GOVERNOR EDWARDS INCLUDING 23:39.585 --> 23:40.682 align:start THE THOUGHT PROCESS ON THE 23:40.685 --> 23:44.449 align:start GOVERNOR'S TASK FORCE. 23:44.452 --> 23:47.382 align:start AND THE WAY THAT THE FEDERAL 23:47.385 --> 23:51.115 align:start AGENCIES, THE PRIVATE SECTOR AND 23:51.118 --> 23:52.149 align:start NON-PROFITS AND EVEN 23:52.152 --> 23:55.315 align:start PHILANTHROPY, THAT COMMUNITY 23:55.318 --> 23:57.516 align:start WOULD BE WORKING ON THE DISASTER 23:57.519 --> 23:59.049 align:start RECOVERY FROM THE SPRING FLOOD. 23:59.052 --> 24:02.916 align:start SO WHILE THE SECOND FLOOD WAS 24:02.919 --> 24:04.215 align:start EVEN A GREATER MAGNITUDE AND 24:04.218 --> 24:06.282 align:start SCOPE, BECAUSE OF THOSE 24:06.285 --> 24:09.815 align:start MECHANISMS WERE IN PLACE, THINGS 24:09.818 --> 24:12.416 align:start STARTED MOVING FASTER THAN THEY 24:12.419 --> 24:15.182 align:start WOULD NORMALLY HAVE DONE IN THE 24:15.185 --> 24:17.449 align:start FLOOD THAT OCCURRED IN AUGUST. 24:17.452 --> 24:19.149 align:start >> I WANT TO GO TO SOME OF OUR 24:19.152 --> 24:20.282 align:start AUDIENCE QUESTIONS. 24:20.285 --> 24:22.016 align:start THE MOST APPROPRIATE QUESTION IS 24:22.019 --> 24:22.349 align:start RIGHT WHERE I STARTED THIS 24:22.352 --> 24:25.615 align:start PROGRAM. 24:25.618 --> 24:26.115 align:start AND THAT'S GO TO SOME OF THE 24:26.118 --> 24:29.449 align:start VICTIMS. 24:29.452 --> 24:29.749 align:start WHAT'S YOUR QUESTION FOR THIS 24:29.752 --> 24:36.149 align:start PANEL? 24:36.152 --> 24:41.782 align:start >> MY QUESTION IS ON THE I-12 24:41.785 --> 24:45.815 align:start DAM IN WALKER, IS THERE ANY WORK 24:45.818 --> 24:48.315 align:start GOING TO BE DONE TO ALLEVIATE 24:48.318 --> 24:51.049 align:start THAT PROBLEM? 24:51.052 --> 24:53.315 align:start ANY WORK TO BE DONE TO DO 24:53.318 --> 24:56.882 align:start SOMETHING ABOUT THAT? 24:56.885 --> 24:58.115 align:start OR ONLY AS FLOOD VICTIMS SEE 24:58.118 --> 25:00.182 align:start THAT AS A PROBLEM. 25:00.185 --> 25:01.249 align:start >> I HEARD THAT BUT I'M NOT 25:01.252 --> 25:03.982 align:start FAMILIAR WITH WHERE THEY ARE IN 25:03.985 --> 25:05.282 align:start THE STUDY PROCESS FOR 25:05.285 --> 25:07.982 align:start ESTABLISHING WHAT IMPACT IT 25:07.985 --> 25:10.649 align:start MIGHT HAD ON THE FLOODS. 25:10.652 --> 25:15.749 align:start I DO KNOW THAT WE ARE PLANNING 25:15.752 --> 25:16.082 align:start AND MODELING ALL THESE FLOOD 25:16.085 --> 25:19.782 align:start BASINS. 25:19.785 --> 25:20.749 align:start AND WE WILL KNOW THAT WHEN WE 25:20.752 --> 25:27.115 align:start GET DONE. 25:27.118 --> 25:30.382 align:start >> I HAVE A PICTURE OF THE WATER 25:30.385 --> 25:31.916 align:start ON THE NORTH SIDE IS LEVEL. 25:31.919 --> 25:34.182 align:start AND THERE'S NO WATER ON THE 25:34.185 --> 25:37.449 align:start SOUTH SIDE AT ALL. 25:37.452 --> 25:39.115 align:start SO, I MEAN, THAT'S GOT TO TELL 25:39.118 --> 25:41.549 align:start SOMEBODY SOMETHING THAT IF SOME 25:41.552 --> 25:42.482 align:start WATER HAD GOTTEN THROUGH THERE, 25:42.485 --> 25:44.049 align:start MAYBE MY HOUSE -- 25:44.052 --> 25:45.916 align:start >> I THINK PART OF THE PROBLEM 25:45.919 --> 25:48.715 align:start IS I'M NOT SURE ANYBODY HERE ON 25:48.718 --> 25:49.349 align:start OUR PANEL CAN REALLY DIRECTLY 25:49.352 --> 25:51.482 align:start RESPOND TO THAT. 25:51.485 --> 25:51.782 align:start AND IT IS A MATTER OF LITIGATION 25:51.785 --> 25:53.115 align:start NOW. 25:53.118 --> 25:55.115 align:start SO IT'S PROBABLY A DIFFICULT 25:55.118 --> 26:00.049 align:start THING TO TALK ABOUT. 26:00.052 --> 26:01.949 align:start >> I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS -- 26:01.952 --> 26:04.749 align:start TO GIVE EVERYONE THE IDEA OF THE 26:04.752 --> 26:06.682 align:start AMOUNT OF WATER THAT WE RECEIVED 26:06.685 --> 26:09.582 align:start OVER THE DAYS OF RAIN AND 26:09.585 --> 26:11.782 align:start FLOODING, IT WOULD TAKE THE 26:11.785 --> 26:13.349 align:start MISSISSIPPI RIVER 17 DAYS TO 26:13.352 --> 26:15.916 align:start DRAIN THAT AMOUNT OF WATER INTO 26:15.919 --> 26:18.982 align:start THE GULF OF MEXICO. 26:18.985 --> 26:21.416 align:start SO IMAGINE, YOU KNOW, THE MOUTH 26:21.419 --> 26:23.582 align:start OF THE RIVER, 17 DAYS. 26:23.585 --> 26:23.949 align:start THAT'S HOW MUCH WATER WE'VE 26:23.952 --> 26:25.749 align:start RECEIVED. 26:25.752 --> 26:27.215 align:start >> WHAT ABOUT CASEY. 26:27.218 --> 26:28.782 align:start CAN YOU RESPOND AT ALL TO THIS 26:28.785 --> 26:30.982 align:start ABOUT THE WHOLE IDEA OF 26:30.985 --> 26:33.849 align:start DIVERTING SOME OF THAT WATER AND 26:33.852 --> 26:34.215 align:start PREVENTING THESE THINGS FROM 26:34.218 --> 26:36.815 align:start HAPPENING? 26:36.818 --> 26:40.449 align:start >> AS WE LOOK FORWARD AND 26:40.452 --> 26:42.482 align:start MR. FORBES MENTIONED AND LOOK AT 26:42.485 --> 26:46.182 align:start THE CURRENT CONDITIONS AND HAVE 26:46.185 --> 26:47.715 align:start THE DATA AND THE INFORMATION TO 26:47.718 --> 26:51.382 align:start HELP US LOOK FORWARD INTO THE 26:51.385 --> 26:53.282 align:start FUTURE IN TERMS OF WHAT DOES THE 26:53.285 --> 26:56.749 align:start BUILT ENVIRONMENT LOOK LIKE. 26:56.752 --> 26:58.182 align:start WHETHER IT'S ROADS, 26:58.185 --> 26:59.016 align:start INFRASTRUCTURE, SUBDIVISIONS OR 26:59.019 --> 26:59.482 align:start INFRASTRUCTURE, SUBDIVISIONS OR 26:59.485 --> 27:00.649 align:start WHATEVER IT IS. 27:00.652 --> 27:00.949 align:start ALL OF THOSE THINGS COME INTO 27:00.952 --> 27:04.349 align:start PLAY. 27:04.352 --> 27:09.982 align:start THE RIVER SYSTEMS THEMSELVES ARE 27:09.985 --> 27:12.782 align:start CHANGING AND ARE LIVING SYSTEMS. 27:12.785 --> 27:14.749 align:start SO ONE OF THE THINGS THEY ASK US 27:14.752 --> 27:17.249 align:start TO DO IS LOOK AT LARGE SCALE 27:17.252 --> 27:19.282 align:start SOLUTIONS AND TRY TO ADDRESS THE 27:19.285 --> 27:22.082 align:start LARGE-SCALE PROBLEMS WE HAVE 27:22.085 --> 27:22.449 align:start EXPERIENCED WITH THOSE TYPE OF 27:22.452 --> 27:26.582 align:start SOLUTIONS. 27:26.585 --> 27:26.949 align:start >> I WANT TO MOVE TO BUTCH 27:26.952 --> 27:28.549 align:start BROWNING. 27:28.552 --> 27:29.249 align:start AND I WANT TO CHANGE THE SUBJECT 27:29.252 --> 27:32.315 align:start A LITTLE BIT. 27:32.318 --> 27:32.715 align:start I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THIS IN A 27:32.718 --> 27:34.282 align:start LITTLE BIT. 27:34.285 --> 27:36.849 align:start THE FIRE SERVICE IS BEING 27:36.852 --> 27:38.649 align:start AFFECTED BY THIS IN TWO WAYS. 27:38.652 --> 27:40.249 align:start ONE, YOU ARE FLOOD VICTIMS. 27:40.252 --> 27:43.049 align:start LOST A LOT OF FIRE HOUSES. 27:43.052 --> 27:45.549 align:start AND TWO, THE WHOLE IDEA OF TAX 27:45.552 --> 27:47.049 align:start COLLECTIONS BEING IMPACTED BY 27:47.052 --> 27:47.949 align:start THIS AFFECTS YOUR FUNDING. 27:47.952 --> 27:49.315 align:start >> CORRECT. 27:49.318 --> 27:52.215 align:start THIS IS A GREAT FORMAT AND I 27:52.218 --> 27:56.115 align:start APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING THE 27:56.118 --> 27:57.082 align:start FACES OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE 27:57.085 --> 27:58.516 align:start HURTING. 27:58.519 --> 28:01.815 align:start INCREASED RESPONSE TIMES. 28:01.818 --> 28:03.215 align:start WE SEE MORE EMERGENCIES AFTER A 28:03.218 --> 28:07.182 align:start DISASTER. 28:07.185 --> 28:08.715 align:start BUT THE REAL BLOW FROM THE 28:08.718 --> 28:11.549 align:start FIREFIGHTERS WHO HAD TO GO HOME 28:11.552 --> 28:15.582 align:start AND DEAL WITH THE OWN HOMES. 28:15.585 --> 28:17.582 align:start THE REAL PROBLEM IS MOST OF 28:17.585 --> 28:20.416 align:start THOSE OPERATE ON TAXES. 28:20.419 --> 28:22.449 align:start AND WE'VE ALREADY SEEN THE 28:22.452 --> 28:25.516 align:start REASSESSMENT OF PROPERTY AND 28:25.519 --> 28:27.949 align:start TAXES IN DECEMBER WOULD BE 28:27.952 --> 28:33.016 align:start DISPERSED GOING DOWN. 28:33.019 --> 28:33.382 align:start NOW, THE GOVERNOR ACTED REAL 28:33.385 --> 28:43.815 align:start QUICKLY. 28:43.818 --> 28:45.449 align:start IT'S A LONG PROGRAM. 28:45.452 --> 28:46.416 align:start TAKEN MONEY TO PAY TAL REES 28:46.419 --> 28:49.516 align:start RIGHT NOW. 28:49.519 --> 28:52.815 align:start SO IT'S REAL SCARY TO SAY 28:52.818 --> 28:54.849 align:start NOTHING ABOUT THE LONG-TERM 28:54.852 --> 28:57.016 align:start READINESS. 28:57.019 --> 29:01.416 align:start THE GOVERNOR BROUGHT US TOGETHER 29:01.419 --> 29:03.649 align:start AND DID AN EXERCISE. 29:03.652 --> 29:05.749 align:start AND HAD THAT HAVE HAPPENED, BEEN 29:05.752 --> 29:10.649 align:start CALLING THE RESOURCE TO RESPOND 29:10.652 --> 29:15.349 align:start BECAUSE WE LOST A LOT OF 29:15.352 --> 29:16.916 align:start RESOURCES. 29:16.919 --> 29:17.582 align:start AND GET THESE FIRE STATIONS BACK 29:17.585 --> 29:20.382 align:start IN SHAPE. 29:20.385 --> 29:26.516 align:start >> LET'S TURN THAT INTO A 29:26.519 --> 29:26.882 align:start QUESTION. 29:26.885 --> 29:27.682 align:start QUESTION. 29:27.685 --> 29:29.416 align:start >> HOW DO WE DEAL WITH THE 29:29.419 --> 29:32.715 align:start PARTICULAR ENTITIES. 29:32.718 --> 29:34.416 align:start OUR LOCAL COMMUNITIES OUR 29:34.419 --> 29:36.715 align:start BIGGEST CONCERN HAS BEEN THE 29:36.718 --> 29:37.016 align:start AFFECT OF WHAT YOU JUST TALKED 29:37.019 --> 29:40.982 align:start ABOUT. 29:40.985 --> 29:42.949 align:start THE REASSESSMENT CHANGING OF 29:42.952 --> 29:43.749 align:start REVENUE THROUGH THE FIRE 29:43.752 --> 29:45.016 align:start DISTRICTS AS WELL AS GENERAL 29:45.019 --> 29:46.282 align:start SERVICES OF GOVERNMENT. 29:46.285 --> 29:49.282 align:start WE HAVE EXPECTATIONS OF 29:49.285 --> 29:50.982 align:start GOVERNMENT WORKING TO PROVIDE 29:50.985 --> 29:52.416 align:start SERVICES. 29:52.419 --> 29:55.182 align:start AND THERE'S A BIG CHALLENGE TO 29:55.185 --> 29:58.382 align:start THE COMMUNITIES RIGHT NOW. 29:58.385 --> 30:00.916 align:start AS FAR AS PLANNING INTO NEXT 30:00.919 --> 30:03.449 align:start YEAR, THIS COMING MONTH AND THEY 30:03.452 --> 30:10.049 align:start ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO JANUARY 30:10.052 --> 30:11.916 align:start WITH A BIG QUESTION MARK. 30:11.919 --> 30:14.115 align:start THEY ARE ALSO DOING THE RIGHT 30:14.118 --> 30:16.516 align:start THING TO GIVE SOME AMOUNT OF 30:16.519 --> 30:19.382 align:start PROPERTY TAX RELIEF TO 30:19.385 --> 30:20.182 align:start HOMEOWNERS WHO ARE SITTING ON 30:20.185 --> 30:21.849 align:start PROPERTY THAT'S DAMAGED. 30:21.852 --> 30:23.715 align:start AND THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY 30:23.718 --> 30:25.349 align:start ARE NOT PAYING PROPERTY TAXES ON 30:25.352 --> 30:27.349 align:start A PROPERTY THAT MIGHT HAVE HAD A 30:27.352 --> 30:29.149 align:start LOWER ASSESSED VALUE. 30:29.152 --> 30:30.582 align:start SO THERE'S THIS REAL GIVE AND 30:30.585 --> 30:33.149 align:start TAKE THAT'S HAPPENING WHICH IS 30:33.152 --> 30:34.682 align:start HOW DO YOU MAKE SURE THE 30:34.685 --> 30:37.182 align:start SERVICES ARE AVAILABLE WHERE 30:37.185 --> 30:38.815 align:start THEY ARE NOT PAYING TOO MUCH 30:38.818 --> 30:40.749 align:start RIGHT NOW. 30:40.752 --> 30:44.249 align:start IT IS A REAL PROBLEM THAT IS 30:44.252 --> 30:45.215 align:start BEHIND THE SCENES FOR MOST 30:45.218 --> 30:47.649 align:start FOLKS. 30:47.652 --> 30:50.382 align:start >> THEY WON'T BE ABLE TO PAY 30:50.385 --> 30:50.649 align:start THEIR BILLS AND LAY FIREFIGHTERS 30:50.652 --> 30:51.682 align:start OFF. 30:51.685 --> 30:54.949 align:start SO IT IS A PROBLEM. 30:54.952 --> 30:55.449 align:start IN THE KATRINA MODEL, I CAN 30:55.452 --> 30:57.249 align:start REMEMBER THAT. 30:57.252 --> 31:00.215 align:start AND AT THE END OF THAT PERIOD, 31:00.218 --> 31:02.182 align:start THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR GAVE 31:02.185 --> 31:05.715 align:start THOSE LOANS. 31:05.718 --> 31:07.982 align:start SO I ASKED THE TASK FORCE TO 31:07.985 --> 31:10.115 align:start RESEARCH THAT PARADIGM SO WE CAN 31:10.118 --> 31:14.315 align:start LEARN FROM THAT. 31:14.318 --> 31:19.549 align:start >> AND YOU TALK ABOUT THOSE 31:19.552 --> 31:21.815 align:start ENTITIES AND SHE'S OVER EXTENDED 31:21.818 --> 31:23.982 align:start HERSELF TO DEAL WITH THIS. 31:23.985 --> 31:27.849 align:start THE WHOLE PROCESS OF GETTING 31:27.852 --> 31:30.149 align:start LOANS ACTUALLY DOUBLES YOU UP 31:30.152 --> 31:30.549 align:start BOTH FIRE DEPARTMENT AND 31:30.552 --> 31:33.016 align:start INDIVIDUALS. 31:33.019 --> 31:36.849 align:start HOW DO WE DEAL WITH THAT? 31:36.852 --> 31:39.815 align:start >> I WILL SAY THAT THE GOVERNOR 31:39.818 --> 31:43.382 align:start HAS GONE TO WASHINGTON D.C. AND 31:43.385 --> 31:46.882 align:start REQUESTED $3.7 BILLION TO HELP 31:46.885 --> 31:52.282 align:start WITH SOME OF THOSE PROBLEMS. 31:52.285 --> 31:54.782 align:start OUR EXPERIENCE IN DISASTER IS 31:54.785 --> 31:56.349 align:start THAT EVERYBODY GETS MADE WHOLE 31:56.352 --> 32:03.982 align:start AND THE BEST THAT YOU CAN TRY TO 32:03.985 --> 32:06.349 align:start DO IS TRY TO HELP EVERYBODY THAT 32:06.352 --> 32:08.982 align:start YOU CAN ACHIEVE THE RECOVERY. 32:08.985 --> 32:13.482 align:start AND REBUILD ON THEIR OWN WITHOUT 32:13.485 --> 32:17.949 align:start ANY HELP, THE GOVERNOR IS IN 32:17.952 --> 32:21.049 align:start WASHINGTON, TRYING TO GET FUNDS. 32:21.052 --> 32:22.682 align:start MORE THAN THE $428 MILLION WE 32:22.685 --> 32:26.849 align:start HAVE RIGHT NOW. 32:26.852 --> 32:27.249 align:start SO WE HAVE A BROADER RANGE OF 32:27.252 --> 32:29.549 align:start DEAL. 32:29.552 --> 32:32.282 align:start IT'S A FRACTION OF THE AMOUNT OF 32:32.285 --> 32:34.282 align:start MONEY THEY NEED TO HELP THE 32:34.285 --> 32:36.449 align:start HOMEOWNERS WHO HAD MAJOR SEVERE 32:36.452 --> 32:36.815 align:start DAMAGE AND DID NOT HAVE FLOOD 32:36.818 --> 32:37.749 align:start INSURANCE. 32:37.752 --> 32:41.082 align:start >> WHEN ARE PEOPLE GOING TO 32:41.085 --> 32:43.149 align:start START SEEING IN THEIR HOMES AND 32:43.152 --> 32:45.349 align:start CHECKBOOKS THAT $438 MILLION? 32:45.352 --> 32:48.382 align:start >> WELL, AS YOU MIGHT GUESS, 32:48.385 --> 32:51.082 align:start LONG PROCESS TO MAKE THE MONEY 32:51.085 --> 32:54.349 align:start AVAILABLE. 32:54.352 --> 32:55.916 align:start WHAT WE'RE WAITING FOR IS HAS TO 32:55.919 --> 32:58.882 align:start WRITE A THING THAT DESCRIBES THE 32:58.885 --> 33:01.615 align:start WAY THE MONEY CAN BE SPENT. 33:01.618 --> 33:03.182 align:start AT THAT POINT, WE'LL TELL THEM 33:03.185 --> 33:06.982 align:start HOW WE WANT TO SPEND THE FIRST 33:06.985 --> 33:09.749 align:start BATCH OF MONEY AND WE'LL START 33:09.752 --> 33:11.782 align:start HAVING PROGRAMS PROBABLY 33:11.785 --> 33:13.649 align:start SOMETIME IN THE SPRING, 33:13.652 --> 33:16.482 align:start SOMETHING LIKE THAT WHEN PEOPLE 33:16.485 --> 33:19.315 align:start CAN ACCESS MONEY FROM THIS. 33:19.318 --> 33:21.282 align:start >> THAT'S A LONG TIME. 33:21.285 --> 33:22.715 align:start >> IT'S NOT A LONG TIME COMPARED 33:22.718 --> 33:23.815 align:start TO MOST DISASTERS. 33:23.818 --> 33:26.315 align:start IT'S FAIRLEIGH SHORT. 33:26.318 --> 33:28.582 align:start >> I'M SURE IT MAKES ALL THE 33:28.585 --> 33:30.082 align:start VICTIMS IN HERE FEEL GREAT TO 33:30.085 --> 33:31.149 align:start KNOW THAT. 33:31.152 --> 33:33.082 align:start >> THERE ARE WITHIN THE 33:33.085 --> 33:35.849 align:start CONSTRAINTS OF HOW THIS MONEY IS 33:35.852 --> 33:39.749 align:start APPROPRIATED BY CONGRESS AND 33:39.752 --> 33:41.882 align:start ALLOCATED BY HUD AND APPROVED BY 33:41.885 --> 33:43.715 align:start HUD THAT WE ARE DOING EVERYTHING 33:43.718 --> 33:45.916 align:start WE CAN TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S AS 33:45.919 --> 33:49.016 align:start FAST AS POSSIBLE. 33:49.019 --> 33:51.682 align:start AND NEVER BE FAST ENOUGH. 33:51.685 --> 33:54.916 align:start YOU REALLY SORT OF -- THE FEMA 33:54.919 --> 33:56.715 align:start COMING IN AFTER THE DISASTER IS 33:56.718 --> 33:57.615 align:start IMMEDIATE RELIEF TO TRY TO HELP 33:57.618 --> 33:59.782 align:start PEOPLE MAKE IT THROUGH. 33:59.785 --> 34:02.315 align:start AND THE LONG-TERM RECOVERY IS 34:02.318 --> 34:04.815 align:start WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO FUND. 34:04.818 --> 34:08.582 align:start SO PEOPLE CAN BE MADE WHOLE AND 34:08.585 --> 34:13.449 align:start NOT HAVE THAT HUGE DAMAGE TO 34:13.452 --> 34:14.449 align:start THEIR FUTURE, AND RETIRE, THOSE 34:14.452 --> 34:16.315 align:start KINDS OF THINGS. 34:16.318 --> 34:18.882 align:start >> THE LOAN PROGRAMS WHETHER 34:18.885 --> 34:21.349 align:start IT'S S B.A. OR THE COMMUNITY 34:21.352 --> 34:23.516 align:start DISASTER LOAN PROGRAM THROUGH 34:23.519 --> 34:25.082 align:start ASSISTANCE PROGRAM ARE JUST 34:25.085 --> 34:26.882 align:start SAFETY NETS. 34:26.885 --> 34:28.149 align:start SO FOR THOSE WHO AVAIL 34:28.152 --> 34:31.982 align:start THEMSELVES OF THAT, IT'S 34:31.985 --> 34:35.049 align:start PROBABLY HAPPENED AT A VITAL 34:35.052 --> 34:35.349 align:start TIME. 34:35.352 --> 34:37.282 align:start TIME. 34:37.285 --> 34:37.649 align:start RECOUGH REE IS GOING TO BE 34:37.652 --> 34:43.249 align:start LONG-TERM. 34:43.252 --> 34:45.349 align:start THE TRADITIONAL PROGRAMS ARE 34:45.352 --> 34:49.882 align:start SHORT-TERM. 34:49.885 --> 34:50.282 align:start AND IN DISASTERS AND APPOINTED 34:50.285 --> 34:55.349 align:start TO. 34:55.352 --> 35:06.282 align:start WE BRING IN AGENCIES TO BRIDGE 35:06.285 --> 35:08.849 align:start THE GAP. 35:08.852 --> 35:10.815 align:start WE HAVE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 35:10.818 --> 35:12.016 align:start WORKING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 35:12.019 --> 35:15.016 align:start ADMINISTRATION WORKING WITH US 35:15.019 --> 35:17.449 align:start ON BUSINESS RECOVERY AND IMPACTS 35:17.452 --> 35:18.582 align:start TO BUSINESSES AND HOW WE CAN 35:18.585 --> 35:19.649 align:start LESSEN SOME OF THE DISRUPTIONS 35:19.652 --> 35:21.615 align:start IN THE FUTURE. 35:21.618 --> 35:23.849 align:start WE'RE WORKING WITH HEALTH AND 35:23.852 --> 35:27.815 align:start HUMAN SERVICES ON HEALTH AND 35:27.818 --> 35:30.482 align:start SOCIAL SERVICES ISSUES BECAUSE 35:30.485 --> 35:36.349 align:start OF ALL OF THIS POPULATIONS FROM 35:36.352 --> 35:37.949 align:start THE FLOOD. 35:37.952 --> 35:39.782 align:start HAVING TO SHOW CHILDREN BACK AND 35:39.785 --> 35:42.516 align:start FORTH BETWEEN SCHOOLS THAT MAYBE 35:42.519 --> 35:43.115 align:start WEREN'T THEIR NORMAL SCHOOL OF 35:43.118 --> 35:45.615 align:start RECORD. 35:45.618 --> 35:47.549 align:start AND THEN WE'VE BEEN DISPLACED. 35:47.552 --> 35:50.882 align:start THE DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR 35:50.885 --> 35:55.749 align:start LOOKING AT NATURAL AND CULTURAL 35:55.752 --> 35:58.516 align:start RESOURCE ISSUES SO THEY ARE 35:58.519 --> 36:05.282 align:start BRINGING THEIR RESOURCES TO BEAR 36:05.285 --> 36:07.715 align:start UNDER THEIR CITY STATE PROGRAMS. 36:07.718 --> 36:08.382 align:start >> WE'VE FALLEN INTO A 36:08.385 --> 36:11.282 align:start THREE-PART QUESTION. 36:11.285 --> 36:12.916 align:start AND I WANT TO TURN TO YOU AND 36:12.919 --> 36:16.315 align:start SEE ARE YOU HEARING WHAT YOU 36:16.318 --> 36:18.115 align:start WANT TO HEAR HERE? 36:18.118 --> 36:19.449 align:start >> I LIKE TO KNOW THE PLAN. 36:19.452 --> 36:19.815 align:start THAT WAS THE FIRST PART OF MY 36:19.818 --> 36:23.315 align:start QUESTION. 36:23.318 --> 36:31.082 align:start I KNEW THAT WE HAD $438 MILLION 36:31.085 --> 36:33.082 align:start WE ALREADY RECEIVED. 36:33.085 --> 36:36.082 align:start BUT MY MAIN QUESTION WAS WHY 36:36.085 --> 36:48.249 align:start WEREN'T WE SEEING THIS BEING 36:48.252 --> 36:50.382 align:start IMPLEMENTED ALREADY? 36:50.385 --> 36:52.416 align:start AND I JUST HAD A QUESTION 36:52.419 --> 36:53.849 align:start WONDERING THE OTHER TWO PARTS TO 36:53.852 --> 37:00.049 align:start MY QUESTION WERE WHENEVER YOU 37:00.052 --> 37:04.749 align:start ALL GO TO DISPERSE THIS MONEY, 37:04.752 --> 37:05.416 align:start IS THERE A BETTER WAY TO EVENLY 37:05.419 --> 37:07.782 align:start DISPERSE IT? 37:07.785 --> 37:09.416 align:start I'VE HEARD MANY ACCOUNTS OF 37:09.419 --> 37:11.182 align:start PEOPLE WHO WHEN THEY GOT THEIR 37:11.185 --> 37:14.082 align:start PROPERTIES ASSESSED, THIS PERSON 37:14.085 --> 37:16.815 align:start GOT $25 FOR A REFRIGERATOR AND 37:16.818 --> 37:18.049 align:start THIS PERSON GOT $300 FOR A 37:18.052 --> 37:20.082 align:start DISHWASHER AND DIDN'T EVEN HAVE 37:20.085 --> 37:22.982 align:start A DISHWASHER TO START OFF WITH. 37:22.985 --> 37:24.916 align:start SO THAT WAS MY QUESTION. 37:24.919 --> 37:27.182 align:start I READ ABOUT SOME OF THE 37:27.185 --> 37:29.449 align:start INSTANCES DURING KATRINA WHERE 37:29.452 --> 37:31.115 align:start THEY BASED THE FEDERAL MONEY 37:31.118 --> 37:33.049 align:start BASED ON THE PROPERTY VALUE OF 37:33.052 --> 37:35.382 align:start THE HOUSE AND NOT ON THE DAMAGE. 37:35.385 --> 37:37.749 align:start SO I WAS WONDERING IF THERE 37:37.752 --> 37:38.916 align:start WOULD BE A MORE EVEN FAIRWAY TO 37:38.919 --> 37:40.416 align:start DISPERSE THE MONEY OUT? 37:40.419 --> 37:42.782 align:start >> THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. 37:42.785 --> 37:45.982 align:start >> IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE 37:45.985 --> 37:50.982 align:start COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FUNDS, THE 37:50.985 --> 37:52.416 align:start $438 MILLION, ALL THE DAMAGE 37:52.419 --> 37:53.916 align:start EVALUATIONS WILL BE THAT. 37:53.919 --> 37:54.282 align:start HOW MUCH DAMAGE YOUR HOME 37:54.285 --> 37:56.682 align:start RECEIVED. 37:56.685 --> 37:58.016 align:start WON'T BE ANY CONSIDERATION OF 37:58.019 --> 37:59.149 align:start PRE-STORM VALUE. 37:59.152 --> 38:00.815 align:start BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE NEED 38:00.818 --> 38:03.149 align:start TO GET BACK IN THEIR HOMES AND 38:03.152 --> 38:06.482 align:start HAVE A PLACE TO LIVE. 38:06.485 --> 38:10.416 align:start WITH RESPECT TO FAIRNESS, I HAVE 38:10.419 --> 38:12.815 align:start TO SAY THAT SOING SOMETHING 38:12.818 --> 38:21.315 align:start EVERYBODY SEES IS FAIR IS ALMOST 38:21.318 --> 38:23.949 align:start ALWAYS IMPOSSIBLE. 38:23.952 --> 38:30.115 align:start WHAT THAT MEANS RIGHT NOW IS 38:30.118 --> 38:32.715 align:start THAT WE ARE ASKING FOR $3 38:32.718 --> 38:34.349 align:start BILLION JUST TO HELP HOMEOWNERS. 38:34.352 --> 38:36.882 align:start RIGHT NOW WE HAVE $438 MILLION. 38:36.885 --> 38:38.215 align:start SO WE HAVE TO LOOK AT SOME 38:38.218 --> 38:39.949 align:start SUBSET OF THE POPULATION FOR WHO 38:39.952 --> 38:42.615 align:start WE ARE GOING TO HELP FIRST. 38:42.618 --> 38:44.049 align:start AND MOST LIKELY, THE FOLKS AND 38:44.052 --> 38:45.016 align:start WE HAVE A TASK FORCE MEETING 38:45.019 --> 38:47.549 align:start THIS FRIDAY. 38:47.552 --> 38:49.482 align:start SO THAT'S YET TO BE DECIDED. 38:49.485 --> 38:51.982 align:start BUT MOST LIKELY THAT POPULATION 38:51.985 --> 38:56.382 align:start WILL BE LOW TO MODERATE INCOME. 38:56.385 --> 38:56.715 align:start THEY WON'T LIVE IN THE FLOOD 38:56.718 --> 38:59.182 align:start PLAIN. 38:59.185 --> 39:00.315 align:start THEY WON'T HAVE FLOOD INSURANCE. 39:00.318 --> 39:01.549 align:start FOLKS WHO HAVE FLOOD INSURANCE 39:01.552 --> 39:10.882 align:start HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GET BACK IN 39:10.885 --> 39:12.549 align:start THEIR HOMES OR HAVE A PLAN. 39:12.552 --> 39:14.449 align:start SO WHEN THE RESOURCES ARE LESS 39:14.452 --> 39:15.882 align:start THAN WE NEED TO GET EVERYBODY 39:15.885 --> 39:19.082 align:start BACK WHERE THEY NEED TO BE, 39:19.085 --> 39:21.349 align:start WE'VE HAD TO START MAKING SOME 39:21.352 --> 39:21.715 align:start SORTS OF PRIORITIZATION 39:21.718 --> 39:28.082 align:start DECISIONS. 39:28.085 --> 39:30.315 align:start THOSE DECISIONS ARE WHAT WE 39:30.318 --> 39:34.682 align:start EXPECT THEM TO DO IS HELP THE 39:34.685 --> 39:37.782 align:start MOST VULNERABLE POST. 39:37.785 --> 39:48.882 align:start TO ACCESS OTHER RESOURCES TO GET 39:48.885 --> 39:51.715 align:start BACK IN THEIR HOMES. 39:51.718 --> 39:52.615 align:start >> WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SO MANY 39:52.618 --> 39:54.949 align:start DIFFERENT PEOPLE. 39:54.952 --> 39:57.615 align:start WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FIRE 39:57.618 --> 40:02.149 align:start DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES AND 40:02.152 --> 40:05.282 align:start PEOPLE'S JOBS. 40:05.285 --> 40:10.682 align:start A LOT OF COMPONENTS THAT HAVE 40:10.685 --> 40:13.115 align:start ALL BEEN DAMAGED. 40:13.118 --> 40:13.416 align:start AND YOU HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT 40:13.419 --> 40:14.382 align:start THAT. 40:14.385 --> 40:18.715 align:start >> I DO. 40:18.718 --> 40:19.649 align:start FROM 2004 AND 2008, ADAM AND I 40:19.652 --> 40:22.682 align:start WORKED TOGETHER. 40:22.685 --> 40:32.115 align:start WE ALL WORKED TOGETHER ON THIS 40:32.118 --> 40:34.782 align:start ISSUE. 40:34.785 --> 40:36.416 align:start ADAM IS CHAIRING THE 40:36.419 --> 40:38.849 align:start SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE TASK FORCE 40:38.852 --> 40:42.982 align:start DEAL WITHING SMALL BUSINESS 40:42.985 --> 40:45.549 align:start RECOVERY. 40:45.552 --> 40:48.049 align:start SO WE CAN TELL THEM WHAT'S GOING 40:48.052 --> 40:48.315 align:start ON. 40:48.318 --> 40:50.115 align:start ON. 40:50.118 --> 40:51.682 align:start OUR WORKING GROUP HAS BEEN 40:51.685 --> 40:53.215 align:start CONSIDERING WHERE THE VAST 40:53.218 --> 40:55.916 align:start MAJORITY HAS BEEN. 40:55.919 --> 40:56.682 align:start IMPACTING SMALL FIRMS MORE THAN 40:56.685 --> 41:00.649 align:start ANYTHING ELSE. 41:00.652 --> 41:01.249 align:start AND THE LACK OF RESOURCES ARE 41:01.252 --> 41:03.649 align:start THERE. 41:03.652 --> 41:06.349 align:start FROM SOME OF THE DATA WE PULLED 41:06.352 --> 41:08.416 align:start TO THE BUSINESSES SOMEWHERE 41:08.419 --> 41:12.182 align:start AROUND 14% HAD FLOOD INSURANCE. 41:12.185 --> 41:12.582 align:start WE'VE SEEN SOME OF THE DATA ON 41:12.585 --> 41:16.982 align:start HOMEOWNERS. 41:16.985 --> 41:19.215 align:start WHAT THE PROGRAM, AGAIN, $438 41:19.218 --> 41:22.382 align:start MILLION IS NOT GOING TO HAVE A 41:22.385 --> 41:24.782 align:start HUGE -- THAT LIMITED POOL 41:24.785 --> 41:25.715 align:start FOCUSED ALREADY ON HOMEOWNERS 41:25.718 --> 41:27.482 align:start AND RIGHTLY SO. 41:27.485 --> 41:29.582 align:start THE LIMITED AMOUNT OF RESOURCES 41:29.585 --> 41:31.215 align:start ARE FOCUSED ON TRYING TO GET 41:31.218 --> 41:33.149 align:start SOME INITIAL ASSISTANCE TO 41:33.152 --> 41:37.049 align:start BUSINESSES THAT ARE NOT GOING TO 41:37.052 --> 41:39.082 align:start BE ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE 41:39.085 --> 41:41.549 align:start PROGRAMS. 41:41.552 --> 41:44.115 align:start IF MORE APPROPRIATIONS COME, 41:44.118 --> 41:51.349 align:start BRIDGE ASSISTANCE THROUGH 41:51.352 --> 41:55.516 align:start EXISTING BANKS. 41:55.519 --> 41:58.549 align:start WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING WHICH IS 41:58.552 --> 41:59.949 align:start FOR A BLEND OF GRANTS AND LOANS 41:59.952 --> 42:02.615 align:start TO GET THEM INITIAL EQUIPMENT 42:02.618 --> 42:03.149 align:start THROUGH GRANTS AND LOAN ASSIST 42:03.152 --> 42:07.482 align:start ASSISTANCE TO S B.A. LOANS FOR. 42:07.485 --> 42:10.049 align:start ASSISTANCE TO S B.A. LOANS FOR. 42:10.052 --> 42:11.382 align:start THE CHALLENGE WE'VE SEEN IS 42:11.385 --> 42:14.849 align:start FOLKS DON'T NECESSARILY WANT TO 42:14.852 --> 42:16.282 align:start COME IN AND BORROW AND TAKE ON 42:16.285 --> 42:18.649 align:start DEBT. 42:18.652 --> 42:20.882 align:start YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO 42:20.885 --> 42:22.649 align:start HAPPEN NEXT. 42:22.652 --> 42:23.649 align:start THE PEOPLE THAT NEED YOUR DENTAL 42:23.652 --> 42:26.482 align:start SERVICES ANY MORE. 42:26.485 --> 42:29.215 align:start ALL OF YOUR THINGS ARE TIED INTO 42:29.218 --> 42:29.615 align:start THE COMMUNITY RECOVERY AT THE 42:29.618 --> 42:33.315 align:start SAME TIME. 42:33.318 --> 42:34.582 align:start ALL OF THE ECONOMIC RECOVERY IS 42:34.585 --> 42:35.649 align:start CENTERED ON HOMEOWNER AND 42:35.652 --> 42:37.615 align:start INDIVIDUAL RECOVERY. 42:37.618 --> 42:38.949 align:start AND THEN RECOGNIZING BUSINESS 42:38.952 --> 42:40.849 align:start RECOVERY WILL COME AS 42:40.852 --> 42:42.516 align:start COMMUNITIES RECOVERY WITH THE 42:42.519 --> 42:43.182 align:start HOPE SOME OF THE PROGRAMS CAN 42:43.185 --> 42:44.782 align:start STAND UP. 42:44.785 --> 42:46.016 align:start >> MANY OF THESE SMALL 42:46.019 --> 42:48.282 align:start BUSINESSES, THE PEOPLE THAT WORK 42:48.285 --> 42:50.215 align:start THERE ARE OUT OF WORK NOW. 42:50.218 --> 42:51.949 align:start SO WHAT ARE WE DOING FOR THE 42:51.952 --> 42:55.349 align:start PEOPLE WHO HAVE LOST THEIR JOBS? 42:55.352 --> 43:06.749 align:start >> WELL, IMMEDIATELY THE 43:06.752 --> 43:09.016 align:start GOVERNOR SIGNED WE SECURED A 43:09.019 --> 43:10.615 align:start MILLION DOLLARS FROM U.S. DOL. 43:10.618 --> 43:12.615 align:start THE WORKFORCE COMMISSION 43:12.618 --> 43:14.682 align:start PROCESSED OVER 7,000 DISASTER 43:14.685 --> 43:15.182 align:start UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMS IN THE 22 43:15.185 --> 43:18.282 align:start PERISH AREA. 43:18.285 --> 43:21.016 align:start WE'RE BEGINNING TO SEE A DECLINE 43:21.019 --> 43:36.516 align:start IN CONTINUING WEEKLY CLAIMS. 43:36.519 --> 43:40.315 align:start SOME PEOPLE TRANSITIONING OFF. 43:40.318 --> 43:43.149 align:start WE HAVE DISASTERS. 43:43.152 --> 43:45.682 align:start SECRETARY SEAN WILSON, THE 43:45.685 --> 43:51.149 align:start WORKFORCE COMMISSION RECEIVES 43:51.152 --> 43:54.682 align:start TEMPORARY JOB ASSISTANCE MONEY. 43:54.685 --> 43:56.049 align:start AND WE'RE SPENDING ABOUT $4.2 43:56.052 --> 44:00.149 align:start MILLION IN THAT. 44:00.152 --> 44:03.582 align:start WE ARE ABLE TO HIRE FOLKS TO 44:03.585 --> 44:05.449 align:start DISTRIBUTE GOODS AND ASSIST 44:05.452 --> 44:10.149 align:start THOSE THAT MAY NEED ANY TYPE OF 44:10.152 --> 44:11.582 align:start PUBLIC ASSISTANCE SERVICES. 44:11.585 --> 44:11.882 align:start ACTUALLY SERVE AS THE STORE 44:11.885 --> 44:15.282 align:start HERE. 44:15.285 --> 44:18.382 align:start IT WAS A GREAT PUBLIC 44:18.385 --> 44:19.615 align:start PARTNERSHIP. 44:19.618 --> 44:21.815 align:start AND SOME OF THE CONTINUED CLEAN 44:21.818 --> 44:27.582 align:start UP EFFORTS ON THE INTERSTATES 44:27.585 --> 44:32.982 align:start BOTH STATE HIGHWAYS AND LOCAL 44:32.985 --> 44:34.516 align:start HIGHWAYS. 44:34.519 --> 44:37.349 align:start WE'RE WORKING WITH THE 44:37.352 --> 44:44.649 align:start CONTRACTORS COMING IN TO HELP 44:44.652 --> 44:46.416 align:start REBUILD AND WE'RE CONTINUING TO 44:46.419 --> 44:48.715 align:start PLACE PEOPLE. 44:48.718 --> 44:50.249 align:start WE'RE WORKING ON PLACING THOSE 44:50.252 --> 44:55.649 align:start THAT DID LOSE THEIR JOB. 44:55.652 --> 44:57.615 align:start >> WE HAVEN'T TOUCHED VERY MUCH. 44:57.618 --> 45:00.315 align:start WE HAVEN'T TOUCHED ON THE 45:00.318 --> 45:04.882 align:start COMPONENT OF GETTING BUILDING 45:04.885 --> 45:10.682 align:start PERMITS AND GETTING THE WHOLE 45:10.685 --> 45:13.449 align:start THING OF GETTING THE MECHANICS 45:13.452 --> 45:16.482 align:start GOING. 45:16.485 --> 45:19.182 align:start YOU HAD A QUESTION ABOUT THEIR 45:19.185 --> 45:19.482 align:start HOMES. 45:19.485 --> 45:19.916 align:start HOMES. 45:19.919 --> 45:22.482 align:start >> I DID. 45:22.485 --> 45:24.916 align:start IT'S BEEN A HUGE CHALLENGE FOR 45:24.919 --> 45:28.582 align:start THE CITY. 45:28.585 --> 45:30.282 align:start ALMOST OVERNIGHT YOU HAVE THIS 45:30.285 --> 45:33.715 align:start HUGE VOLUME OF WORK THAT YOU 45:33.718 --> 45:39.815 align:start HAVE TO DEAL WITH AND PROCESSING 45:39.818 --> 45:40.215 align:start PERMITS TO TRY AND HELP THE 45:40.218 --> 45:42.449 align:start HOMEOWNERS. 45:42.452 --> 45:45.249 align:start AND CERTAINLY THE DISCUSSION 45:45.252 --> 45:46.582 align:start TONIGHT, IT'S ALL ABOUT THE 45:46.585 --> 45:49.115 align:start FUNDS. 45:49.118 --> 45:49.882 align:start WHEN AND IF THEY'LL BE 45:49.885 --> 45:52.349 align:start AVAILABLE. 45:52.352 --> 45:54.016 align:start SO YOU SURVIVE THE FLOOD. 45:54.019 --> 45:58.482 align:start YOU HOPEFULLY GET YOUR INSURANCE 45:58.485 --> 46:01.549 align:start MONEY AND MAKE IT THROUGH YOUR 46:01.552 --> 46:02.882 align:start MORTGAGE MAZE AND YOU GET TO THE 46:02.885 --> 46:05.115 align:start PERMIT OFFICE AND YOU ARE TOLD 46:05.118 --> 46:09.482 align:start YOU HAVE TO ELEVATE. 46:09.485 --> 46:12.982 align:start AND JUST LIKE A BRICK WALL. 46:12.985 --> 46:13.349 align:start IT'S A VERY WE'RE ASKED 46:13.352 --> 46:14.882 align:start EVERYDAY. 46:14.885 --> 46:16.649 align:start IS THERE GOING TO BE ASSISTANCE? 46:16.652 --> 46:25.282 align:start THEY WANT TO REBUILD AND GET 46:25.285 --> 46:27.615 align:start BACK TO THEIR COMMUNITY. 46:27.618 --> 46:29.416 align:start >> BIG ISSUE AFRICA TRINA. 46:29.419 --> 46:34.016 align:start ARE WE GOING TO HELP PEOPLE? 46:34.019 --> 46:37.249 align:start >> WHAT GOVERNOR EDWARDS HAS 46:37.252 --> 46:40.682 align:start SAID IS WHAT HE WANTS TO DO IS 46:40.685 --> 46:43.215 align:start ADDRESS THE FLOODING FROM A 46:43.218 --> 46:48.182 align:start WATER SHED. 46:48.185 --> 46:49.882 align:start IF WE ELEVATE, NEVER HAVE ENOUGH 46:49.885 --> 46:53.115 align:start MONEY. 46:53.118 --> 46:56.215 align:start SO IF WE ELEVATE A FEW PEOPLE, 46:56.218 --> 47:06.182 align:start THE SAME CHECKER BOARD SITUATION 47:06.185 --> 47:09.016 align:start CAN OCCUR. 47:09.019 --> 47:12.782 align:start THE LARGE SCALE LOCAL ORDINANCE 47:12.785 --> 47:13.582 align:start INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS, 47:13.585 --> 47:16.082 align:start NONINFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS THAT 47:16.085 --> 47:17.449 align:start WILL LOWER THE BASE FLOOD 47:17.452 --> 47:18.749 align:start ELEVATION SO WE CAN REDUCE THE 47:18.752 --> 47:21.449 align:start NEED TO ELEVATE. 47:21.452 --> 47:21.849 align:start NOT TO SAY THERE WON'T BE 47:21.852 --> 47:27.049 align:start ELEVATIONS. 47:27.052 --> 47:27.449 align:start CERTAINLY WILL BE NEED FOREL -- 47:27.452 --> 47:28.916 align:start ELEVATIONS. 47:28.919 --> 47:30.449 align:start WE KNOW THREE COMMUNITIES THAT 47:30.452 --> 47:31.649 align:start HAVE FLOODED 10 TIMES IN THE 47:31.652 --> 47:33.082 align:start LAST 12 YEARS. 47:33.085 --> 47:35.482 align:start SO MAYBE IT'S TIME FOR THAT 47:35.485 --> 47:38.182 align:start COMMUNITY TO MOVE AS A WHOLESOME 47:38.185 --> 47:40.582 align:start WHERE THAT'S SAFER AND DRIER. 47:40.585 --> 47:41.782 align:start SO WE CAN LOOK AT BUYOUTS AND 47:41.785 --> 47:44.182 align:start ELEVATIONS CERTAINLY. 47:44.185 --> 47:47.416 align:start BUT NOT AS THE FOCAL POINT OF 47:47.419 --> 47:49.549 align:start THE STRATEGY FOR REMEDIATION OF 47:49.552 --> 47:51.149 align:start FUTURE EVENTS. 47:51.152 --> 47:54.149 align:start IT'S MORE ABOUT TRYING TO MAKE 47:54.152 --> 47:55.715 align:start SURE WE HAVE WATER SHED THAT CAN 47:55.718 --> 47:57.082 align:start ABSORB THE WATER BETTER, MOVE IT 47:57.085 --> 48:01.249 align:start OFF AND NOT FLOOD PEOPLE OUT 48:01.252 --> 48:04.615 align:start WITHOUT HAVING TO ELEVATE THEM. 48:04.618 --> 48:05.016 align:start AGAIN, CERTAINLY NEED FOR 48:05.019 --> 48:08.182 align:start ELEVATIONS. 48:08.185 --> 48:10.549 align:start >> I WANT TO GO TO YOU BAILY. 48:10.552 --> 48:10.882 align:start YOU ARE A MEMBER OF THE YOUTH 48:10.885 --> 48:12.649 align:start COUNCIL. 48:12.652 --> 48:12.982 align:start BUT YOU WERE ALSO FLOODED; 48:12.985 --> 48:13.382 align:start CORRECT? 48:13.385 --> 48:15.782 align:start >> I WAS. 48:15.785 --> 48:19.982 align:start >> WHAT IS YOUR QUESTION? 48:19.985 --> 48:22.249 align:start >> WELL, THE RETIRED ELDERLY, 48:22.252 --> 48:22.549 align:start ALL THEY HAVE IS GOVERNMENT 48:22.552 --> 48:25.916 align:start FUNDS. 48:25.919 --> 48:26.282 align:start MOST OF THEM CANNOT AFFORD FLOOD 48:26.285 --> 48:27.082 align:start INSURANCE. 48:27.085 --> 48:29.315 align:start WHAT IS YOUR PLAN? 48:29.318 --> 48:29.615 align:start WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO WITH 48:29.618 --> 48:31.315 align:start THEM? 48:31.318 --> 48:34.882 align:start >> THAT'S ACTUALLY A FEW 48:34.885 --> 48:37.249 align:start QUESTIONS IN ONE, I THINK. 48:37.252 --> 48:40.549 align:start FIRST, I WILL SAY THAT WE WILL 48:40.552 --> 48:44.649 align:start BE RECOMMENDING PRIORITIZATION 48:44.652 --> 48:46.916 align:start OF THE ELDERLY WITH RESPECT TO 48:46.919 --> 48:56.016 align:start REBUILDING FROM THE FUNDS THAT 48:56.019 --> 48:57.416 align:start ARE AVAILABLE RIGHT NOW. 48:57.419 --> 48:59.082 align:start SO THAT'S KEY. 48:59.085 --> 49:00.549 align:start WE KNOW THEY ARE A VULNERABLE 49:00.552 --> 49:03.582 align:start PART OF THE POPULATION. 49:03.585 --> 49:06.715 align:start WITH RESPECT TO FLOOD INSURANCE, 49:06.718 --> 49:07.482 align:start EVERYBODY IS IMPACTED VERY 49:07.485 --> 49:09.749 align:start SIMILARLY, OF COURSE. 49:09.752 --> 49:11.549 align:start MORE VULNERABLE POPULATIONS AND 49:11.552 --> 49:15.649 align:start LESS VULNERABLE POPULATIONS. 49:15.652 --> 49:18.016 align:start WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO WERE 49:18.019 --> 49:19.682 align:start NOT IN THE FLOOD PLAIN. 49:19.685 --> 49:20.582 align:start DIDN'T THINK THEY WERE GOING TO 49:20.585 --> 49:22.815 align:start NEED FLOOD INSURANCE. 49:22.818 --> 49:26.682 align:start SO IT'S A HUGE PROBLEM. 49:26.685 --> 49:30.949 align:start AND WE'VE GOT TO -- ONE WAY TO 49:30.952 --> 49:32.149 align:start ADDRESS THAT IS TO REDUCE THE 49:32.152 --> 49:34.416 align:start BASE FLOOD ELEVATIONS. 49:34.419 --> 49:36.882 align:start SO TO THE EXTENT WE CAN DO THAT 49:36.885 --> 49:39.016 align:start FOR EVERYBODY, WE'LL BE 49:39.019 --> 49:40.949 align:start ASSISTING THE ELDERLY AS WELL. 49:40.952 --> 49:42.349 align:start AGAIN, WE'LL BE RECOMMENDING 49:42.352 --> 49:44.982 align:start PRIORITIZATION OF THE ELDERLY IN 49:44.985 --> 49:46.282 align:start OUR HOUSING PROGRAMS BECAUSE WE 49:46.285 --> 49:48.916 align:start KNOW THEY NEED HELP. 49:48.919 --> 49:50.115 align:start THEY NEED ASSISTANCE IN MORE 49:50.118 --> 49:52.282 align:start THAN JUST FINANCIAL. 49:52.285 --> 49:52.649 align:start >> DID THAT ANSWER YOUR 49:52.652 --> 49:53.082 align:start QUESTION? 49:53.085 --> 49:57.849 align:start >> IT DID. 49:57.852 --> 49:59.249 align:start WE'LL GO TO CASEY TINGLE. 49:59.252 --> 50:01.149 align:start I WAS LOOKING AT YOUR QUESTION. 50:01.152 --> 50:01.582 align:start IT'S REALLY A VERY GOOD 50:01.585 --> 50:08.082 align:start QUESTION. 50:08.085 --> 50:10.815 align:start WHY DON'T YOU ASK IT. 50:10.818 --> 50:12.682 align:start >> WELL, WE ARE A PART OF THE 50:12.685 --> 50:16.082 align:start RESPONSE AND RECOVERY FROM A 50:16.085 --> 50:16.882 align:start VARIETY OF DISASTERS OVERTIME. 50:16.885 --> 50:18.449 align:start DIFFERENT TYPES. 50:18.452 --> 50:21.249 align:start AND THEY ARE ALL DIFFERENT. 50:21.252 --> 50:23.849 align:start AND SO I JUST THOUGHT THAT MAYBE 50:23.852 --> 50:25.082 align:start A QUESTION THAT WOULD BE GOOD TO 50:25.085 --> 50:28.649 align:start ADDRESS TONIGHT IS WHAT ARE SOME 50:28.652 --> 50:30.549 align:start OF THE THINGS ABOUT THIS 50:30.552 --> 50:34.149 align:start RECOVERY UNIQUE AND DIFFERENT 50:34.152 --> 50:36.182 align:start FROM THOSE IN THE PAST. 50:36.185 --> 50:38.382 align:start >> IT'S A GREAT QUESTION. 50:38.385 --> 50:40.115 align:start ONE THING THAT'S DIFFERENT AND 50:40.118 --> 50:43.416 align:start UNIQUE IS THE FACT THAT THIS IS 50:43.419 --> 50:49.882 align:start NOT A HURRICANE MATTHEW OR A 50:49.885 --> 50:52.016 align:start HURRICANE ISAAC. 50:52.019 --> 51:00.282 align:start TWO MAJOR FLOODS HERE WE ARE 51:00.285 --> 51:01.582 align:start WORKING WITH ON THE STATE. 51:01.585 --> 51:04.682 align:start WHAT'S IMPORTANT ABOUT IT IS IT 51:04.685 --> 51:06.382 align:start DOES NOT TYPICALLY DRAW THE 51:06.385 --> 51:09.916 align:start NATIONAL MEDIA ATTENTION THAT 51:09.919 --> 51:14.182 align:start WOULD PROVIDE ADDITIONAL 51:14.185 --> 51:14.582 align:start ASSISTANCE FROM NON-PROFITS OR 51:14.585 --> 51:16.549 align:start DONATIONS. 51:16.552 --> 51:18.549 align:start AND SO BY IN LARGE A LOT OF THE 51:18.552 --> 51:21.115 align:start NATION DOESN'T REALLY RECOGNIZE 51:21.118 --> 51:23.815 align:start OR REALIZE THE SCOPE AND THE 51:23.818 --> 51:25.882 align:start MAGNITUDE OF THE IMPACTS AND THE 51:25.885 --> 51:26.615 align:start PAIN THAT FAMILIES ARE 51:26.618 --> 51:29.416 align:start EXPERIENCING. 51:29.419 --> 51:30.349 align:start THE DISPLACED POPULATIONS, THE 51:30.352 --> 51:31.482 align:start DISRUPTION OF THE SENSE OF 51:31.485 --> 51:32.682 align:start FAMILY AND COMMUNITY AND PLACE. 51:32.685 --> 51:34.416 align:start ALL THOSE THINGS ARE VERY 51:34.419 --> 51:36.016 align:start SIGNIFICANT. 51:36.019 --> 51:38.282 align:start HAVING SAID THAT THOUGH, ANOTHER 51:38.285 --> 51:41.115 align:start THING THAT'S UNIQUE IS THE FACT 51:41.118 --> 51:42.916 align:start THAT BOTH THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE 51:42.919 --> 51:44.682 align:start WITH HIS SENIOR POLICY GROUP AND 51:44.685 --> 51:45.882 align:start HIS FORMATION OF RECOVERY 51:45.885 --> 51:49.982 align:start SUPPORT FUNCTIONS THAT WORK ON 51:49.985 --> 51:51.282 align:start THE SECTORS FROM HOUSING TO 51:51.285 --> 51:52.149 align:start INFRASTRUCTURE AND SOCIAL 51:52.152 --> 51:54.282 align:start SERVICES ISSUES. 51:54.285 --> 51:56.416 align:start THAT COMBINED WITH THE 51:56.419 --> 51:58.715 align:start GOVERNOR'S TASK FORCE IS UNIQUE. 51:58.718 --> 52:01.049 align:start SO IT'S A POSITIVE IN THIS 52:01.052 --> 52:05.682 align:start ENVIRONMENT TO DEAL WITH WHAT 52:05.685 --> 52:06.082 align:start ARE TWO NEAR CATASTROPHIC 52:06.085 --> 52:08.416 align:start EVENTS. 52:08.419 --> 52:09.982 align:start THEY ARE LEVEL TWO DISASTERS AS 52:09.985 --> 52:12.349 align:start FAR AS THE NATION IS CONCERNED. 52:12.352 --> 52:14.982 align:start AND THAT MEANS THEORY EQUIVALENT 52:14.985 --> 52:17.049 align:start TO SUPER STORM SANDY AND KATRINA 52:17.052 --> 52:18.315 align:start AND SOME OF THE MAJOR NAME 52:18.318 --> 52:21.315 align:start STORMS THAT OCCURRED. 52:21.318 --> 52:22.916 align:start AND SO I THINK THAT'S UNIQUE. 52:22.919 --> 52:24.582 align:start THAT OUTSIDE AWARENESS OF WHAT 52:24.585 --> 52:25.049 align:start THE NEEDS ARE HERE AND THE 52:25.052 --> 52:27.082 align:start OPPORTUNITY. 52:27.085 --> 52:29.082 align:start HAVING SAID THAT, THE VOLUNTARY 52:29.085 --> 52:30.682 align:start ORGANIZATIONS AND THE PRIVATE 52:30.685 --> 52:32.016 align:start NON-PROFITS WITHIN THE STATE 52:32.019 --> 52:34.649 align:start HAVE BEEN VERY PHENOMENAL IN 52:34.652 --> 52:36.749 align:start STEPPING UP TO TRY TO HELP CLOSE 52:36.752 --> 52:38.282 align:start THE GAP AND THEY WILL BE PART OF 52:38.285 --> 52:45.449 align:start THAT SOLUTION. 52:45.452 --> 52:47.516 align:start >> WE SAW THIS AFTER KATRINA. 52:47.519 --> 52:50.882 align:start THERE'S ALWAYS FRAUD. 52:50.885 --> 52:55.682 align:start WHAT DID WE LEARN IN DEALING 52:55.685 --> 52:59.482 align:start WITH FRAUD. 52:59.485 --> 53:01.382 align:start >> WHEN IT COMES FROM FEMA 53:01.385 --> 53:18.349 align:start ASSISTANCE, WE'RE GOING TO AIR 53:18.352 --> 53:20.615 align:start ON THE SIDE OF CAUTION. 53:20.618 --> 53:22.215 align:start SO WHAT'S PROBABLY MOST 53:22.218 --> 53:24.349 align:start IMPORTANT IS THAT WE GET THE 53:24.352 --> 53:25.715 align:start DISASTER ASSISTANCE IN THE HANDS 53:25.718 --> 53:27.782 align:start AND FLOOD INSURANCE CLAIMS MONEY 53:27.785 --> 53:31.249 align:start IN THE HANDS OF THOSE WHO NEED 53:31.252 --> 53:31.615 align:start IT AS SOON AS WE CAN THROUGH THE 53:31.618 --> 53:34.149 align:start PROCESS. 53:34.152 --> 53:35.815 align:start AND THEN THERE IS A PROCESS TO 53:35.818 --> 53:39.516 align:start DEAL WITH THAT. 53:39.519 --> 53:41.516 align:start SO THERE'S A PROCESS FOR THE 53:41.519 --> 53:44.215 align:start ONES MEANT TO DO THAT. 53:44.218 --> 53:46.615 align:start >> VICTIMS WHO ARE VICTIMIZED BY 53:46.618 --> 53:51.749 align:start CONTRACTORS AND THINGS LIKE 53:51.752 --> 53:53.215 align:start THAT. 53:53.218 --> 53:55.649 align:start >> SHE WOULD REFER US TO THE 53:55.652 --> 54:03.182 align:start ATTORNEYS THAT WORK WITH THE 54:03.185 --> 54:03.482 align:start STATE. 54:03.485 --> 54:05.782 align:start STATE. 54:05.785 --> 54:07.182 align:start >> HOW DOES THE MONEY AFTER THE 54:07.185 --> 54:09.215 align:start DISASTER HERE COMPARED TO THE 54:09.218 --> 54:12.516 align:start AMOUNT OF MONEY AFRICA TRINA? 54:12.519 --> 54:14.815 align:start I KEEP HEARING PEOPLE SAYING THE 54:14.818 --> 54:16.649 align:start FEDS ARE HOLDING BACK BECAUSE SO 54:16.652 --> 54:18.115 align:start MANY PEOPLE SCAMMED THE SYSTEM. 54:18.118 --> 54:19.482 align:start ARE WE FEELING CONSEQUENCES NOW 54:19.485 --> 54:19.782 align:start BECAUSE OF WHATEVER HAPPENED 54:19.785 --> 54:21.949 align:start THEN? 54:21.952 --> 54:25.115 align:start >> ABSOLUTELY NOT. 54:25.118 --> 54:27.615 align:start NO CONSEQUENCES WHATSOEVER ON 54:27.618 --> 54:28.282 align:start THE DISASTER VICTIMS AND 54:28.285 --> 54:32.215 align:start SURVIVORS. 54:32.218 --> 54:34.916 align:start ASSISTANCE IS BASED ON THE 54:34.919 --> 54:37.349 align:start HOUSEHOLD MAKE UP AND THE 54:37.352 --> 54:45.315 align:start IMPACTS WHETHER THE SURVIVOR WAS 54:45.318 --> 54:49.982 align:start A REN -- RENTER OR A HOMEOWNER. 54:49.985 --> 54:51.282 align:start AND THE MAXIMUM GRANT WHICH IS 54:51.285 --> 54:53.782 align:start HARD TO REACH BECAUSE THERE'S A 54:53.785 --> 54:56.782 align:start LOT OF DIFFERENT FACTORS. 54:56.785 --> 54:58.882 align:start BUT THERE'S ONLY ABOUT 2800 OF 54:58.885 --> 55:01.349 align:start FAMILIES AND HOUSEHOLDS. 55:01.352 --> 55:03.715 align:start SO, AGAIN, IT'S A TIERED SYSTEM 55:03.718 --> 55:04.115 align:start AND BASED ON THE IMPACTS TO THAT 55:04.118 --> 55:05.749 align:start HOUSEHOLD. 55:05.752 --> 55:08.582 align:start AND THE HOUSEHOLD MAKE UP. 55:08.585 --> 55:08.882 align:start >> WE ONLY HAVE A FEW SECONDS 55:08.885 --> 55:09.682 align:start LEFT. 55:09.685 --> 55:10.315 align:start THERE'S SO MANY DIFFERENT 55:10.318 --> 55:12.016 align:start PROGRAMS OUT THERE. 55:12.019 --> 55:15.215 align:start IS THERE A CLEARINGHOUSE. 55:15.218 --> 55:16.916 align:start ONE PLACE THAT VICTIMS CAN GO TO 55:16.919 --> 55:17.749 align:start GET INFORMATION ABOUT ALL THE 55:17.752 --> 55:19.782 align:start VARIOUS PROGRAMS THAT ARE 55:19.785 --> 55:23.215 align:start AVAILABLE TO HELP THEM? 55:23.218 --> 55:25.149 align:start >> THE GOVERNOR'S WEB SITE IS A 55:25.152 --> 55:26.449 align:start GREAT PLACE TO GO TO SEE 55:26.452 --> 55:26.849 align:start RESOURCES THAT ARE AVAILABLE 55:26.852 --> 55:29.782 align:start RIGHT NOW. 55:29.785 --> 55:31.815 align:start WE'LL SAY THAT DOESN'T EXIST FOR 55:31.818 --> 55:33.715 align:start COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BACKGROUND 55:33.718 --> 55:34.016 align:start BECAUSE THE PROGRAMS DON'T EXIST 55:34.019 --> 55:35.916 align:start YET. 55:35.919 --> 55:37.149 align:start BUT THEY WILL AND THEY WILL BE 55:37.152 --> 55:39.416 align:start OUTREACHED TO FIND FOLKS AND 55:39.419 --> 55:41.115 align:start MAKE SURE THEY KNOW WHAT'S 55:41.118 --> 55:44.182 align:start AVAILABLE TO THEM. 55:44.185 --> 55:46.382 align:start >> DISASTERASSISTANCE.GOV IS A 55:46.385 --> 55:47.849 align:start GOOD PLACE TO GO AS WELL. 55:47.852 --> 55:50.882 align:start AND OTHER FEDERAL AGENCIES THAT 55:50.885 --> 55:55.516 align:start HAVE PROGRAMS, NOT JUST SBA. 55:55.519 --> 55:57.949 align:start PROGRAMS USDA AND OTHERS HAVE 55:57.952 --> 55:58.649 align:start PROGRAMS IN THEIR AREAS OF 55:58.652 --> 56:01.115 align:start RESPONSIBILITY. 56:01.118 --> 56:03.482 align:start SO I WOULD SAY TAKE A LOOK AT 56:03.485 --> 56:04.782 align:start THOSE OTHER WEB SITES AND 56:04.785 --> 56:06.849 align:start DISASTER ASSISTANCE IS A GOOD 56:06.852 --> 56:08.215 align:start PLACE TO START. 56:08.218 --> 56:09.349 align:start >> WELL WE'VE RUN OUT OF TIME 56:09.352 --> 56:12.149 align:start FOR OUR QUESTION AND ANSWER 56:12.152 --> 56:13.715 align:start SEGMENT. WE'D LIKE TO THANK OUR 56:13.718 --> 56:15.282 align:start PANELISTS - MR. RICKARD, MS. 56:15.285 --> 56:16.715 align:start DEJOIE, MR. KNAPP AND MR. FORBES 56:16.718 --> 56:17.815 align:start - FOR THEIR INSIGHT ON THIS 56:17.818 --> 56:19.282 align:start MONTH'S TOPIC. WHEN WE COME 56:19.285 --> 56:26.849 align:start BACK WE'LL HAVE A FEW CLOSING 56:33.584 --> 56:37.149 align:start >> WELL, CERTAINLY WE HAD SOME 56:37.152 --> 56:39.082 align:start GREAT INFORMATION TONIGHT. 56:39.085 --> 56:39.449 align:start IT'S A LONG ROAD NOW TO 56:39.452 --> 56:41.149 align:start RECOVERY. 56:41.152 --> 56:42.382 align:start AND A LOT OF INFORMATION STILL 56:42.385 --> 56:43.749 align:start NEEDS TO BE GATHERED. 56:43.752 --> 56:45.215 align:start >> YEAH, I THINK WE CAN SAY A 56:45.218 --> 56:46.649 align:start LOT OF QUESTIONS ANSWERED AND A 56:46.652 --> 56:48.482 align:start LOT OF QUESTIONS UNANSWERED. 56:48.485 --> 56:50.949 align:start AND THIS IS A LONG PROCESS. 56:50.952 --> 56:52.815 align:start >> WE CAN GO ON FOR A LONG TIME. 56:52.818 --> 56:53.715 align:start SCHOOL RECOVERY AS WELL. 56:53.718 --> 56:54.449 align:start >> ABSOLUTELY. 56:54.452 --> 56:56.115 align:start YEAH. 56:56.118 --> 56:57.149 align:start SO MUCH TO TALK ABOUT. 56:57.152 --> 56:58.715 align:start AND SO LITTLE TIME. 56:58.718 --> 57:00.149 align:start WE STILL HAVE TO THINK ABOUT ALL 57:00.152 --> 57:01.715 align:start THE PEOPLE DEAL WITHING THIS ON 57:01.718 --> 57:02.782 align:start A DAILY BASIS. 57:02.785 --> 57:09.349 align:start >> WELL THAT'S ALL THE TIME WE 57:09.352 --> 57:10.082 align:start HAVE FOR THIS EDITION OF 57:10.085 --> 57:10.782 align:start WE ALSO ENCOURAGE YOU TO COMMENT 57:10.785 --> 57:11.549 align:start ON TONIGHT'S SHOW AT LPB DOT 57:11.552 --> 57:13.715 align:start O-R-G SLASH PUBLIC SQUARE. WE'D 57:13.718 --> 57:14.749 align:start LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU. 57:14.752 --> 57:17.215 align:start ON NEXT MONTH'S LOUISIANA PUBLIC 57:17.218 --> 57:18.715 align:start SQUARE, WE'LL REVISIT A 57:18.718 --> 58:46.215 align:start CONVERSATION WE HAD IN MAY ABOUT