1 00:00:11,984 --> 00:00:15,882 >> THIS PROGRAM IS MADE POSSIBLE 2 00:00:15,885 --> 00:00:17,215 IN PART THROUGH FUNDING BY THE 3 00:00:17,218 --> 00:00:18,049 CORPORATION OF PUBLIC 4 00:00:18,052 --> 00:00:20,082 BROADCASTING. 5 00:00:20,085 --> 00:00:21,382 ADDITIONAL SUPPORT IS PROVIDED 6 00:00:21,385 --> 00:00:23,382 BY THE FOUNDATION FOR EXCELLENT 7 00:00:23,385 --> 00:00:24,149 IN THE LOUISIANA PUBLIC 8 00:00:24,152 --> 00:00:27,516 BROADCASTING AND FROM VIEWERS 9 00:00:48,684 --> 00:00:51,749 >> HELLO AND WELCOME TO 10 00:00:51,752 --> 00:00:53,082 “LOUISIANA PUBLIC SQUARE.” 11 00:00:53,085 --> 00:00:54,516 I'M BETH COURTNEY, PRESIDENT OF 12 00:00:54,519 --> 00:00:57,649 LPB. 13 00:00:57,652 --> 00:01:00,182 TONIGHT WE'RE HERE WITH OUR 14 00:01:00,185 --> 00:01:02,315 VOLUNTEER HOST, BOB COURTNEY, A 15 00:01:02,318 --> 00:01:03,449 VETERAN TELEVISION JOURNALIST. 16 00:01:03,452 --> 00:01:05,416 AND MY HUSBAND. 17 00:01:05,419 --> 00:01:07,482 >> I AM? 18 00:01:07,485 --> 00:01:08,682 OH, YES. 19 00:01:08,685 --> 00:01:10,182 >> IN MARCH, AND AGAIN IN 20 00:01:10,185 --> 00:01:11,649 AUGUST, VAST EXPANSES OF 21 00:01:11,652 --> 00:01:13,016 LOUISIANA WERE INUNDATED WITH 22 00:01:13,019 --> 00:01:15,016 FLOOD WATERS. IN TOTAL, OVER 23 00:01:15,019 --> 00:01:17,382 THREE-QUARTERS LOUISIANA'S 24 00:01:17,385 --> 00:01:20,282 PARISHES WERE DECLARED DISASTER 25 00:01:20,285 --> 00:01:22,516 AREAS IN 2016. THE STATE'S 26 00:01:22,519 --> 00:01:25,282 RESTORE LOUISIANA TASK FORCE IS 27 00:01:25,285 --> 00:01:27,682 IN THE PROCESS OF DECIDING HOW 28 00:01:27,685 --> 00:01:29,549 TO SPEND THE FIRST FEDERAL GRANT 29 00:01:29,552 --> 00:01:31,215 OF 438 MILLION DOLLARS. THAT 30 00:01:31,218 --> 00:01:33,115 NUMBER MAY SEEM LARGE, BUT IS 31 00:01:33,118 --> 00:01:35,916 ONLY ABOUT AN EIGHTH OF THE 32 00:01:35,919 --> 00:01:37,349 ESTIMATED NEED, CLOSE TO 4 33 00:01:37,352 --> 00:01:43,016 BILLION DOLLARS. 34 00:01:43,019 --> 00:01:44,582 >> HOW CAN THE STATE HELP TO 35 00:01:44,585 --> 00:01:46,482 ENSURE THAT ALL COMMUNITIES 36 00:01:46,485 --> 00:01:47,282 RECOVER EQUALLY? WHAT IMPACT 37 00:01:47,285 --> 00:01:48,016 SHOULD THE FLOODS HAVE ON 38 00:01:48,019 --> 00:01:49,149 BUILDING STANDARDS, MITIGATION 39 00:01:49,152 --> 00:01:49,916 AND PREVENTION? COULD JUMP 40 00:01:49,919 --> 00:01:50,982 STARTING STALLED DIVERSION 41 00:01:50,985 --> 00:01:52,549 PROJECTS PREVENT A SIMILAR 42 00:01:52,552 --> 00:01:53,482 DISASTER IN THE FUTURE? OVER THE 43 00:01:53,485 --> 00:01:55,049 NEXT HOUR WE'LL HEAR FROM STATE 44 00:01:55,052 --> 00:01:56,182 OFFICIALS, RECOVERY EXPERTS AND 45 00:01:56,185 --> 00:01:57,815 RECOVERING HOMEOWNERS. WE'LL 46 00:01:57,818 --> 00:02:01,916 EXPLORE THESE ISSUES AND MORE ON 47 00:02:01,919 --> 00:02:03,182 “BEYOND THE FLOOD” . 48 00:02:03,185 --> 00:02:09,949 >> THE WATER CAME UP TO RIGHT IN 49 00:02:09,952 --> 00:02:18,282 HERE. 50 00:02:18,285 --> 00:02:18,982 >> LIKE MANY HOMEOWNERS ACROSS 51 00:02:18,985 --> 00:02:19,749 LOUISIANA ALBERT PENDARVIS IS 52 00:02:19,752 --> 00:02:20,482 STILL RECOVERING FROM THE AUGUST 53 00:02:20,485 --> 00:02:22,115 FLOOD THAT RAVAGED HIS 60 YEAR 54 00:02:22,118 --> 00:02:23,516 OLD HOME. 55 00:02:23,519 --> 00:02:26,082 >> I HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING BUT 56 00:02:26,085 --> 00:02:28,282 GUT MY HOUSE OUT. FIRST OF ALL, 57 00:02:28,285 --> 00:02:30,149 COSTS ARE EXCESSIVE NOW; AND FOR 58 00:02:30,152 --> 00:02:33,215 MATERIALS AND LABOR SO I AM 59 00:02:33,218 --> 00:02:34,782 FORTUNATE TO HAVE A PLACE TO GO. 60 00:02:34,785 --> 00:02:36,049 >> PENDARVIS AND HIS WIFE 61 00:02:36,052 --> 00:02:37,315 EVACUATED BY BOAT TO HIS 62 00:02:37,318 --> 00:02:39,049 GRANDSON'S HOME. IT WAS BUILT 63 00:02:39,052 --> 00:02:40,115 NEARBY ACCORDING TO FEMA 64 00:02:40,118 --> 00:02:41,516 ELEVATION STANDARDS JUST TWO 65 00:02:41,519 --> 00:02:43,182 YEARS AGO. THAT HOME ALSO 66 00:02:43,185 --> 00:02:45,249 FLOODED. 67 00:02:45,252 --> 00:02:46,916 JULIE BAXTER PAYER IS WITH 68 00:02:46,919 --> 00:02:49,715 GOVERNOR JOHN BEL EDWARDS' 69 00:02:49,718 --> 00:02:52,715 OFFICE. SHE SAYS THE STATE IS 70 00:02:52,718 --> 00:02:54,049 TRYING TO HELP FAMILIES LIKE THE 71 00:02:54,052 --> 00:02:54,782 PENDARVISES ACROSS LOUISIANA. 72 00:02:54,785 --> 00:02:55,449 EVERY FAMILY'S PATH HOME IS A 73 00:02:55,452 --> 00:02:56,482 DIFFERENT PATHWAY, IT'S A 74 00:02:56,485 --> 00:02:57,416 DIFFERENT STORY FOR EVERY 75 00:02:57,419 --> 00:02:58,382 FAMILY. 76 00:02:58,385 --> 00:02:59,215 THE STATE HAS FACILITATED MANY 77 00:02:59,218 --> 00:03:02,315 KINDS OF RECOVERY PROGRAMS, FOR 78 00:03:02,318 --> 00:03:02,949 THE IMMEDIATE, SHORT-TERM AND 79 00:03:02,952 --> 00:03:05,982 LONG-TERM NEEDS OF FLOOD 80 00:03:05,985 --> 00:03:06,882 VICTIMS. 81 00:03:06,885 --> 00:03:07,882 >> WE HAD 11,000 PEOPLE IN 82 00:03:07,885 --> 00:03:09,382 SHELTERS AT THE PEAK OF THIS 83 00:03:09,385 --> 00:03:13,115 DISASTER, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO 84 00:03:13,118 --> 00:03:13,682 CLOSE THAT DOWN SO WE ARE MOVING 85 00:03:13,685 --> 00:03:14,482 FORWARD. 86 00:03:14,485 --> 00:03:15,649 >> SHORT TERM, TEMPORARY 87 00:03:15,652 --> 00:03:17,582 ASSISTANCE INCLUDES THE 2,100 88 00:03:17,585 --> 00:03:19,215 FAMILIES STILL IN FEMA FUNDED 89 00:03:19,218 --> 00:03:22,182 HOTEL ROOMS. ABOUT 1,300 90 00:03:22,185 --> 00:03:26,149 FAMILIES ARE IN MANUFACTURED 91 00:03:26,152 --> 00:03:29,916 HOUSING UNITS PROVIDED BY FEMA. 92 00:03:29,919 --> 00:03:31,949 BUT ANOTHER 4,700 ARE ELIGIBLE 93 00:03:31,952 --> 00:03:33,782 FOR THEM, ACCORDING TO BAXTER 94 00:03:33,785 --> 00:03:35,049 PAYER. ABOUT 8,400 HOMES HAVE 95 00:03:35,052 --> 00:03:36,882 HAD TEMPORARY REPAIRS COMPLETED 96 00:03:36,885 --> 00:03:39,749 UNDER THE SHELTER-AT-HOME 97 00:03:39,752 --> 00:03:41,549 PROGRAM, WHICH ALLOWS HOMEOWNERS 98 00:03:41,552 --> 00:03:43,115 TO LIVE IN THEIR HOMES AS 99 00:03:43,118 --> 00:03:44,615 REPAIRS ARE BEING MADE. IN 100 00:03:44,618 --> 00:03:45,549 ADDITION TO THESE PROGRAMS, THE 101 00:03:45,552 --> 00:03:46,916 STATE HAS ASKED FOR FEDERAL 102 00:03:46,919 --> 00:03:49,249 FUNDS TO GET FINANCIAL AID TO 103 00:03:49,252 --> 00:03:50,782 HOMEOWNERS FOR REBUILDING. 104 00:03:50,785 --> 00:03:52,349 >> WE HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFUL 105 00:03:52,352 --> 00:03:54,249 THAT WE ARE NOT SO TO SPEAK 106 00:03:54,252 --> 00:03:56,449 HANDING OUT BLANK CHECKS. 107 00:03:56,452 --> 00:03:59,182 THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS ONLY 108 00:03:59,185 --> 00:04:02,016 ALLOCATED $438 MILLION DOLLARS 109 00:04:02,019 --> 00:04:04,882 FOR REBUILDING HOMES. WITH WELL 110 00:04:04,885 --> 00:04:06,416 OVER 100,000 FAMILIES AFFECTED 111 00:04:06,419 --> 00:04:08,449 BY THE FLOODS, THE TOTAL NEED IS 112 00:04:08,452 --> 00:04:09,715 AN ESTIMATED $2.6 BILLION 113 00:04:09,718 --> 00:04:11,382 DOLLARS. HOW WILL THE STATE 114 00:04:11,385 --> 00:04:12,749 CHOOSE WHO GETS HELP FIRST? THE 115 00:04:12,752 --> 00:04:13,715 STATE'S RESTORE LOUISIANA TASK 116 00:04:13,718 --> 00:04:16,016 FORCE IS HELPING MAKE THOSE 117 00:04:16,019 --> 00:04:17,682 DECISIONS. 118 00:04:17,685 --> 00:04:20,849 >> THE DISCUSSION INCLUDES 119 00:04:20,852 --> 00:04:24,449 LIMITING WHO RECEIVES BENEFIT 120 00:04:24,452 --> 00:04:26,982 FROM THE FIRST POOL OF MONEY TO 121 00:04:26,985 --> 00:04:28,982 THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE NOT 122 00:04:28,985 --> 00:04:31,049 IN A FLOOD PLAIN AND DID NOT 123 00:04:31,052 --> 00:04:32,249 THEREFORE HAVE FLOOD INSURANCE 124 00:04:32,252 --> 00:04:34,315 THAT ARE ALSO LOW TO MODERATE 125 00:04:34,318 --> 00:04:35,282 INCOME CAUSE THEY JUST DON'T 126 00:04:35,285 --> 00:04:36,249 HAVE THE RESOURCES TO BE ABLE TO 127 00:04:36,252 --> 00:04:38,049 GO TO THE BANK AND HAVE A 128 00:04:38,052 --> 00:04:39,615 SAVINGS ACCOUNT AND TO BE ABLE 129 00:04:39,618 --> 00:04:40,482 TO REBUILD. 130 00:04:40,485 --> 00:04:41,715 >> LAFAYETTE PARISH 131 00:04:41,718 --> 00:04:43,249 MAYOR-PRESIDENT JOEL ROBIDEAUX 132 00:04:43,252 --> 00:04:46,149 IS HEAD OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE 133 00:04:46,152 --> 00:04:46,916 LENDING ADVICE. 134 00:04:46,919 --> 00:04:48,849 >> WHAT WE DON'T WANT; WE DON'T 135 00:04:48,852 --> 00:04:49,582 WANT OUR CITIZENS LEAVING THE 136 00:04:49,585 --> 00:04:51,782 STATE FOR WHATEVER OPPORTUNITIES 137 00:04:51,785 --> 00:04:52,682 EXIST AND WALKING AWAY FROM 138 00:04:52,685 --> 00:04:53,982 THEIR HOMES. 139 00:04:53,985 --> 00:04:56,949 >> SOME HOMEOWNERS ARE ALREADY 140 00:04:56,952 --> 00:04:58,082 GETTING HELP FROM THE NATIONAL 141 00:04:58,085 --> 00:04:59,916 FLOOD INSURANCE PROGRAM. FOR 142 00:04:59,919 --> 00:05:01,449 HOMEOWNERS WAITING ON INSURANCE 143 00:05:01,452 --> 00:05:02,482 PAYOUTS FROM THEIR FLOOD 144 00:05:02,485 --> 00:05:03,715 POLICIES, FEMA REPRESENTATIVE 145 00:05:03,718 --> 00:05:06,482 WAYNE BERGGREN SAYS PATIENCE IS 146 00:05:06,485 --> 00:05:07,682 KEY. 147 00:05:07,685 --> 00:05:09,682 >> WE'VE CLOSED ALMOST 62 148 00:05:09,685 --> 00:05:11,416 PERCENT OF THE CLAIMS FROM 149 00:05:11,419 --> 00:05:12,615 AUGUST HAVE BEEN CLOSED WITH 150 00:05:12,618 --> 00:05:13,949 PAYMENT. 151 00:05:13,952 --> 00:05:15,449 SO, WE'RE OUT THERE WORKING; IT 152 00:05:15,452 --> 00:05:16,849 SEEMS SLOW BUT WITH THE DISASTER 153 00:05:16,852 --> 00:05:18,115 AND THE MAGNITUDE WE JUST HAD 154 00:05:18,118 --> 00:05:22,682 ABOUT 6 OR 7 HUNDRED ADJUSTERS 155 00:05:22,685 --> 00:05:24,882 TO WORK 29 THOUSAND CLAIMS. 156 00:05:24,885 --> 00:05:26,449 >> TO PUT THINGS INTO 157 00:05:26,452 --> 00:05:27,582 PERSPECTIVE, BERGGREN NOTES THAT 158 00:05:27,585 --> 00:05:29,982 THERE WERE 49 HUNDRED CLAIMS 159 00:05:29,985 --> 00:05:30,882 FROM LOUISIANA'S SPRING FLOODING 160 00:05:30,885 --> 00:05:32,049 EVENT. 161 00:05:32,052 --> 00:05:34,082 >> I THINK GOING FORWARD ONE OF 162 00:05:34,085 --> 00:05:35,549 THE MOST IMPORTANT THING WE CAN 163 00:05:35,552 --> 00:05:37,249 DO NOT JUST IN LAFAYETTE BUT 164 00:05:37,252 --> 00:05:38,749 ACROSS THE STATE IS TO ENCOURAGE 165 00:05:38,752 --> 00:05:42,182 PEOPLE TO GET FLOOD INSURANCE. 166 00:05:42,185 --> 00:05:48,749 WE'RE A LOW LYING STATE; WE'RE 167 00:05:48,752 --> 00:05:52,282 AT RISK WITH HURRICANES AND RAIN 168 00:05:52,285 --> 00:05:54,115 EVENTS ALL THE TIME; 169 00:05:54,118 --> 00:05:55,582 >> WE NEED TO CONSIDER POSSIBLY 170 00:05:55,585 --> 00:05:57,382 CHANGING SOME OF OUR DEVELOPMENT 171 00:05:57,385 --> 00:06:01,349 CODE AND THAT WE REQUIRE PEOPLE 172 00:06:01,352 --> 00:06:05,482 TO DEVELOP BASED ON 25 YEAR 173 00:06:05,485 --> 00:06:07,815 FLOOD EVENT. 174 00:06:07,818 --> 00:06:12,149 SO THOSE ARE CONVERSATIONS THAT 175 00:06:12,152 --> 00:06:13,049 ARE DIFFICULT. 176 00:06:13,052 --> 00:06:14,149 >>MANY LOCAL GOVERNING BODIES 177 00:06:14,152 --> 00:06:16,215 THAT GET THEIR REVENUES FROM 178 00:06:16,218 --> 00:06:17,516 PROPERTY TAXES MAY EXPERIENCE 179 00:06:17,519 --> 00:06:18,682 SOME FINANCIAL INSTABILITY. 180 00:06:18,685 --> 00:06:21,682 ROBIDEAUX HOPES LAFAYETTE CAN 181 00:06:21,685 --> 00:06:24,349 MAKE UP THE LOSS IN SALES TAX. 182 00:06:24,352 --> 00:06:28,815 >> LAFAYETTE WAS MORE FORTUNATE 183 00:06:28,818 --> 00:06:30,916 THAN A LOT OF THE MUNICIPALITIES 184 00:06:30,919 --> 00:06:33,282 BECAUSE OUR CORE ECONOMY OF 185 00:06:33,285 --> 00:06:34,649 BUSINESSES WERE NOT AFFECTED AND 186 00:06:34,652 --> 00:06:36,349 SO WHEN THE REBUILD EFFORT 187 00:06:36,352 --> 00:06:37,115 OCCURS; FOR US HERE IN 188 00:06:37,118 --> 00:06:39,416 LAFAYETTE; THEY'RE GOING TO SHOP 189 00:06:39,419 --> 00:06:40,682 LOCALLY; GET THEIR BUILDING 190 00:06:40,685 --> 00:06:42,149 MATERIALS LOCALLY. 191 00:06:42,152 --> 00:06:44,916 >> THE GOVERNOR'S ASK OF THE 192 00:06:44,919 --> 00:06:47,182 FEDERAL GOVERNMENT INCLUDES $600 193 00:06:47,185 --> 00:06:48,482 MILLION FOR INFRASTRUCTURE 194 00:06:48,485 --> 00:06:50,549 PROJECTS LIKE A CANAL THAT WOULD 195 00:06:50,552 --> 00:06:52,282 DIVERT WATER FROM THE AMITE 196 00:06:52,285 --> 00:06:52,949 RIVER UNDER EXTREME FLOODING 197 00:06:52,952 --> 00:06:53,916 EVENTS. EDWARDS' OFFICE IS 198 00:06:53,919 --> 00:06:56,682 HOPEFUL ABOUT THE FEDERAL 199 00:06:56,685 --> 00:06:58,416 GOVERNMENT'S EXPEDIENCY. 200 00:06:58,419 --> 00:07:00,115 >> MANY TIMES AFTER A STORM 201 00:07:00,118 --> 00:07:02,882 YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE FIRST 202 00:07:02,885 --> 00:07:04,449 APPROPRIATION, COMPARABLE TO OUR 203 00:07:04,452 --> 00:07:05,549 $438 MILLION, COMING SIX MONTHS, 204 00:07:05,552 --> 00:07:06,416 EIGHT MONTHS AFTER THE STORM. IN 205 00:07:06,419 --> 00:07:10,016 JUST OVER TWO MONTHS, WE'VE HAD 206 00:07:10,019 --> 00:07:11,149 OUR FIRST APPROPRIATION. 207 00:07:11,152 --> 00:07:12,182 >> PENDARVIS, WHO IS ALSO A 208 00:07:12,185 --> 00:07:14,849 PASTOR, IS TAKING THINGS IN 209 00:07:14,852 --> 00:07:18,715 STRIDE. 210 00:07:18,718 --> 00:07:20,482 >> ITS JUST ONE OF THOSE THINGS; 211 00:07:20,485 --> 00:07:22,782 I'M NOT UPSET ABOUT IT; NOT 212 00:07:22,785 --> 00:07:23,982 RAISING SAND ABOUT IT, I JUST 213 00:07:23,985 --> 00:07:26,815 KNOW THE LORD KNOWS ALL ABOUT IT 214 00:07:26,818 --> 00:07:29,615 AND THE LORD SAYS HE WOULDN'T 215 00:07:29,618 --> 00:07:30,916 PUT MORE ON US THAN WE CAN BEAR. 216 00:07:30,919 --> 00:07:33,682 >> JOINING US TO EXPLORE BEYOND 217 00:07:33,685 --> 00:07:36,215 THE FLOOD IS OUR STUDIO 218 00:07:36,218 --> 00:07:37,549 AUDIENCE. IT INCLUDES PARISH 219 00:07:37,552 --> 00:07:39,482 OFFICIALS, DISPLACED RENTERS AND 220 00:07:39,485 --> 00:07:40,982 REBUILDING EXPERTS. WE ALSO HAVE 221 00:07:40,985 --> 00:07:42,449 LEGISLATIVE YOUTH ADVISORY 222 00:07:42,452 --> 00:07:44,849 COUNCIL STUDENTS FROM FLOOD 223 00:07:44,852 --> 00:07:46,916 EFFECTED AREAS. THANKS TO 224 00:07:46,919 --> 00:07:48,149 EVERYONE FOR BEING HERE. 225 00:07:48,152 --> 00:07:51,416 THIS NATURAL DISASTER CAN BE 226 00:07:51,419 --> 00:07:53,549 DEFINED BY SEVERAL HISTORIC 227 00:07:53,552 --> 00:07:55,682 FIGURES, SO LET'S START THERE. 228 00:07:55,685 --> 00:07:57,982 >> BASED ON DATA FROM FEMA, OVER 229 00:07:57,985 --> 00:08:00,449 50 PERCENT OF THE HOMES IMPACTED 230 00:08:00,452 --> 00:08:03,315 BY BOTH OF THESE FLOODS WERE NOT 231 00:08:03,318 --> 00:08:05,749 IN FEMA'S 100-YEAR FLOODPLAIN 232 00:08:05,752 --> 00:08:08,315 AND 78 PERCENT OF IMPACTED HOMES 233 00:08:08,318 --> 00:08:10,082 DID NOT HAVE FLOOD INSURANCE. 234 00:08:10,085 --> 00:08:11,849 25 PERCENT OF IMPACTED RESIDENTS 235 00:08:11,852 --> 00:08:13,749 WERE RENTERS. ATTENTION HAS 236 00:08:13,752 --> 00:08:15,516 LARGELY BEEN PAID TO HOMEOWNERS, 237 00:08:15,519 --> 00:08:16,882 BUT THE STATE IS ASKING FOR $180 238 00:08:16,885 --> 00:08:19,282 MILLION FROM THE FEDERAL 239 00:08:19,285 --> 00:08:21,182 DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN 240 00:08:21,185 --> 00:08:24,549 DEVELOPMENT TO AID RENTERS. 241 00:08:24,552 --> 00:08:26,115 DAMAGES TO BUSINESSES AND 242 00:08:26,118 --> 00:08:27,682 AGRICULTURE ARE ESTIMATED TO 243 00:08:27,685 --> 00:08:31,182 EXCEED $3.2 BILLION, WITH 6,000 244 00:08:31,185 --> 00:08:33,315 BUSINESSES FLOODED. THE 245 00:08:33,318 --> 00:08:35,115 GOVERNOR'S OFFICE ESTIMATES $120 246 00:08:35,118 --> 00:08:37,182 MILLION OF PUBLIC INVESTMENT 247 00:08:37,185 --> 00:08:38,849 WILL BE NEEDED TO AVOID CLOSURES 248 00:08:38,852 --> 00:08:41,016 AND JOB LOSS. 249 00:08:41,019 --> 00:08:42,882 BUT THOSE NUMBERS DON'T PAINT 250 00:08:42,885 --> 00:08:44,416 THE ENTIRE PICTURE WHAT ABOUT 251 00:08:44,419 --> 00:08:45,249 THE HUMAN IMPACT? WHAT ARE SOME 252 00:08:45,252 --> 00:08:47,049 HURDLES YOU ARE EXPERIENCING? 253 00:08:47,052 --> 00:08:49,649 I'LL OPEN THAT UP TO THE 254 00:08:49,652 --> 00:08:52,715 AUNDIENCE. 255 00:08:52,718 --> 00:08:53,516 >> I'D LIKE TO GO TO ASHLEY AND 256 00:08:53,519 --> 00:08:55,782 JUDY. 257 00:08:55,785 --> 00:08:56,782 A MOTHER AND DAUGHTER GREATLY 258 00:08:56,785 --> 00:08:57,982 IMPACTED BY THE FLOOD. 259 00:08:57,985 --> 00:08:59,782 START WITH YOU, ASHLEY. 260 00:08:59,785 --> 00:09:02,982 TELL ME ABOUT YOUR EXPERIENCE. 261 00:09:02,985 --> 00:09:03,382 >> WHAT YOU SAW ON CAMERA WAS MY 262 00:09:03,385 --> 00:09:04,315 GRANDFATHER. 263 00:09:04,318 --> 00:09:06,682 WE GREW UP THERE. 264 00:09:06,685 --> 00:09:09,916 HE'S BEEN THERE FOR 86 YEARS. 265 00:09:09,919 --> 00:09:12,082 MY CHILDHOOD HOME WAS LOST. 266 00:09:12,085 --> 00:09:13,082 IT WAS PROBABLY ABOUT 9 FEET OF 267 00:09:13,085 --> 00:09:16,315 WATER TO THE ROOF. 268 00:09:16,318 --> 00:09:19,449 EVERYBODY IN MY FAMILY, EXTENDED 269 00:09:19,452 --> 00:09:21,049 FAMILY, COUSINS, AUNTS, UNCLES 270 00:09:21,052 --> 00:09:21,416 PRETTY MUCH LOST EVERYTHING. 271 00:09:21,419 --> 00:09:23,349 >> WOW. 272 00:09:23,352 --> 00:09:24,315 >> SO NOW IT'S THE QUESTION OF 273 00:09:24,318 --> 00:09:28,682 WHAT TO DO NEXT. 274 00:09:28,685 --> 00:09:31,016 TO REBUILD OR MOVE ON. 275 00:09:31,019 --> 00:09:31,315 WHAT DO YOU DO WITH THAT FAMILY 276 00:09:31,318 --> 00:09:33,082 LAND? 277 00:09:33,085 --> 00:09:35,416 >> ONE OF YOUR CONCERNS, JUDY, 278 00:09:35,419 --> 00:09:36,416 IS THAT BARRIER THEY BUILT ALONG 279 00:09:36,419 --> 00:09:39,416 THE INTERSTATE. 280 00:09:39,419 --> 00:09:40,982 THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT 281 00:09:40,985 --> 00:09:42,516 BELIEVE THAT HAD A LOT TO DO 282 00:09:42,519 --> 00:09:42,949 WITH THE FLOODING THERE. 283 00:09:42,952 --> 00:09:44,715 >> YES. 284 00:09:44,718 --> 00:09:46,516 WE'VE LIVED THERE FOR 40 YEARS. 285 00:09:46,519 --> 00:09:48,549 AND THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT 286 00:09:48,552 --> 00:09:52,916 WE EVER HAD WATER LIKE THAT. 287 00:09:52,919 --> 00:09:54,449 SO THE INTERSTATE HAS ONLY BEEN 288 00:09:54,452 --> 00:09:57,682 THERE FOR A LITTLE WHILE. 289 00:09:57,685 --> 00:10:00,282 SO IT REALLY DID HAVE AN IMPACT 290 00:10:00,285 --> 00:10:03,282 ON IT. 291 00:10:03,285 --> 00:10:06,049 THE WATER STARTED COMING IN AT 292 00:10:06,052 --> 00:10:08,249 5:00 THAT FRIDAY MORNING AND 293 00:10:08,252 --> 00:10:10,516 KEPT GETTING DEEPER AND DEEPER. 294 00:10:10,519 --> 00:10:12,416 SO IT COULDN'T GO ANYWHERE. 295 00:10:12,419 --> 00:10:14,082 IT COULD ONLY SPREAD OUT ON THE 296 00:10:14,085 --> 00:10:15,482 NORTH SIDE OF THE INTERSTATE. 297 00:10:15,485 --> 00:10:17,049 IT COULDN'T GO FAST. 298 00:10:17,052 --> 00:10:18,049 >> THE WATER CAME UP QUICKLY. 299 00:10:18,052 --> 00:10:19,715 >> IT DID. 300 00:10:19,718 --> 00:10:21,815 IT CAME UP QUICKLY. 301 00:10:21,818 --> 00:10:25,082 >> YOU ALSO ARE A FLOOD VICTIM. 302 00:10:25,085 --> 00:10:28,416 TELL US ABOUT YOUR EXPERIENCE. 303 00:10:28,419 --> 00:10:33,715 >> WELL, I CALLED THE INSURANCE 304 00:10:33,718 --> 00:10:33,982 COMPANY BECAUSE WE HAD NO WAY 305 00:10:33,985 --> 00:10:37,249 OUT. 306 00:10:37,252 --> 00:10:39,582 WE HAVE 11 HOMES. 307 00:10:39,585 --> 00:10:41,249 9 OF THE 11 HOMES FLOODED. 308 00:10:41,252 --> 00:10:42,615 WE HAD NOWHERE TO GO. 309 00:10:42,618 --> 00:10:44,049 USUALLY YOU GO WITH YOUR MOM. 310 00:10:44,052 --> 00:10:45,682 >> THE WHOLE FAMILY. 311 00:10:45,685 --> 00:10:47,849 >> WE LOST 9 HOMES. 312 00:10:47,852 --> 00:10:50,082 SO WE'RE ALL REBUILDING. 313 00:10:50,085 --> 00:10:51,949 I GUESS THE HARDEST THING FOR ME 314 00:10:51,952 --> 00:10:53,215 IS THE COMMUNICATION WE'VE GOT. 315 00:10:53,218 --> 00:10:55,049 I DID HAVE FLOOD INSURANCE. 316 00:10:55,052 --> 00:10:57,349 AND I THINK PEOPLE JUST NEED TO 317 00:10:57,352 --> 00:10:58,182 REALIZE IT'S GOING TO BE A VERY 318 00:10:58,185 --> 00:10:59,749 LONG PROCESS. 319 00:10:59,752 --> 00:11:01,516 THE MONEY THAT YOU ARE SUPPOSED 320 00:11:01,519 --> 00:11:02,649 TO GET IS GOING TO TAKE A WHILE 321 00:11:02,652 --> 00:11:04,182 TO GET HERE. 322 00:11:04,185 --> 00:11:04,549 THEY DON'T COMMUNICATE THAT TO 323 00:11:04,552 --> 00:11:06,149 YOU. 324 00:11:06,152 --> 00:11:07,815 YOU DON'T REALIZE YOU ARE GOING 325 00:11:07,818 --> 00:11:09,815 TO HAVE TO HAVE A PLACE TO STAY 326 00:11:09,818 --> 00:11:12,382 FOR 3, 4, 6 MONTHS. 327 00:11:12,385 --> 00:11:12,916 SO WE'RE WAITING ON THE CHECK TO 328 00:11:12,919 --> 00:11:15,182 COME IN. 329 00:11:15,185 --> 00:11:16,649 >> SO YOU STILL HAVE HAD NO 330 00:11:16,652 --> 00:11:20,082 ECONOMIC RELIEF? 331 00:11:20,085 --> 00:11:22,482 >> NO, I HAD RECEIVED THE MONEY 332 00:11:22,485 --> 00:11:22,815 AND USING THAT TO REBUILD THE 333 00:11:22,818 --> 00:11:25,182 HOME. 334 00:11:25,185 --> 00:11:26,115 BUT MY MOTHER HAS NOT RECEIVED 335 00:11:26,118 --> 00:11:27,282 HER FLOOD INSURANCE. 336 00:11:27,285 --> 00:11:30,149 SHE'S STUCK. 337 00:11:30,152 --> 00:11:30,482 WHEN ARE THEY GOING TO SEND THE 338 00:11:30,485 --> 00:11:32,049 CHECK? 339 00:11:32,052 --> 00:11:33,715 IT'S FRUSTRATING. 340 00:11:33,718 --> 00:11:35,449 >> YOU GOT FLOODED. 341 00:11:35,452 --> 00:11:35,849 AND YOU DON'T HAVE FLOOD 342 00:11:35,852 --> 00:11:38,249 INSURANCE? 343 00:11:38,252 --> 00:11:38,615 OR YOUR FAMILY DIDN'T HAVE FLOOD 344 00:11:38,618 --> 00:11:39,582 INSURANCE? 345 00:11:39,585 --> 00:11:41,916 >> NO, SIR. 346 00:11:41,919 --> 00:11:42,315 I WAS LIVING AT THE SAINT JOHN'S 347 00:11:42,318 --> 00:11:43,115 APARTMENTS. 348 00:11:43,118 --> 00:11:46,382 EVERY APARTMENT GOT FLOODED. 349 00:11:46,385 --> 00:11:50,782 I WAS IN THE PROCESS OF MOVING 350 00:11:50,785 --> 00:11:53,815 TO THE HOUSE NEXT DOOR. 351 00:11:53,818 --> 00:11:55,215 AND MY PARENTS WERE TOLD THEY 352 00:11:55,218 --> 00:11:56,916 DID NOT NEED FLOOD INSURANCE. 353 00:11:56,919 --> 00:11:57,782 THEY DIDN'T HAVE IT AND WE ALL 354 00:11:57,785 --> 00:12:00,215 LOST EVERYTHING. 355 00:12:00,218 --> 00:12:04,715 >> AND YOU AS A RENTER, HOW ARE 356 00:12:04,718 --> 00:12:09,149 YOU IMPACTED? 357 00:12:09,152 --> 00:12:11,049 >> WELL, AS OF RIGHT NOW, I WAS 358 00:12:11,052 --> 00:12:12,282 GIVEN RENTAL ASSISTANCE AND TOLD 359 00:12:12,285 --> 00:12:16,682 I DIDN'T QUALIFY FOR ANYTHING 360 00:12:16,685 --> 00:12:20,649 ELSE. 361 00:12:20,652 --> 00:12:27,182 GIVEN -- SO TOOK PICTURES AND 362 00:12:27,185 --> 00:12:28,649 DOCUMENTED EVERYTHING. 363 00:12:28,652 --> 00:12:29,416 AND JUST BECAUSE WE DON'T OWN 364 00:12:29,419 --> 00:12:31,315 OUR HOMES. 365 00:12:31,318 --> 00:12:31,715 I WAS ABOUT TO BECOME A 366 00:12:31,718 --> 00:12:33,082 HOMEOWNER. 367 00:12:33,085 --> 00:12:34,215 BUT THE FLOOD KIND OF TOOK CARE 368 00:12:34,218 --> 00:12:35,815 OF ALL THAT. 369 00:12:35,818 --> 00:12:36,649 >> THAT PUT THAT OFF AT LEAST 370 00:12:36,652 --> 00:12:38,382 FOR A WHILE. 371 00:12:38,385 --> 00:12:40,482 >> DESTROYED MY CAR. 372 00:12:40,485 --> 00:12:42,749 CAN'T WORK TWO OF MY JOBS. 373 00:12:42,752 --> 00:12:46,182 SO AS IT STANDS, IF I DON'T GET 374 00:12:46,185 --> 00:12:48,516 SOME TYPE OF HELP, I MIGHT HAVE 375 00:12:48,519 --> 00:12:49,982 TO VOLUNTEER FOR DEPLOYMENT JUST 376 00:12:49,985 --> 00:12:52,549 TO SHAPE BACK. 377 00:12:52,552 --> 00:12:52,882 >> YOU HAD FLOOD INSURANCE; 378 00:12:52,885 --> 00:12:53,516 CORRECT? 379 00:12:53,519 --> 00:12:56,516 >> THAT'S CORRECT. 380 00:12:56,519 --> 00:12:56,916 >> TELL US ABOUT YOUR 381 00:12:56,919 --> 00:12:59,382 EXPERIENCE. 382 00:12:59,385 --> 00:13:00,349 >> WELL, IT WAS DEFINITELY HARD 383 00:13:00,352 --> 00:13:05,049 FOR ME. 384 00:13:05,052 --> 00:13:07,549 I HAD A NEW BORN IN THE HOUSE. 385 00:13:07,552 --> 00:13:09,749 THE WATER COMING IN SO QUICKLY, 386 00:13:09,752 --> 00:13:13,749 DIDN'T HAVE MUCH TIME TO DECIDE 387 00:13:13,752 --> 00:13:18,115 WHAT TO DO WITH THINGS. 388 00:13:18,118 --> 00:13:21,382 CALLED MY INSURANCE THE NEXT DAY 389 00:13:21,385 --> 00:13:24,115 AND DID GET SOME ASSISTANCE FOR 390 00:13:24,118 --> 00:13:25,649 RENTAL INSURANCE. 391 00:13:25,652 --> 00:13:29,282 FORTUNATE ENOUGH. 392 00:13:29,285 --> 00:13:29,916 A FAMILY OF FOUR IS KIND OF 393 00:13:29,919 --> 00:13:32,849 TIGHT. 394 00:13:32,852 --> 00:13:34,949 IT'S A BLESSING TO HAVE THEM. 395 00:13:34,952 --> 00:13:39,949 THIS IS PROCESS. 396 00:13:39,952 --> 00:13:46,282 IT'S JUST TAKING A LONG TIME. 397 00:13:46,285 --> 00:13:49,549 >> YOU CAN KIND OF GIVE US A 398 00:13:49,552 --> 00:13:51,416 PERSPECTIVE BEING WITH THE -- 399 00:13:51,419 --> 00:13:52,782 ABOUT RENTERS IN GENERAL. 400 00:13:52,785 --> 00:13:54,849 A LOT OF THE APARTMENTS WERE 401 00:13:54,852 --> 00:13:56,749 LOST IN THIS FLOOD. 402 00:13:56,752 --> 00:13:58,682 >> THERE WERE NO MORE UNITS. 403 00:13:58,685 --> 00:13:59,449 >> WHAT HAPPENS TO THE PEOPLE 404 00:13:59,452 --> 00:14:01,815 DISPLACED AND WHAT HAPPENS TO 405 00:14:01,818 --> 00:14:03,549 THE OWNERS OF THE APARTMENTS AND 406 00:14:03,552 --> 00:14:04,682 HOW DO THEY REBUILD? 407 00:14:04,685 --> 00:14:08,016 >> THOSE ARE GOOD QUESTIONS. 408 00:14:08,019 --> 00:14:09,815 I KNOW FOR THE RENTERS THEY 409 00:14:09,818 --> 00:14:11,149 SCRAMBLED JUST LIKE ALL THE 410 00:14:11,152 --> 00:14:14,982 HOMEOWNERS DID AND THAT CREATED 411 00:14:14,985 --> 00:14:18,115 A GREAT INFLUX OF NEEDS. 412 00:14:18,118 --> 00:14:19,416 WASN'T A GREAT DEAL OF VACANCY 413 00:14:19,419 --> 00:14:22,482 TO BEGIN WITH. 414 00:14:22,485 --> 00:14:24,715 SO THE FIRST COME FIRST SERVICE 415 00:14:24,718 --> 00:14:27,282 SITUATION MADE IT HARD FOR 416 00:14:27,285 --> 00:14:28,916 PEOPLE TO LIVE. 417 00:14:28,919 --> 00:14:29,315 >> TELL US ABOUT YOUR 418 00:14:29,318 --> 00:14:29,949 EXPERIENCE. 419 00:14:29,952 --> 00:14:33,282 YOU WERE FLOODED. 420 00:14:33,285 --> 00:14:36,315 >> WE GOT A FOOT OF WATER. 421 00:14:36,318 --> 00:14:40,115 MY HUSBAND AND I PAID FOR OUR 422 00:14:40,118 --> 00:14:43,916 HOMES. 423 00:14:43,919 --> 00:14:48,215 BUT THE COST OF REBUILDING OUR 424 00:14:48,218 --> 00:14:52,016 HOUSE IS REALLY COSTING US MORE 425 00:14:52,019 --> 00:14:53,615 TO REBUILD THAN BUY THE HOUSE 25 426 00:14:53,618 --> 00:15:01,849 YEARS AGO. 427 00:15:01,852 --> 00:15:05,282 WE DO HAVE A SECOND FLOOR. 428 00:15:05,285 --> 00:15:08,682 WE HAVE TO GIVE CREDIT TO FEMA. 429 00:15:08,685 --> 00:15:12,016 THEY PUT $20,000 IN OUR HANDS. 430 00:15:12,019 --> 00:15:15,182 AND WE HAD ENOUGH MONEY TO HIRE 431 00:15:15,185 --> 00:15:18,416 A CONTRACTOR. 432 00:15:18,419 --> 00:15:21,182 WE WERE ABLE TO QUALIFY FOR THE 433 00:15:21,185 --> 00:15:24,949 SBA LOANS. 434 00:15:24,952 --> 00:15:29,182 AND I WAS ABLE TO BORROW MY 435 00:15:29,185 --> 00:15:36,315 DEFERRED COMPENSATION I KNOW 436 00:15:36,318 --> 00:15:40,382 THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO 437 00:15:40,385 --> 00:15:42,215 HAD HOMES AND THEY CANNOT AFFORD 438 00:15:42,218 --> 00:15:46,715 TO PAY TO REBUILD. 439 00:15:46,718 --> 00:15:48,082 THE GOVERNMENT IS GOING TO GO TO 440 00:15:48,085 --> 00:15:50,016 THEIR RESCUE. 441 00:15:50,019 --> 00:15:51,482 I FEEL WHEN THIS IS ALL OVER 442 00:15:51,485 --> 00:15:52,382 WITH, I'M GOING TO HAVE LESS 443 00:15:52,385 --> 00:15:54,082 THAN WHAT THEY HAD. 444 00:15:54,085 --> 00:15:55,815 I'M GOING TO HAVE A TON OF DEBT. 445 00:15:55,818 --> 00:15:56,582 THE GOVERNMENT IS GOING TO GO TO 446 00:15:56,585 --> 00:15:58,315 THEIR RESCUE. 447 00:15:58,318 --> 00:16:00,882 BETWEEN THE TWO OF US, WE'VE 448 00:16:00,885 --> 00:16:03,115 WORKED FOR 70 YEARS. 449 00:16:03,118 --> 00:16:05,115 AND THAT'S HURTFUL TO ME. 450 00:16:05,118 --> 00:16:06,849 SEND MY KIDS TO COLLEGE. 451 00:16:06,852 --> 00:16:08,215 PREPARE FOR A RAINY DAY AND ALL 452 00:16:08,218 --> 00:16:09,682 OF THAT IS DISSIPATING. 453 00:16:09,685 --> 00:16:11,549 I'M GOING TO END UP WITH A 454 00:16:11,552 --> 00:16:12,782 LOADED DEBT. 455 00:16:12,785 --> 00:16:15,882 SOME OF THESE PEOPLE THE 456 00:16:15,885 --> 00:16:16,615 GOVERNMENT IS GOING TO HELP 457 00:16:16,618 --> 00:16:23,016 THEM. 458 00:16:23,019 --> 00:16:26,982 AND IT'S VERY FRUSTRATING. 459 00:16:26,985 --> 00:16:32,382 >> SO THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OF 460 00:16:32,385 --> 00:16:34,849 HOMELAND SECURITY WE SERVE AS A 461 00:16:34,852 --> 00:16:35,982 STATE AGENCY THAT LIAISONS 462 00:16:35,985 --> 00:16:37,782 THROUGH BOTH THE RESPONSES AND 463 00:16:37,785 --> 00:16:41,582 THE RECOVERY PHASE FOR THIS. 464 00:16:41,585 --> 00:16:46,115 BUT LOOKING FORWARD TO 465 00:16:46,118 --> 00:16:50,349 MITIGATING AND GROWING STRONGER 466 00:16:50,352 --> 00:16:54,182 AS WE LOOK FORWARD. 467 00:16:54,185 --> 00:16:55,549 TO REBUILD IN A WAY THAT BETTER 468 00:16:55,552 --> 00:16:58,449 PROTECTS THEM FROM THE FLOOD 469 00:16:58,452 --> 00:16:59,715 RISK MOVING FORWARD. 470 00:16:59,718 --> 00:17:01,349 OBVIOUSLY, WE'RE WORKING WITH 471 00:17:01,352 --> 00:17:04,516 THE GOVERNOR'S STAFF AND THE 472 00:17:04,519 --> 00:17:08,215 TASK FORCE AND LOOKING AT ARE 473 00:17:08,218 --> 00:17:10,815 THERE OPPORTUNITIES TO UTILIZE 474 00:17:10,818 --> 00:17:16,482 THE FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES WE 475 00:17:16,485 --> 00:17:18,416 WILL HAVE AS MORE FUNDING GETS 476 00:17:18,419 --> 00:17:20,949 APPROPRIATED THAT KEEP US FROM 477 00:17:20,952 --> 00:17:22,715 GETTING INTO A SITUATION WHERE 478 00:17:22,718 --> 00:17:24,516 WE HAVE COMMUNITIES THAT ARE 479 00:17:24,519 --> 00:17:26,249 RECOVERING IN A PATCHWORK 480 00:17:26,252 --> 00:17:28,115 FASHION AND THIS HOUSE GETS 481 00:17:28,118 --> 00:17:28,815 ELEVATED AND TWO HOUSES DOWN 482 00:17:28,818 --> 00:17:30,549 DOES NOT. 483 00:17:30,552 --> 00:17:31,516 AND THEN YOU HAVE A VACANT LOT 484 00:17:31,519 --> 00:17:33,349 NEXT TO THAT. 485 00:17:33,352 --> 00:17:36,615 SO CERTAINLY, OUR FIRST LOOK AND 486 00:17:36,618 --> 00:17:38,949 OUR FIRST ATTEMPT IS TO TRY TO 487 00:17:38,952 --> 00:17:44,249 LEVERAGE INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS 488 00:17:44,252 --> 00:17:46,382 THAT ALLOW GREATER FLOOD 489 00:17:46,385 --> 00:17:48,249 PROTECTION FOR THE COMMUNITY AND 490 00:17:48,252 --> 00:17:50,949 NOT JUST SIMPLY A HOUSE BY HOUSE 491 00:17:50,952 --> 00:17:51,315 APPROACH TO UTILIZING THAT 492 00:17:51,318 --> 00:17:53,049 FUNDING. 493 00:17:53,052 --> 00:17:55,082 >> WHAT WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH IS 494 00:17:55,085 --> 00:17:55,449 DEAL WITH WHAT HAPPENED WHICH IS 495 00:17:55,452 --> 00:17:56,582 TERRIBLE. 496 00:17:56,585 --> 00:17:58,516 AND WE HAVE TO HAVE A PLAN FOR 497 00:17:58,519 --> 00:18:00,115 THE FUTURE IF IT HAPPENS AGAIN. 498 00:18:00,118 --> 00:18:01,949 SO YOU ARE HAVING TO DEAL WITH 499 00:18:01,952 --> 00:18:02,249 TWO DIFFERENT THINGS AT THE SAME 500 00:18:02,252 --> 00:18:03,049 TIME. 501 00:18:03,052 --> 00:18:06,016 >> CORRECT. 502 00:18:06,019 --> 00:18:10,382 MITIGATION REALLY IS LOOKING 503 00:18:10,385 --> 00:18:10,749 FORWARD. 504 00:18:10,752 --> 00:18:16,349 FORWARD. 505 00:18:16,352 --> 00:18:24,682 BUT CERTAINLY FOR AN EVENT LIKE 506 00:18:24,685 --> 00:18:27,815 THIS AN IMPORTANT RECOVERY. 507 00:18:27,818 --> 00:18:30,815 WITHOUT CLARITY ABOUT HOW THAT 508 00:18:30,818 --> 00:18:33,849 FUNDING WILL BE SPENT AND WHAT 509 00:18:33,852 --> 00:18:37,815 PROTECTION WILL BE ABLE TO BE 510 00:18:37,818 --> 00:18:39,449 FUNDED, SIGNIFICANT NUMBERS OF 511 00:18:39,452 --> 00:18:40,949 CITIZENS ARE STRUGGLING WITH 512 00:18:40,952 --> 00:18:43,949 WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? 513 00:18:43,952 --> 00:18:44,849 >> A LONG PROCESS. 514 00:18:44,852 --> 00:18:46,182 ALL RIGHT. 515 00:18:46,185 --> 00:18:47,315 >> THAT'S ALL THE TIME WE HAVE 516 00:18:47,318 --> 00:18:48,215 FOR THIS PORTION OF OUR SHOW. 517 00:18:48,218 --> 00:18:49,882 WHEN WE RETURN, WE'LL BE JOINED 518 00:18:49,885 --> 00:18:53,916 BY OUR PANEL TO FURTHER EXPLORE 519 00:19:03,018 --> 00:19:05,049 >> WELCOME BACK TO LOUISIANA 520 00:19:05,052 --> 00:19:06,749 PUBLIC SQUARE. TONIGHT WE'RE 521 00:19:06,752 --> 00:19:08,682 DISCUSSING LOUISIANA'S RECOVERY 522 00:19:08,685 --> 00:19:10,115 FROM RECENT FLOODING. JOINING US 523 00:19:10,118 --> 00:19:12,849 NOW IS OUR PANEL OF EXPERTS. 524 00:19:12,852 --> 00:19:14,115 WAYNE RICKARD IS A FEDERAL 525 00:19:14,118 --> 00:19:15,882 DISASTER RECOVERY COORDINATOR 526 00:19:15,885 --> 00:19:17,615 WITH FEMA. HE HAS SERVED AT FEMA 527 00:19:17,618 --> 00:19:18,882 FOR 26 YEARS IN VARIOUS 528 00:19:18,885 --> 00:19:20,082 POSITIONS, SUCH AS AN EMERGENCY 529 00:19:20,085 --> 00:19:21,849 ANALYST, HAZARD MITIGATION 530 00:19:21,852 --> 00:19:24,016 OFFICER, AND FIELD OFFICE 531 00:19:24,019 --> 00:19:25,349 DIRECTOR. 532 00:19:25,352 --> 00:19:26,615 AVA DEJOIE IS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 533 00:19:26,618 --> 00:19:30,182 OF THE LOUISIANA WORKFORCE 534 00:19:30,185 --> 00:19:32,416 COMMISSION. SHE WAS APPOINTED BY 535 00:19:32,419 --> 00:19:34,882 GOVERNOR JOHN BEL EDWARDS. THE 536 00:19:34,885 --> 00:19:35,916 COMMISSION MONITORS EMPLOYMENT, 537 00:19:35,919 --> 00:19:37,016 PROVIDES TRAINING RESOURCES FOR 538 00:19:37,019 --> 00:19:38,516 EMPLOYERS AND JOB-SEEKERS AND 539 00:19:38,519 --> 00:19:40,682 OVERSEES WORKER COMPENSATION 540 00:19:40,685 --> 00:19:42,849 BENEFITS. 541 00:19:42,852 --> 00:19:44,782 ADAM KNAPP IS PRESIDENT AND CEO 542 00:19:44,785 --> 00:19:45,682 OF THE BATON ROUGE AREA CHAMBER, 543 00:19:45,685 --> 00:19:47,549 A MEMBER OF THE RESTORE 544 00:19:47,552 --> 00:19:48,916 LOUISIANA TASK FORCE, AND A 545 00:19:48,919 --> 00:19:50,315 FORMER MEMBER OF THE LOUISIANA 546 00:19:50,318 --> 00:19:51,982 RECOVERY AUTHORITY, WHICH AIDED 547 00:19:51,985 --> 00:19:54,182 REBUILDING AFTER THE 2005 548 00:19:54,185 --> 00:19:55,449 HURRICANES. 549 00:19:55,452 --> 00:19:56,982 PAT FORBES IS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 550 00:19:56,985 --> 00:19:57,715 OF THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY 551 00:19:57,718 --> 00:19:58,449 DEVELOPMENT AND IS HELPING TO 552 00:19:58,452 --> 00:20:02,815 STRUCTURE THE FLOOD ASSISTANCE 553 00:20:02,818 --> 00:20:04,516 PROGRAMS FUNDED BY THE FEDERAL 554 00:20:04,519 --> 00:20:05,916 DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN 555 00:20:05,919 --> 00:20:07,416 DEVELOPMENT. FORBES ALSO WORKED 556 00:20:07,419 --> 00:20:08,815 WITH THE LRA. 557 00:20:08,818 --> 00:20:11,349 BEFORE WE GO TO OUR AUDIENCE 558 00:20:11,352 --> 00:20:12,416 QUESTIONS, I'D LIKE TO ASK YOU 559 00:20:12,419 --> 00:20:19,115 ALL, FROM YOUR POINT OF VIEW, 560 00:20:19,118 --> 00:20:21,382 WHAT'S THE STATUS OF RECOVERY? 561 00:20:21,385 --> 00:20:23,882 >> I'LL START HERE AND WORK OUR 562 00:20:23,885 --> 00:20:25,682 WAY DOWN THE PANEL. 563 00:20:25,685 --> 00:20:28,682 >> I WOULD SAY IT IS DIFFICULT 564 00:20:28,685 --> 00:20:35,082 TO COMPARE ONE DISASTER TO 565 00:20:35,085 --> 00:20:37,582 ANOTHER. 566 00:20:37,585 --> 00:20:43,949 I THINK WE'RE COMING ALONG WELL. 567 00:20:43,952 --> 00:20:46,016 THEY ARE EXTREMELY RESILIENT. 568 00:20:46,019 --> 00:20:48,282 THEY HAVE TAKEN THE RESOURCES WE 569 00:20:48,285 --> 00:20:49,749 HAVE PUTTING THEM TO WORK AND 570 00:20:49,752 --> 00:20:52,582 DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO MAKE 571 00:20:52,585 --> 00:20:54,782 SURE THAT WE GET THE EXTERNAL 572 00:20:54,785 --> 00:21:03,215 RESOURCES WE NEED. 573 00:21:03,218 --> 00:21:04,482 IT'S JUST BEEN A VERY EFFECTIVE 574 00:21:04,485 --> 00:21:07,549 EFFICIENT RESPONSE. 575 00:21:07,552 --> 00:21:08,349 IT STILL DOESN'T LOOK VERY GOOD 576 00:21:08,352 --> 00:21:12,815 TO YOU RIGHT NOW. 577 00:21:12,818 --> 00:21:17,016 IN TERMS OF LOOKING AT IT AS A 578 00:21:17,019 --> 00:21:22,815 MAJOR DISASTER, WE AS A STATE 579 00:21:22,818 --> 00:21:24,582 ARE DOING WELCOMING BACK. 580 00:21:24,585 --> 00:21:25,615 MAYBE NOW HIGH SCHOOL IF WE WERE 581 00:21:25,618 --> 00:21:27,682 IN HIGH SCHOOL. 582 00:21:27,685 --> 00:21:31,682 MAYBE WE ARE IN SECOND SEMESTER 583 00:21:31,685 --> 00:21:34,649 OF FRESHMAN YEAR. 584 00:21:34,652 --> 00:21:35,115 YOU KNOW WHERE THE BATHROOMS ARE 585 00:21:35,118 --> 00:21:38,416 YET. 586 00:21:38,419 --> 00:21:43,249 WE COME FROM THE VANTAGE POINT 587 00:21:43,252 --> 00:21:45,082 OF ECONOMIC RECOVERY AND LOOK 588 00:21:45,085 --> 00:21:45,482 FOR THE CHALLENGES OF 589 00:21:45,485 --> 00:21:48,749 BUSINESSES. 590 00:21:48,752 --> 00:21:51,482 THE SAME SCENARIOS YOU HEAR ARE 591 00:21:51,485 --> 00:21:52,916 SO MANY BUSINESSES WITHOUT FLOOD 592 00:21:52,919 --> 00:21:53,449 INSURANCE. 593 00:21:53,452 --> 00:21:55,815 AND THE RESOURCES OF RECOVERY 594 00:21:55,818 --> 00:21:56,582 AND THE RESOURCES OF RECOVERY 595 00:21:56,585 --> 00:21:59,115 ARE STILL SLIM. 596 00:21:59,118 --> 00:22:01,449 WE LOOKED AT THE ANALYSIS OF 597 00:22:01,452 --> 00:22:04,182 BUSINESS DATA AND MAYBE 25% ARE 598 00:22:04,185 --> 00:22:06,582 ABLE TO BE ACCESSING WHAT IS 599 00:22:06,585 --> 00:22:07,849 AVAILABLE THROUGH THE S B.A., 600 00:22:07,852 --> 00:22:08,315 THE SMALL BUSINESS 601 00:22:08,318 --> 00:22:10,082 ADMINISTRATION. 602 00:22:10,085 --> 00:22:12,249 SO LARGELY, ANOTHER CHAPTER, 603 00:22:12,252 --> 00:22:14,082 ANOTHER ACT TO COME FOR BUSINESS 604 00:22:14,085 --> 00:22:16,649 RECOVERY IN GENERAL. 605 00:22:16,652 --> 00:22:18,149 >> THIS IS A LOSS AND A TRAGEDY 606 00:22:18,152 --> 00:22:19,615 FOR ALL THOSE THAT WERE FLOODED 607 00:22:19,618 --> 00:22:21,815 AND FOR THOSE THAT WEREN'T 608 00:22:21,818 --> 00:22:22,182 FLOODED IT STILL IMPACTS THEIR 609 00:22:22,185 --> 00:22:24,649 COMMUNITY. 610 00:22:24,652 --> 00:22:27,349 SO IT'S DIFFICULT TO SAY THAT 611 00:22:27,352 --> 00:22:29,649 WHERE YOU ARE IN THAT GRIEVING 612 00:22:29,652 --> 00:22:31,215 PROCESS BECAUSE IT IS VERY MUCH 613 00:22:31,218 --> 00:22:33,315 A PROCESS. 614 00:22:33,318 --> 00:22:36,016 I THINK WE ARE WORKING OUR WAY 615 00:22:36,019 --> 00:22:40,482 AT DIFFERENT PACES THROUGH THE 616 00:22:40,485 --> 00:22:42,282 HEALING AND TO AN EVENTUAL -- I 617 00:22:42,285 --> 00:22:45,582 CAN NEVER SAY CONCLUSION BECAUSE 618 00:22:45,585 --> 00:22:46,516 THE PROCESS IS CONTINUING AND 619 00:22:46,519 --> 00:22:49,215 STARTING OVER. 620 00:22:49,218 --> 00:22:51,115 I THINK IT IS PROCEEDING FOR 621 00:22:51,118 --> 00:22:54,715 EVERYONE AT A DIFFERENT PACE. 622 00:22:54,718 --> 00:22:58,715 >> AS THE GUY ON THIS PANEL WHO 623 00:22:58,718 --> 00:22:59,949 IS BLAMED -- FROM FAMOUS 624 00:22:59,952 --> 00:23:00,782 PERSPECTIVE, WHERE ARE WE IN 625 00:23:00,785 --> 00:23:03,882 THIS PROCESS? 626 00:23:03,885 --> 00:23:06,282 >> WELL, TO USE ADAM'S ANALOGY, 627 00:23:06,285 --> 00:23:09,315 IF WE REVIEW THE HIGH SCHOOL 628 00:23:09,318 --> 00:23:10,682 ANALOGY AS SHORT-TERM RECOVERY, 629 00:23:10,685 --> 00:23:13,649 WHEN WE COMPLETE THAT, WE HAVE 630 00:23:13,652 --> 00:23:15,649 THE LONG-TERM RECOVERY WHICH IS 631 00:23:15,652 --> 00:23:18,782 LIFE FOR US AS A COLLECTIVE. 632 00:23:18,785 --> 00:23:20,382 THE STATE OF LOUISIANA, I THINK, 633 00:23:20,385 --> 00:23:23,715 WAS BECAUSE OF THE SPRINGTIME 634 00:23:23,718 --> 00:23:25,249 FLOOD AND THE IMPACTS OF THOSE 635 00:23:25,252 --> 00:23:26,982 COMMUNITIES AND HOUSEHOLDS, 636 00:23:26,985 --> 00:23:29,649 WE'RE ALREADY LEANING FORWARD. 637 00:23:29,652 --> 00:23:31,882 AND SO WHEN THE AUGUST FLOOD 638 00:23:31,885 --> 00:23:33,782 OCCURRED, A LOT OF MECHANISMS 639 00:23:33,785 --> 00:23:37,149 HAD ALREADY BEEN PUT IN PLACE BY 640 00:23:37,152 --> 00:23:39,582 THE GOVERNOR EDWARDS INCLUDING 641 00:23:39,585 --> 00:23:40,682 THE THOUGHT PROCESS ON THE 642 00:23:40,685 --> 00:23:44,449 GOVERNOR'S TASK FORCE. 643 00:23:44,452 --> 00:23:47,382 AND THE WAY THAT THE FEDERAL 644 00:23:47,385 --> 00:23:51,115 AGENCIES, THE PRIVATE SECTOR AND 645 00:23:51,118 --> 00:23:52,149 NON-PROFITS AND EVEN 646 00:23:52,152 --> 00:23:55,315 PHILANTHROPY, THAT COMMUNITY 647 00:23:55,318 --> 00:23:57,516 WOULD BE WORKING ON THE DISASTER 648 00:23:57,519 --> 00:23:59,049 RECOVERY FROM THE SPRING FLOOD. 649 00:23:59,052 --> 00:24:02,916 SO WHILE THE SECOND FLOOD WAS 650 00:24:02,919 --> 00:24:04,215 EVEN A GREATER MAGNITUDE AND 651 00:24:04,218 --> 00:24:06,282 SCOPE, BECAUSE OF THOSE 652 00:24:06,285 --> 00:24:09,815 MECHANISMS WERE IN PLACE, THINGS 653 00:24:09,818 --> 00:24:12,416 STARTED MOVING FASTER THAN THEY 654 00:24:12,419 --> 00:24:15,182 WOULD NORMALLY HAVE DONE IN THE 655 00:24:15,185 --> 00:24:17,449 FLOOD THAT OCCURRED IN AUGUST. 656 00:24:17,452 --> 00:24:19,149 >> I WANT TO GO TO SOME OF OUR 657 00:24:19,152 --> 00:24:20,282 AUDIENCE QUESTIONS. 658 00:24:20,285 --> 00:24:22,016 THE MOST APPROPRIATE QUESTION IS 659 00:24:22,019 --> 00:24:22,349 RIGHT WHERE I STARTED THIS 660 00:24:22,352 --> 00:24:25,615 PROGRAM. 661 00:24:25,618 --> 00:24:26,115 AND THAT'S GO TO SOME OF THE 662 00:24:26,118 --> 00:24:29,449 VICTIMS. 663 00:24:29,452 --> 00:24:29,749 WHAT'S YOUR QUESTION FOR THIS 664 00:24:29,752 --> 00:24:36,149 PANEL? 665 00:24:36,152 --> 00:24:41,782 >> MY QUESTION IS ON THE I-12 666 00:24:41,785 --> 00:24:45,815 DAM IN WALKER, IS THERE ANY WORK 667 00:24:45,818 --> 00:24:48,315 GOING TO BE DONE TO ALLEVIATE 668 00:24:48,318 --> 00:24:51,049 THAT PROBLEM? 669 00:24:51,052 --> 00:24:53,315 ANY WORK TO BE DONE TO DO 670 00:24:53,318 --> 00:24:56,882 SOMETHING ABOUT THAT? 671 00:24:56,885 --> 00:24:58,115 OR ONLY AS FLOOD VICTIMS SEE 672 00:24:58,118 --> 00:25:00,182 THAT AS A PROBLEM. 673 00:25:00,185 --> 00:25:01,249 >> I HEARD THAT BUT I'M NOT 674 00:25:01,252 --> 00:25:03,982 FAMILIAR WITH WHERE THEY ARE IN 675 00:25:03,985 --> 00:25:05,282 THE STUDY PROCESS FOR 676 00:25:05,285 --> 00:25:07,982 ESTABLISHING WHAT IMPACT IT 677 00:25:07,985 --> 00:25:10,649 MIGHT HAD ON THE FLOODS. 678 00:25:10,652 --> 00:25:15,749 I DO KNOW THAT WE ARE PLANNING 679 00:25:15,752 --> 00:25:16,082 AND MODELING ALL THESE FLOOD 680 00:25:16,085 --> 00:25:19,782 BASINS. 681 00:25:19,785 --> 00:25:20,749 AND WE WILL KNOW THAT WHEN WE 682 00:25:20,752 --> 00:25:27,115 GET DONE. 683 00:25:27,118 --> 00:25:30,382 >> I HAVE A PICTURE OF THE WATER 684 00:25:30,385 --> 00:25:31,916 ON THE NORTH SIDE IS LEVEL. 685 00:25:31,919 --> 00:25:34,182 AND THERE'S NO WATER ON THE 686 00:25:34,185 --> 00:25:37,449 SOUTH SIDE AT ALL. 687 00:25:37,452 --> 00:25:39,115 SO, I MEAN, THAT'S GOT TO TELL 688 00:25:39,118 --> 00:25:41,549 SOMEBODY SOMETHING THAT IF SOME 689 00:25:41,552 --> 00:25:42,482 WATER HAD GOTTEN THROUGH THERE, 690 00:25:42,485 --> 00:25:44,049 MAYBE MY HOUSE -- 691 00:25:44,052 --> 00:25:45,916 >> I THINK PART OF THE PROBLEM 692 00:25:45,919 --> 00:25:48,715 IS I'M NOT SURE ANYBODY HERE ON 693 00:25:48,718 --> 00:25:49,349 OUR PANEL CAN REALLY DIRECTLY 694 00:25:49,352 --> 00:25:51,482 RESPOND TO THAT. 695 00:25:51,485 --> 00:25:51,782 AND IT IS A MATTER OF LITIGATION 696 00:25:51,785 --> 00:25:53,115 NOW. 697 00:25:53,118 --> 00:25:55,115 SO IT'S PROBABLY A DIFFICULT 698 00:25:55,118 --> 00:26:00,049 THING TO TALK ABOUT. 699 00:26:00,052 --> 00:26:01,949 >> I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS -- 700 00:26:01,952 --> 00:26:04,749 TO GIVE EVERYONE THE IDEA OF THE 701 00:26:04,752 --> 00:26:06,682 AMOUNT OF WATER THAT WE RECEIVED 702 00:26:06,685 --> 00:26:09,582 OVER THE DAYS OF RAIN AND 703 00:26:09,585 --> 00:26:11,782 FLOODING, IT WOULD TAKE THE 704 00:26:11,785 --> 00:26:13,349 MISSISSIPPI RIVER 17 DAYS TO 705 00:26:13,352 --> 00:26:15,916 DRAIN THAT AMOUNT OF WATER INTO 706 00:26:15,919 --> 00:26:18,982 THE GULF OF MEXICO. 707 00:26:18,985 --> 00:26:21,416 SO IMAGINE, YOU KNOW, THE MOUTH 708 00:26:21,419 --> 00:26:23,582 OF THE RIVER, 17 DAYS. 709 00:26:23,585 --> 00:26:23,949 THAT'S HOW MUCH WATER WE'VE 710 00:26:23,952 --> 00:26:25,749 RECEIVED. 711 00:26:25,752 --> 00:26:27,215 >> WHAT ABOUT CASEY. 712 00:26:27,218 --> 00:26:28,782 CAN YOU RESPOND AT ALL TO THIS 713 00:26:28,785 --> 00:26:30,982 ABOUT THE WHOLE IDEA OF 714 00:26:30,985 --> 00:26:33,849 DIVERTING SOME OF THAT WATER AND 715 00:26:33,852 --> 00:26:34,215 PREVENTING THESE THINGS FROM 716 00:26:34,218 --> 00:26:36,815 HAPPENING? 717 00:26:36,818 --> 00:26:40,449 >> AS WE LOOK FORWARD AND 718 00:26:40,452 --> 00:26:42,482 MR. FORBES MENTIONED AND LOOK AT 719 00:26:42,485 --> 00:26:46,182 THE CURRENT CONDITIONS AND HAVE 720 00:26:46,185 --> 00:26:47,715 THE DATA AND THE INFORMATION TO 721 00:26:47,718 --> 00:26:51,382 HELP US LOOK FORWARD INTO THE 722 00:26:51,385 --> 00:26:53,282 FUTURE IN TERMS OF WHAT DOES THE 723 00:26:53,285 --> 00:26:56,749 BUILT ENVIRONMENT LOOK LIKE. 724 00:26:56,752 --> 00:26:58,182 WHETHER IT'S ROADS, 725 00:26:58,185 --> 00:26:59,016 INFRASTRUCTURE, SUBDIVISIONS OR 726 00:26:59,019 --> 00:26:59,482 INFRASTRUCTURE, SUBDIVISIONS OR 727 00:26:59,485 --> 00:27:00,649 WHATEVER IT IS. 728 00:27:00,652 --> 00:27:00,949 ALL OF THOSE THINGS COME INTO 729 00:27:00,952 --> 00:27:04,349 PLAY. 730 00:27:04,352 --> 00:27:09,982 THE RIVER SYSTEMS THEMSELVES ARE 731 00:27:09,985 --> 00:27:12,782 CHANGING AND ARE LIVING SYSTEMS. 732 00:27:12,785 --> 00:27:14,749 SO ONE OF THE THINGS THEY ASK US 733 00:27:14,752 --> 00:27:17,249 TO DO IS LOOK AT LARGE SCALE 734 00:27:17,252 --> 00:27:19,282 SOLUTIONS AND TRY TO ADDRESS THE 735 00:27:19,285 --> 00:27:22,082 LARGE-SCALE PROBLEMS WE HAVE 736 00:27:22,085 --> 00:27:22,449 EXPERIENCED WITH THOSE TYPE OF 737 00:27:22,452 --> 00:27:26,582 SOLUTIONS. 738 00:27:26,585 --> 00:27:26,949 >> I WANT TO MOVE TO BUTCH 739 00:27:26,952 --> 00:27:28,549 BROWNING. 740 00:27:28,552 --> 00:27:29,249 AND I WANT TO CHANGE THE SUBJECT 741 00:27:29,252 --> 00:27:32,315 A LITTLE BIT. 742 00:27:32,318 --> 00:27:32,715 I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THIS IN A 743 00:27:32,718 --> 00:27:34,282 LITTLE BIT. 744 00:27:34,285 --> 00:27:36,849 THE FIRE SERVICE IS BEING 745 00:27:36,852 --> 00:27:38,649 AFFECTED BY THIS IN TWO WAYS. 746 00:27:38,652 --> 00:27:40,249 ONE, YOU ARE FLOOD VICTIMS. 747 00:27:40,252 --> 00:27:43,049 LOST A LOT OF FIRE HOUSES. 748 00:27:43,052 --> 00:27:45,549 AND TWO, THE WHOLE IDEA OF TAX 749 00:27:45,552 --> 00:27:47,049 COLLECTIONS BEING IMPACTED BY 750 00:27:47,052 --> 00:27:47,949 THIS AFFECTS YOUR FUNDING. 751 00:27:47,952 --> 00:27:49,315 >> CORRECT. 752 00:27:49,318 --> 00:27:52,215 THIS IS A GREAT FORMAT AND I 753 00:27:52,218 --> 00:27:56,115 APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING THE 754 00:27:56,118 --> 00:27:57,082 FACES OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE 755 00:27:57,085 --> 00:27:58,516 HURTING. 756 00:27:58,519 --> 00:28:01,815 INCREASED RESPONSE TIMES. 757 00:28:01,818 --> 00:28:03,215 WE SEE MORE EMERGENCIES AFTER A 758 00:28:03,218 --> 00:28:07,182 DISASTER. 759 00:28:07,185 --> 00:28:08,715 BUT THE REAL BLOW FROM THE 760 00:28:08,718 --> 00:28:11,549 FIREFIGHTERS WHO HAD TO GO HOME 761 00:28:11,552 --> 00:28:15,582 AND DEAL WITH THE OWN HOMES. 762 00:28:15,585 --> 00:28:17,582 THE REAL PROBLEM IS MOST OF 763 00:28:17,585 --> 00:28:20,416 THOSE OPERATE ON TAXES. 764 00:28:20,419 --> 00:28:22,449 AND WE'VE ALREADY SEEN THE 765 00:28:22,452 --> 00:28:25,516 REASSESSMENT OF PROPERTY AND 766 00:28:25,519 --> 00:28:27,949 TAXES IN DECEMBER WOULD BE 767 00:28:27,952 --> 00:28:33,016 DISPERSED GOING DOWN. 768 00:28:33,019 --> 00:28:33,382 NOW, THE GOVERNOR ACTED REAL 769 00:28:33,385 --> 00:28:43,815 QUICKLY. 770 00:28:43,818 --> 00:28:45,449 IT'S A LONG PROGRAM. 771 00:28:45,452 --> 00:28:46,416 TAKEN MONEY TO PAY TAL REES 772 00:28:46,419 --> 00:28:49,516 RIGHT NOW. 773 00:28:49,519 --> 00:28:52,815 SO IT'S REAL SCARY TO SAY 774 00:28:52,818 --> 00:28:54,849 NOTHING ABOUT THE LONG-TERM 775 00:28:54,852 --> 00:28:57,016 READINESS. 776 00:28:57,019 --> 00:29:01,416 THE GOVERNOR BROUGHT US TOGETHER 777 00:29:01,419 --> 00:29:03,649 AND DID AN EXERCISE. 778 00:29:03,652 --> 00:29:05,749 AND HAD THAT HAVE HAPPENED, BEEN 779 00:29:05,752 --> 00:29:10,649 CALLING THE RESOURCE TO RESPOND 780 00:29:10,652 --> 00:29:15,349 BECAUSE WE LOST A LOT OF 781 00:29:15,352 --> 00:29:16,916 RESOURCES. 782 00:29:16,919 --> 00:29:17,582 AND GET THESE FIRE STATIONS BACK 783 00:29:17,585 --> 00:29:20,382 IN SHAPE. 784 00:29:20,385 --> 00:29:26,516 >> LET'S TURN THAT INTO A 785 00:29:26,519 --> 00:29:26,882 QUESTION. 786 00:29:26,885 --> 00:29:27,682 QUESTION. 787 00:29:27,685 --> 00:29:29,416 >> HOW DO WE DEAL WITH THE 788 00:29:29,419 --> 00:29:32,715 PARTICULAR ENTITIES. 789 00:29:32,718 --> 00:29:34,416 OUR LOCAL COMMUNITIES OUR 790 00:29:34,419 --> 00:29:36,715 BIGGEST CONCERN HAS BEEN THE 791 00:29:36,718 --> 00:29:37,016 AFFECT OF WHAT YOU JUST TALKED 792 00:29:37,019 --> 00:29:40,982 ABOUT. 793 00:29:40,985 --> 00:29:42,949 THE REASSESSMENT CHANGING OF 794 00:29:42,952 --> 00:29:43,749 REVENUE THROUGH THE FIRE 795 00:29:43,752 --> 00:29:45,016 DISTRICTS AS WELL AS GENERAL 796 00:29:45,019 --> 00:29:46,282 SERVICES OF GOVERNMENT. 797 00:29:46,285 --> 00:29:49,282 WE HAVE EXPECTATIONS OF 798 00:29:49,285 --> 00:29:50,982 GOVERNMENT WORKING TO PROVIDE 799 00:29:50,985 --> 00:29:52,416 SERVICES. 800 00:29:52,419 --> 00:29:55,182 AND THERE'S A BIG CHALLENGE TO 801 00:29:55,185 --> 00:29:58,382 THE COMMUNITIES RIGHT NOW. 802 00:29:58,385 --> 00:30:00,916 AS FAR AS PLANNING INTO NEXT 803 00:30:00,919 --> 00:30:03,449 YEAR, THIS COMING MONTH AND THEY 804 00:30:03,452 --> 00:30:10,049 ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO JANUARY 805 00:30:10,052 --> 00:30:11,916 WITH A BIG QUESTION MARK. 806 00:30:11,919 --> 00:30:14,115 THEY ARE ALSO DOING THE RIGHT 807 00:30:14,118 --> 00:30:16,516 THING TO GIVE SOME AMOUNT OF 808 00:30:16,519 --> 00:30:19,382 PROPERTY TAX RELIEF TO 809 00:30:19,385 --> 00:30:20,182 HOMEOWNERS WHO ARE SITTING ON 810 00:30:20,185 --> 00:30:21,849 PROPERTY THAT'S DAMAGED. 811 00:30:21,852 --> 00:30:23,715 AND THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY 812 00:30:23,718 --> 00:30:25,349 ARE NOT PAYING PROPERTY TAXES ON 813 00:30:25,352 --> 00:30:27,349 A PROPERTY THAT MIGHT HAVE HAD A 814 00:30:27,352 --> 00:30:29,149 LOWER ASSESSED VALUE. 815 00:30:29,152 --> 00:30:30,582 SO THERE'S THIS REAL GIVE AND 816 00:30:30,585 --> 00:30:33,149 TAKE THAT'S HAPPENING WHICH IS 817 00:30:33,152 --> 00:30:34,682 HOW DO YOU MAKE SURE THE 818 00:30:34,685 --> 00:30:37,182 SERVICES ARE AVAILABLE WHERE 819 00:30:37,185 --> 00:30:38,815 THEY ARE NOT PAYING TOO MUCH 820 00:30:38,818 --> 00:30:40,749 RIGHT NOW. 821 00:30:40,752 --> 00:30:44,249 IT IS A REAL PROBLEM THAT IS 822 00:30:44,252 --> 00:30:45,215 BEHIND THE SCENES FOR MOST 823 00:30:45,218 --> 00:30:47,649 FOLKS. 824 00:30:47,652 --> 00:30:50,382 >> THEY WON'T BE ABLE TO PAY 825 00:30:50,385 --> 00:30:50,649 THEIR BILLS AND LAY FIREFIGHTERS 826 00:30:50,652 --> 00:30:51,682 OFF. 827 00:30:51,685 --> 00:30:54,949 SO IT IS A PROBLEM. 828 00:30:54,952 --> 00:30:55,449 IN THE KATRINA MODEL, I CAN 829 00:30:55,452 --> 00:30:57,249 REMEMBER THAT. 830 00:30:57,252 --> 00:31:00,215 AND AT THE END OF THAT PERIOD, 831 00:31:00,218 --> 00:31:02,182 THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR GAVE 832 00:31:02,185 --> 00:31:05,715 THOSE LOANS. 833 00:31:05,718 --> 00:31:07,982 SO I ASKED THE TASK FORCE TO 834 00:31:07,985 --> 00:31:10,115 RESEARCH THAT PARADIGM SO WE CAN 835 00:31:10,118 --> 00:31:14,315 LEARN FROM THAT. 836 00:31:14,318 --> 00:31:19,549 >> AND YOU TALK ABOUT THOSE 837 00:31:19,552 --> 00:31:21,815 ENTITIES AND SHE'S OVER EXTENDED 838 00:31:21,818 --> 00:31:23,982 HERSELF TO DEAL WITH THIS. 839 00:31:23,985 --> 00:31:27,849 THE WHOLE PROCESS OF GETTING 840 00:31:27,852 --> 00:31:30,149 LOANS ACTUALLY DOUBLES YOU UP 841 00:31:30,152 --> 00:31:30,549 BOTH FIRE DEPARTMENT AND 842 00:31:30,552 --> 00:31:33,016 INDIVIDUALS. 843 00:31:33,019 --> 00:31:36,849 HOW DO WE DEAL WITH THAT? 844 00:31:36,852 --> 00:31:39,815 >> I WILL SAY THAT THE GOVERNOR 845 00:31:39,818 --> 00:31:43,382 HAS GONE TO WASHINGTON D.C. AND 846 00:31:43,385 --> 00:31:46,882 REQUESTED $3.7 BILLION TO HELP 847 00:31:46,885 --> 00:31:52,282 WITH SOME OF THOSE PROBLEMS. 848 00:31:52,285 --> 00:31:54,782 OUR EXPERIENCE IN DISASTER IS 849 00:31:54,785 --> 00:31:56,349 THAT EVERYBODY GETS MADE WHOLE 850 00:31:56,352 --> 00:32:03,982 AND THE BEST THAT YOU CAN TRY TO 851 00:32:03,985 --> 00:32:06,349 DO IS TRY TO HELP EVERYBODY THAT 852 00:32:06,352 --> 00:32:08,982 YOU CAN ACHIEVE THE RECOVERY. 853 00:32:08,985 --> 00:32:13,482 AND REBUILD ON THEIR OWN WITHOUT 854 00:32:13,485 --> 00:32:17,949 ANY HELP, THE GOVERNOR IS IN 855 00:32:17,952 --> 00:32:21,049 WASHINGTON, TRYING TO GET FUNDS. 856 00:32:21,052 --> 00:32:22,682 MORE THAN THE $428 MILLION WE 857 00:32:22,685 --> 00:32:26,849 HAVE RIGHT NOW. 858 00:32:26,852 --> 00:32:27,249 SO WE HAVE A BROADER RANGE OF 859 00:32:27,252 --> 00:32:29,549 DEAL. 860 00:32:29,552 --> 00:32:32,282 IT'S A FRACTION OF THE AMOUNT OF 861 00:32:32,285 --> 00:32:34,282 MONEY THEY NEED TO HELP THE 862 00:32:34,285 --> 00:32:36,449 HOMEOWNERS WHO HAD MAJOR SEVERE 863 00:32:36,452 --> 00:32:36,815 DAMAGE AND DID NOT HAVE FLOOD 864 00:32:36,818 --> 00:32:37,749 INSURANCE. 865 00:32:37,752 --> 00:32:41,082 >> WHEN ARE PEOPLE GOING TO 866 00:32:41,085 --> 00:32:43,149 START SEEING IN THEIR HOMES AND 867 00:32:43,152 --> 00:32:45,349 CHECKBOOKS THAT $438 MILLION? 868 00:32:45,352 --> 00:32:48,382 >> WELL, AS YOU MIGHT GUESS, 869 00:32:48,385 --> 00:32:51,082 LONG PROCESS TO MAKE THE MONEY 870 00:32:51,085 --> 00:32:54,349 AVAILABLE. 871 00:32:54,352 --> 00:32:55,916 WHAT WE'RE WAITING FOR IS HAS TO 872 00:32:55,919 --> 00:32:58,882 WRITE A THING THAT DESCRIBES THE 873 00:32:58,885 --> 00:33:01,615 WAY THE MONEY CAN BE SPENT. 874 00:33:01,618 --> 00:33:03,182 AT THAT POINT, WE'LL TELL THEM 875 00:33:03,185 --> 00:33:06,982 HOW WE WANT TO SPEND THE FIRST 876 00:33:06,985 --> 00:33:09,749 BATCH OF MONEY AND WE'LL START 877 00:33:09,752 --> 00:33:11,782 HAVING PROGRAMS PROBABLY 878 00:33:11,785 --> 00:33:13,649 SOMETIME IN THE SPRING, 879 00:33:13,652 --> 00:33:16,482 SOMETHING LIKE THAT WHEN PEOPLE 880 00:33:16,485 --> 00:33:19,315 CAN ACCESS MONEY FROM THIS. 881 00:33:19,318 --> 00:33:21,282 >> THAT'S A LONG TIME. 882 00:33:21,285 --> 00:33:22,715 >> IT'S NOT A LONG TIME COMPARED 883 00:33:22,718 --> 00:33:23,815 TO MOST DISASTERS. 884 00:33:23,818 --> 00:33:26,315 IT'S FAIRLEIGH SHORT. 885 00:33:26,318 --> 00:33:28,582 >> I'M SURE IT MAKES ALL THE 886 00:33:28,585 --> 00:33:30,082 VICTIMS IN HERE FEEL GREAT TO 887 00:33:30,085 --> 00:33:31,149 KNOW THAT. 888 00:33:31,152 --> 00:33:33,082 >> THERE ARE WITHIN THE 889 00:33:33,085 --> 00:33:35,849 CONSTRAINTS OF HOW THIS MONEY IS 890 00:33:35,852 --> 00:33:39,749 APPROPRIATED BY CONGRESS AND 891 00:33:39,752 --> 00:33:41,882 ALLOCATED BY HUD AND APPROVED BY 892 00:33:41,885 --> 00:33:43,715 HUD THAT WE ARE DOING EVERYTHING 893 00:33:43,718 --> 00:33:45,916 WE CAN TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S AS 894 00:33:45,919 --> 00:33:49,016 FAST AS POSSIBLE. 895 00:33:49,019 --> 00:33:51,682 AND NEVER BE FAST ENOUGH. 896 00:33:51,685 --> 00:33:54,916 YOU REALLY SORT OF -- THE FEMA 897 00:33:54,919 --> 00:33:56,715 COMING IN AFTER THE DISASTER IS 898 00:33:56,718 --> 00:33:57,615 IMMEDIATE RELIEF TO TRY TO HELP 899 00:33:57,618 --> 00:33:59,782 PEOPLE MAKE IT THROUGH. 900 00:33:59,785 --> 00:34:02,315 AND THE LONG-TERM RECOVERY IS 901 00:34:02,318 --> 00:34:04,815 WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO FUND. 902 00:34:04,818 --> 00:34:08,582 SO PEOPLE CAN BE MADE WHOLE AND 903 00:34:08,585 --> 00:34:13,449 NOT HAVE THAT HUGE DAMAGE TO 904 00:34:13,452 --> 00:34:14,449 THEIR FUTURE, AND RETIRE, THOSE 905 00:34:14,452 --> 00:34:16,315 KINDS OF THINGS. 906 00:34:16,318 --> 00:34:18,882 >> THE LOAN PROGRAMS WHETHER 907 00:34:18,885 --> 00:34:21,349 IT'S S B.A. OR THE COMMUNITY 908 00:34:21,352 --> 00:34:23,516 DISASTER LOAN PROGRAM THROUGH 909 00:34:23,519 --> 00:34:25,082 ASSISTANCE PROGRAM ARE JUST 910 00:34:25,085 --> 00:34:26,882 SAFETY NETS. 911 00:34:26,885 --> 00:34:28,149 SO FOR THOSE WHO AVAIL 912 00:34:28,152 --> 00:34:31,982 THEMSELVES OF THAT, IT'S 913 00:34:31,985 --> 00:34:35,049 PROBABLY HAPPENED AT A VITAL 914 00:34:35,052 --> 00:34:35,349 TIME. 915 00:34:35,352 --> 00:34:37,282 TIME. 916 00:34:37,285 --> 00:34:37,649 RECOUGH REE IS GOING TO BE 917 00:34:37,652 --> 00:34:43,249 LONG-TERM. 918 00:34:43,252 --> 00:34:45,349 THE TRADITIONAL PROGRAMS ARE 919 00:34:45,352 --> 00:34:49,882 SHORT-TERM. 920 00:34:49,885 --> 00:34:50,282 AND IN DISASTERS AND APPOINTED 921 00:34:50,285 --> 00:34:55,349 TO. 922 00:34:55,352 --> 00:35:06,282 WE BRING IN AGENCIES TO BRIDGE 923 00:35:06,285 --> 00:35:08,849 THE GAP. 924 00:35:08,852 --> 00:35:10,815 WE HAVE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 925 00:35:10,818 --> 00:35:12,016 WORKING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 926 00:35:12,019 --> 00:35:15,016 ADMINISTRATION WORKING WITH US 927 00:35:15,019 --> 00:35:17,449 ON BUSINESS RECOVERY AND IMPACTS 928 00:35:17,452 --> 00:35:18,582 TO BUSINESSES AND HOW WE CAN 929 00:35:18,585 --> 00:35:19,649 LESSEN SOME OF THE DISRUPTIONS 930 00:35:19,652 --> 00:35:21,615 IN THE FUTURE. 931 00:35:21,618 --> 00:35:23,849 WE'RE WORKING WITH HEALTH AND 932 00:35:23,852 --> 00:35:27,815 HUMAN SERVICES ON HEALTH AND 933 00:35:27,818 --> 00:35:30,482 SOCIAL SERVICES ISSUES BECAUSE 934 00:35:30,485 --> 00:35:36,349 OF ALL OF THIS POPULATIONS FROM 935 00:35:36,352 --> 00:35:37,949 THE FLOOD. 936 00:35:37,952 --> 00:35:39,782 HAVING TO SHOW CHILDREN BACK AND 937 00:35:39,785 --> 00:35:42,516 FORTH BETWEEN SCHOOLS THAT MAYBE 938 00:35:42,519 --> 00:35:43,115 WEREN'T THEIR NORMAL SCHOOL OF 939 00:35:43,118 --> 00:35:45,615 RECORD. 940 00:35:45,618 --> 00:35:47,549 AND THEN WE'VE BEEN DISPLACED. 941 00:35:47,552 --> 00:35:50,882 THE DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR 942 00:35:50,885 --> 00:35:55,749 LOOKING AT NATURAL AND CULTURAL 943 00:35:55,752 --> 00:35:58,516 RESOURCE ISSUES SO THEY ARE 944 00:35:58,519 --> 00:36:05,282 BRINGING THEIR RESOURCES TO BEAR 945 00:36:05,285 --> 00:36:07,715 UNDER THEIR CITY STATE PROGRAMS. 946 00:36:07,718 --> 00:36:08,382 >> WE'VE FALLEN INTO A 947 00:36:08,385 --> 00:36:11,282 THREE-PART QUESTION. 948 00:36:11,285 --> 00:36:12,916 AND I WANT TO TURN TO YOU AND 949 00:36:12,919 --> 00:36:16,315 SEE ARE YOU HEARING WHAT YOU 950 00:36:16,318 --> 00:36:18,115 WANT TO HEAR HERE? 951 00:36:18,118 --> 00:36:19,449 >> I LIKE TO KNOW THE PLAN. 952 00:36:19,452 --> 00:36:19,815 THAT WAS THE FIRST PART OF MY 953 00:36:19,818 --> 00:36:23,315 QUESTION. 954 00:36:23,318 --> 00:36:31,082 I KNEW THAT WE HAD $438 MILLION 955 00:36:31,085 --> 00:36:33,082 WE ALREADY RECEIVED. 956 00:36:33,085 --> 00:36:36,082 BUT MY MAIN QUESTION WAS WHY 957 00:36:36,085 --> 00:36:48,249 WEREN'T WE SEEING THIS BEING 958 00:36:48,252 --> 00:36:50,382 IMPLEMENTED ALREADY? 959 00:36:50,385 --> 00:36:52,416 AND I JUST HAD A QUESTION 960 00:36:52,419 --> 00:36:53,849 WONDERING THE OTHER TWO PARTS TO 961 00:36:53,852 --> 00:37:00,049 MY QUESTION WERE WHENEVER YOU 962 00:37:00,052 --> 00:37:04,749 ALL GO TO DISPERSE THIS MONEY, 963 00:37:04,752 --> 00:37:05,416 IS THERE A BETTER WAY TO EVENLY 964 00:37:05,419 --> 00:37:07,782 DISPERSE IT? 965 00:37:07,785 --> 00:37:09,416 I'VE HEARD MANY ACCOUNTS OF 966 00:37:09,419 --> 00:37:11,182 PEOPLE WHO WHEN THEY GOT THEIR 967 00:37:11,185 --> 00:37:14,082 PROPERTIES ASSESSED, THIS PERSON 968 00:37:14,085 --> 00:37:16,815 GOT $25 FOR A REFRIGERATOR AND 969 00:37:16,818 --> 00:37:18,049 THIS PERSON GOT $300 FOR A 970 00:37:18,052 --> 00:37:20,082 DISHWASHER AND DIDN'T EVEN HAVE 971 00:37:20,085 --> 00:37:22,982 A DISHWASHER TO START OFF WITH. 972 00:37:22,985 --> 00:37:24,916 SO THAT WAS MY QUESTION. 973 00:37:24,919 --> 00:37:27,182 I READ ABOUT SOME OF THE 974 00:37:27,185 --> 00:37:29,449 INSTANCES DURING KATRINA WHERE 975 00:37:29,452 --> 00:37:31,115 THEY BASED THE FEDERAL MONEY 976 00:37:31,118 --> 00:37:33,049 BASED ON THE PROPERTY VALUE OF 977 00:37:33,052 --> 00:37:35,382 THE HOUSE AND NOT ON THE DAMAGE. 978 00:37:35,385 --> 00:37:37,749 SO I WAS WONDERING IF THERE 979 00:37:37,752 --> 00:37:38,916 WOULD BE A MORE EVEN FAIRWAY TO 980 00:37:38,919 --> 00:37:40,416 DISPERSE THE MONEY OUT? 981 00:37:40,419 --> 00:37:42,782 >> THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. 982 00:37:42,785 --> 00:37:45,982 >> IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE 983 00:37:45,985 --> 00:37:50,982 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FUNDS, THE 984 00:37:50,985 --> 00:37:52,416 $438 MILLION, ALL THE DAMAGE 985 00:37:52,419 --> 00:37:53,916 EVALUATIONS WILL BE THAT. 986 00:37:53,919 --> 00:37:54,282 HOW MUCH DAMAGE YOUR HOME 987 00:37:54,285 --> 00:37:56,682 RECEIVED. 988 00:37:56,685 --> 00:37:58,016 WON'T BE ANY CONSIDERATION OF 989 00:37:58,019 --> 00:37:59,149 PRE-STORM VALUE. 990 00:37:59,152 --> 00:38:00,815 BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE NEED 991 00:38:00,818 --> 00:38:03,149 TO GET BACK IN THEIR HOMES AND 992 00:38:03,152 --> 00:38:06,482 HAVE A PLACE TO LIVE. 993 00:38:06,485 --> 00:38:10,416 WITH RESPECT TO FAIRNESS, I HAVE 994 00:38:10,419 --> 00:38:12,815 TO SAY THAT SOING SOMETHING 995 00:38:12,818 --> 00:38:21,315 EVERYBODY SEES IS FAIR IS ALMOST 996 00:38:21,318 --> 00:38:23,949 ALWAYS IMPOSSIBLE. 997 00:38:23,952 --> 00:38:30,115 WHAT THAT MEANS RIGHT NOW IS 998 00:38:30,118 --> 00:38:32,715 THAT WE ARE ASKING FOR $3 999 00:38:32,718 --> 00:38:34,349 BILLION JUST TO HELP HOMEOWNERS. 1000 00:38:34,352 --> 00:38:36,882 RIGHT NOW WE HAVE $438 MILLION. 1001 00:38:36,885 --> 00:38:38,215 SO WE HAVE TO LOOK AT SOME 1002 00:38:38,218 --> 00:38:39,949 SUBSET OF THE POPULATION FOR WHO 1003 00:38:39,952 --> 00:38:42,615 WE ARE GOING TO HELP FIRST. 1004 00:38:42,618 --> 00:38:44,049 AND MOST LIKELY, THE FOLKS AND 1005 00:38:44,052 --> 00:38:45,016 WE HAVE A TASK FORCE MEETING 1006 00:38:45,019 --> 00:38:47,549 THIS FRIDAY. 1007 00:38:47,552 --> 00:38:49,482 SO THAT'S YET TO BE DECIDED. 1008 00:38:49,485 --> 00:38:51,982 BUT MOST LIKELY THAT POPULATION 1009 00:38:51,985 --> 00:38:56,382 WILL BE LOW TO MODERATE INCOME. 1010 00:38:56,385 --> 00:38:56,715 THEY WON'T LIVE IN THE FLOOD 1011 00:38:56,718 --> 00:38:59,182 PLAIN. 1012 00:38:59,185 --> 00:39:00,315 THEY WON'T HAVE FLOOD INSURANCE. 1013 00:39:00,318 --> 00:39:01,549 FOLKS WHO HAVE FLOOD INSURANCE 1014 00:39:01,552 --> 00:39:10,882 HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GET BACK IN 1015 00:39:10,885 --> 00:39:12,549 THEIR HOMES OR HAVE A PLAN. 1016 00:39:12,552 --> 00:39:14,449 SO WHEN THE RESOURCES ARE LESS 1017 00:39:14,452 --> 00:39:15,882 THAN WE NEED TO GET EVERYBODY 1018 00:39:15,885 --> 00:39:19,082 BACK WHERE THEY NEED TO BE, 1019 00:39:19,085 --> 00:39:21,349 WE'VE HAD TO START MAKING SOME 1020 00:39:21,352 --> 00:39:21,715 SORTS OF PRIORITIZATION 1021 00:39:21,718 --> 00:39:28,082 DECISIONS. 1022 00:39:28,085 --> 00:39:30,315 THOSE DECISIONS ARE WHAT WE 1023 00:39:30,318 --> 00:39:34,682 EXPECT THEM TO DO IS HELP THE 1024 00:39:34,685 --> 00:39:37,782 MOST VULNERABLE POST. 1025 00:39:37,785 --> 00:39:48,882 TO ACCESS OTHER RESOURCES TO GET 1026 00:39:48,885 --> 00:39:51,715 BACK IN THEIR HOMES. 1027 00:39:51,718 --> 00:39:52,615 >> WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SO MANY 1028 00:39:52,618 --> 00:39:54,949 DIFFERENT PEOPLE. 1029 00:39:54,952 --> 00:39:57,615 WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FIRE 1030 00:39:57,618 --> 00:40:02,149 DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES AND 1031 00:40:02,152 --> 00:40:05,282 PEOPLE'S JOBS. 1032 00:40:05,285 --> 00:40:10,682 A LOT OF COMPONENTS THAT HAVE 1033 00:40:10,685 --> 00:40:13,115 ALL BEEN DAMAGED. 1034 00:40:13,118 --> 00:40:13,416 AND YOU HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT 1035 00:40:13,419 --> 00:40:14,382 THAT. 1036 00:40:14,385 --> 00:40:18,715 >> I DO. 1037 00:40:18,718 --> 00:40:19,649 FROM 2004 AND 2008, ADAM AND I 1038 00:40:19,652 --> 00:40:22,682 WORKED TOGETHER. 1039 00:40:22,685 --> 00:40:32,115 WE ALL WORKED TOGETHER ON THIS 1040 00:40:32,118 --> 00:40:34,782 ISSUE. 1041 00:40:34,785 --> 00:40:36,416 ADAM IS CHAIRING THE 1042 00:40:36,419 --> 00:40:38,849 SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE TASK FORCE 1043 00:40:38,852 --> 00:40:42,982 DEAL WITHING SMALL BUSINESS 1044 00:40:42,985 --> 00:40:45,549 RECOVERY. 1045 00:40:45,552 --> 00:40:48,049 SO WE CAN TELL THEM WHAT'S GOING 1046 00:40:48,052 --> 00:40:48,315 ON. 1047 00:40:48,318 --> 00:40:50,115 ON. 1048 00:40:50,118 --> 00:40:51,682 OUR WORKING GROUP HAS BEEN 1049 00:40:51,685 --> 00:40:53,215 CONSIDERING WHERE THE VAST 1050 00:40:53,218 --> 00:40:55,916 MAJORITY HAS BEEN. 1051 00:40:55,919 --> 00:40:56,682 IMPACTING SMALL FIRMS MORE THAN 1052 00:40:56,685 --> 00:41:00,649 ANYTHING ELSE. 1053 00:41:00,652 --> 00:41:01,249 AND THE LACK OF RESOURCES ARE 1054 00:41:01,252 --> 00:41:03,649 THERE. 1055 00:41:03,652 --> 00:41:06,349 FROM SOME OF THE DATA WE PULLED 1056 00:41:06,352 --> 00:41:08,416 TO THE BUSINESSES SOMEWHERE 1057 00:41:08,419 --> 00:41:12,182 AROUND 14% HAD FLOOD INSURANCE. 1058 00:41:12,185 --> 00:41:12,582 WE'VE SEEN SOME OF THE DATA ON 1059 00:41:12,585 --> 00:41:16,982 HOMEOWNERS. 1060 00:41:16,985 --> 00:41:19,215 WHAT THE PROGRAM, AGAIN, $438 1061 00:41:19,218 --> 00:41:22,382 MILLION IS NOT GOING TO HAVE A 1062 00:41:22,385 --> 00:41:24,782 HUGE -- THAT LIMITED POOL 1063 00:41:24,785 --> 00:41:25,715 FOCUSED ALREADY ON HOMEOWNERS 1064 00:41:25,718 --> 00:41:27,482 AND RIGHTLY SO. 1065 00:41:27,485 --> 00:41:29,582 THE LIMITED AMOUNT OF RESOURCES 1066 00:41:29,585 --> 00:41:31,215 ARE FOCUSED ON TRYING TO GET 1067 00:41:31,218 --> 00:41:33,149 SOME INITIAL ASSISTANCE TO 1068 00:41:33,152 --> 00:41:37,049 BUSINESSES THAT ARE NOT GOING TO 1069 00:41:37,052 --> 00:41:39,082 BE ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE 1070 00:41:39,085 --> 00:41:41,549 PROGRAMS. 1071 00:41:41,552 --> 00:41:44,115 IF MORE APPROPRIATIONS COME, 1072 00:41:44,118 --> 00:41:51,349 BRIDGE ASSISTANCE THROUGH 1073 00:41:51,352 --> 00:41:55,516 EXISTING BANKS. 1074 00:41:55,519 --> 00:41:58,549 WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING WHICH IS 1075 00:41:58,552 --> 00:41:59,949 FOR A BLEND OF GRANTS AND LOANS 1076 00:41:59,952 --> 00:42:02,615 TO GET THEM INITIAL EQUIPMENT 1077 00:42:02,618 --> 00:42:03,149 THROUGH GRANTS AND LOAN ASSIST 1078 00:42:03,152 --> 00:42:07,482 ASSISTANCE TO S B.A. LOANS FOR. 1079 00:42:07,485 --> 00:42:10,049 ASSISTANCE TO S B.A. LOANS FOR. 1080 00:42:10,052 --> 00:42:11,382 THE CHALLENGE WE'VE SEEN IS 1081 00:42:11,385 --> 00:42:14,849 FOLKS DON'T NECESSARILY WANT TO 1082 00:42:14,852 --> 00:42:16,282 COME IN AND BORROW AND TAKE ON 1083 00:42:16,285 --> 00:42:18,649 DEBT. 1084 00:42:18,652 --> 00:42:20,882 YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO 1085 00:42:20,885 --> 00:42:22,649 HAPPEN NEXT. 1086 00:42:22,652 --> 00:42:23,649 THE PEOPLE THAT NEED YOUR DENTAL 1087 00:42:23,652 --> 00:42:26,482 SERVICES ANY MORE. 1088 00:42:26,485 --> 00:42:29,215 ALL OF YOUR THINGS ARE TIED INTO 1089 00:42:29,218 --> 00:42:29,615 THE COMMUNITY RECOVERY AT THE 1090 00:42:29,618 --> 00:42:33,315 SAME TIME. 1091 00:42:33,318 --> 00:42:34,582 ALL OF THE ECONOMIC RECOVERY IS 1092 00:42:34,585 --> 00:42:35,649 CENTERED ON HOMEOWNER AND 1093 00:42:35,652 --> 00:42:37,615 INDIVIDUAL RECOVERY. 1094 00:42:37,618 --> 00:42:38,949 AND THEN RECOGNIZING BUSINESS 1095 00:42:38,952 --> 00:42:40,849 RECOVERY WILL COME AS 1096 00:42:40,852 --> 00:42:42,516 COMMUNITIES RECOVERY WITH THE 1097 00:42:42,519 --> 00:42:43,182 HOPE SOME OF THE PROGRAMS CAN 1098 00:42:43,185 --> 00:42:44,782 STAND UP. 1099 00:42:44,785 --> 00:42:46,016 >> MANY OF THESE SMALL 1100 00:42:46,019 --> 00:42:48,282 BUSINESSES, THE PEOPLE THAT WORK 1101 00:42:48,285 --> 00:42:50,215 THERE ARE OUT OF WORK NOW. 1102 00:42:50,218 --> 00:42:51,949 SO WHAT ARE WE DOING FOR THE 1103 00:42:51,952 --> 00:42:55,349 PEOPLE WHO HAVE LOST THEIR JOBS? 1104 00:42:55,352 --> 00:43:06,749 >> WELL, IMMEDIATELY THE 1105 00:43:06,752 --> 00:43:09,016 GOVERNOR SIGNED WE SECURED A 1106 00:43:09,019 --> 00:43:10,615 MILLION DOLLARS FROM U.S. DOL. 1107 00:43:10,618 --> 00:43:12,615 THE WORKFORCE COMMISSION 1108 00:43:12,618 --> 00:43:14,682 PROCESSED OVER 7,000 DISASTER 1109 00:43:14,685 --> 00:43:15,182 UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMS IN THE 22 1110 00:43:15,185 --> 00:43:18,282 PERISH AREA. 1111 00:43:18,285 --> 00:43:21,016 WE'RE BEGINNING TO SEE A DECLINE 1112 00:43:21,019 --> 00:43:36,516 IN CONTINUING WEEKLY CLAIMS. 1113 00:43:36,519 --> 00:43:40,315 SOME PEOPLE TRANSITIONING OFF. 1114 00:43:40,318 --> 00:43:43,149 WE HAVE DISASTERS. 1115 00:43:43,152 --> 00:43:45,682 SECRETARY SEAN WILSON, THE 1116 00:43:45,685 --> 00:43:51,149 WORKFORCE COMMISSION RECEIVES 1117 00:43:51,152 --> 00:43:54,682 TEMPORARY JOB ASSISTANCE MONEY. 1118 00:43:54,685 --> 00:43:56,049 AND WE'RE SPENDING ABOUT $4.2 1119 00:43:56,052 --> 00:44:00,149 MILLION IN THAT. 1120 00:44:00,152 --> 00:44:03,582 WE ARE ABLE TO HIRE FOLKS TO 1121 00:44:03,585 --> 00:44:05,449 DISTRIBUTE GOODS AND ASSIST 1122 00:44:05,452 --> 00:44:10,149 THOSE THAT MAY NEED ANY TYPE OF 1123 00:44:10,152 --> 00:44:11,582 PUBLIC ASSISTANCE SERVICES. 1124 00:44:11,585 --> 00:44:11,882 ACTUALLY SERVE AS THE STORE 1125 00:44:11,885 --> 00:44:15,282 HERE. 1126 00:44:15,285 --> 00:44:18,382 IT WAS A GREAT PUBLIC 1127 00:44:18,385 --> 00:44:19,615 PARTNERSHIP. 1128 00:44:19,618 --> 00:44:21,815 AND SOME OF THE CONTINUED CLEAN 1129 00:44:21,818 --> 00:44:27,582 UP EFFORTS ON THE INTERSTATES 1130 00:44:27,585 --> 00:44:32,982 BOTH STATE HIGHWAYS AND LOCAL 1131 00:44:32,985 --> 00:44:34,516 HIGHWAYS. 1132 00:44:34,519 --> 00:44:37,349 WE'RE WORKING WITH THE 1133 00:44:37,352 --> 00:44:44,649 CONTRACTORS COMING IN TO HELP 1134 00:44:44,652 --> 00:44:46,416 REBUILD AND WE'RE CONTINUING TO 1135 00:44:46,419 --> 00:44:48,715 PLACE PEOPLE. 1136 00:44:48,718 --> 00:44:50,249 WE'RE WORKING ON PLACING THOSE 1137 00:44:50,252 --> 00:44:55,649 THAT DID LOSE THEIR JOB. 1138 00:44:55,652 --> 00:44:57,615 >> WE HAVEN'T TOUCHED VERY MUCH. 1139 00:44:57,618 --> 00:45:00,315 WE HAVEN'T TOUCHED ON THE 1140 00:45:00,318 --> 00:45:04,882 COMPONENT OF GETTING BUILDING 1141 00:45:04,885 --> 00:45:10,682 PERMITS AND GETTING THE WHOLE 1142 00:45:10,685 --> 00:45:13,449 THING OF GETTING THE MECHANICS 1143 00:45:13,452 --> 00:45:16,482 GOING. 1144 00:45:16,485 --> 00:45:19,182 YOU HAD A QUESTION ABOUT THEIR 1145 00:45:19,185 --> 00:45:19,482 HOMES. 1146 00:45:19,485 --> 00:45:19,916 HOMES. 1147 00:45:19,919 --> 00:45:22,482 >> I DID. 1148 00:45:22,485 --> 00:45:24,916 IT'S BEEN A HUGE CHALLENGE FOR 1149 00:45:24,919 --> 00:45:28,582 THE CITY. 1150 00:45:28,585 --> 00:45:30,282 ALMOST OVERNIGHT YOU HAVE THIS 1151 00:45:30,285 --> 00:45:33,715 HUGE VOLUME OF WORK THAT YOU 1152 00:45:33,718 --> 00:45:39,815 HAVE TO DEAL WITH AND PROCESSING 1153 00:45:39,818 --> 00:45:40,215 PERMITS TO TRY AND HELP THE 1154 00:45:40,218 --> 00:45:42,449 HOMEOWNERS. 1155 00:45:42,452 --> 00:45:45,249 AND CERTAINLY THE DISCUSSION 1156 00:45:45,252 --> 00:45:46,582 TONIGHT, IT'S ALL ABOUT THE 1157 00:45:46,585 --> 00:45:49,115 FUNDS. 1158 00:45:49,118 --> 00:45:49,882 WHEN AND IF THEY'LL BE 1159 00:45:49,885 --> 00:45:52,349 AVAILABLE. 1160 00:45:52,352 --> 00:45:54,016 SO YOU SURVIVE THE FLOOD. 1161 00:45:54,019 --> 00:45:58,482 YOU HOPEFULLY GET YOUR INSURANCE 1162 00:45:58,485 --> 00:46:01,549 MONEY AND MAKE IT THROUGH YOUR 1163 00:46:01,552 --> 00:46:02,882 MORTGAGE MAZE AND YOU GET TO THE 1164 00:46:02,885 --> 00:46:05,115 PERMIT OFFICE AND YOU ARE TOLD 1165 00:46:05,118 --> 00:46:09,482 YOU HAVE TO ELEVATE. 1166 00:46:09,485 --> 00:46:12,982 AND JUST LIKE A BRICK WALL. 1167 00:46:12,985 --> 00:46:13,349 IT'S A VERY WE'RE ASKED 1168 00:46:13,352 --> 00:46:14,882 EVERYDAY. 1169 00:46:14,885 --> 00:46:16,649 IS THERE GOING TO BE ASSISTANCE? 1170 00:46:16,652 --> 00:46:25,282 THEY WANT TO REBUILD AND GET 1171 00:46:25,285 --> 00:46:27,615 BACK TO THEIR COMMUNITY. 1172 00:46:27,618 --> 00:46:29,416 >> BIG ISSUE AFRICA TRINA. 1173 00:46:29,419 --> 00:46:34,016 ARE WE GOING TO HELP PEOPLE? 1174 00:46:34,019 --> 00:46:37,249 >> WHAT GOVERNOR EDWARDS HAS 1175 00:46:37,252 --> 00:46:40,682 SAID IS WHAT HE WANTS TO DO IS 1176 00:46:40,685 --> 00:46:43,215 ADDRESS THE FLOODING FROM A 1177 00:46:43,218 --> 00:46:48,182 WATER SHED. 1178 00:46:48,185 --> 00:46:49,882 IF WE ELEVATE, NEVER HAVE ENOUGH 1179 00:46:49,885 --> 00:46:53,115 MONEY. 1180 00:46:53,118 --> 00:46:56,215 SO IF WE ELEVATE A FEW PEOPLE, 1181 00:46:56,218 --> 00:47:06,182 THE SAME CHECKER BOARD SITUATION 1182 00:47:06,185 --> 00:47:09,016 CAN OCCUR. 1183 00:47:09,019 --> 00:47:12,782 THE LARGE SCALE LOCAL ORDINANCE 1184 00:47:12,785 --> 00:47:13,582 INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS, 1185 00:47:13,585 --> 00:47:16,082 NONINFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS THAT 1186 00:47:16,085 --> 00:47:17,449 WILL LOWER THE BASE FLOOD 1187 00:47:17,452 --> 00:47:18,749 ELEVATION SO WE CAN REDUCE THE 1188 00:47:18,752 --> 00:47:21,449 NEED TO ELEVATE. 1189 00:47:21,452 --> 00:47:21,849 NOT TO SAY THERE WON'T BE 1190 00:47:21,852 --> 00:47:27,049 ELEVATIONS. 1191 00:47:27,052 --> 00:47:27,449 CERTAINLY WILL BE NEED FOREL -- 1192 00:47:27,452 --> 00:47:28,916 ELEVATIONS. 1193 00:47:28,919 --> 00:47:30,449 WE KNOW THREE COMMUNITIES THAT 1194 00:47:30,452 --> 00:47:31,649 HAVE FLOODED 10 TIMES IN THE 1195 00:47:31,652 --> 00:47:33,082 LAST 12 YEARS. 1196 00:47:33,085 --> 00:47:35,482 SO MAYBE IT'S TIME FOR THAT 1197 00:47:35,485 --> 00:47:38,182 COMMUNITY TO MOVE AS A WHOLESOME 1198 00:47:38,185 --> 00:47:40,582 WHERE THAT'S SAFER AND DRIER. 1199 00:47:40,585 --> 00:47:41,782 SO WE CAN LOOK AT BUYOUTS AND 1200 00:47:41,785 --> 00:47:44,182 ELEVATIONS CERTAINLY. 1201 00:47:44,185 --> 00:47:47,416 BUT NOT AS THE FOCAL POINT OF 1202 00:47:47,419 --> 00:47:49,549 THE STRATEGY FOR REMEDIATION OF 1203 00:47:49,552 --> 00:47:51,149 FUTURE EVENTS. 1204 00:47:51,152 --> 00:47:54,149 IT'S MORE ABOUT TRYING TO MAKE 1205 00:47:54,152 --> 00:47:55,715 SURE WE HAVE WATER SHED THAT CAN 1206 00:47:55,718 --> 00:47:57,082 ABSORB THE WATER BETTER, MOVE IT 1207 00:47:57,085 --> 00:48:01,249 OFF AND NOT FLOOD PEOPLE OUT 1208 00:48:01,252 --> 00:48:04,615 WITHOUT HAVING TO ELEVATE THEM. 1209 00:48:04,618 --> 00:48:05,016 AGAIN, CERTAINLY NEED FOR 1210 00:48:05,019 --> 00:48:08,182 ELEVATIONS. 1211 00:48:08,185 --> 00:48:10,549 >> I WANT TO GO TO YOU BAILY. 1212 00:48:10,552 --> 00:48:10,882 YOU ARE A MEMBER OF THE YOUTH 1213 00:48:10,885 --> 00:48:12,649 COUNCIL. 1214 00:48:12,652 --> 00:48:12,982 BUT YOU WERE ALSO FLOODED; 1215 00:48:12,985 --> 00:48:13,382 CORRECT? 1216 00:48:13,385 --> 00:48:15,782 >> I WAS. 1217 00:48:15,785 --> 00:48:19,982 >> WHAT IS YOUR QUESTION? 1218 00:48:19,985 --> 00:48:22,249 >> WELL, THE RETIRED ELDERLY, 1219 00:48:22,252 --> 00:48:22,549 ALL THEY HAVE IS GOVERNMENT 1220 00:48:22,552 --> 00:48:25,916 FUNDS. 1221 00:48:25,919 --> 00:48:26,282 MOST OF THEM CANNOT AFFORD FLOOD 1222 00:48:26,285 --> 00:48:27,082 INSURANCE. 1223 00:48:27,085 --> 00:48:29,315 WHAT IS YOUR PLAN? 1224 00:48:29,318 --> 00:48:29,615 WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO WITH 1225 00:48:29,618 --> 00:48:31,315 THEM? 1226 00:48:31,318 --> 00:48:34,882 >> THAT'S ACTUALLY A FEW 1227 00:48:34,885 --> 00:48:37,249 QUESTIONS IN ONE, I THINK. 1228 00:48:37,252 --> 00:48:40,549 FIRST, I WILL SAY THAT WE WILL 1229 00:48:40,552 --> 00:48:44,649 BE RECOMMENDING PRIORITIZATION 1230 00:48:44,652 --> 00:48:46,916 OF THE ELDERLY WITH RESPECT TO 1231 00:48:46,919 --> 00:48:56,016 REBUILDING FROM THE FUNDS THAT 1232 00:48:56,019 --> 00:48:57,416 ARE AVAILABLE RIGHT NOW. 1233 00:48:57,419 --> 00:48:59,082 SO THAT'S KEY. 1234 00:48:59,085 --> 00:49:00,549 WE KNOW THEY ARE A VULNERABLE 1235 00:49:00,552 --> 00:49:03,582 PART OF THE POPULATION. 1236 00:49:03,585 --> 00:49:06,715 WITH RESPECT TO FLOOD INSURANCE, 1237 00:49:06,718 --> 00:49:07,482 EVERYBODY IS IMPACTED VERY 1238 00:49:07,485 --> 00:49:09,749 SIMILARLY, OF COURSE. 1239 00:49:09,752 --> 00:49:11,549 MORE VULNERABLE POPULATIONS AND 1240 00:49:11,552 --> 00:49:15,649 LESS VULNERABLE POPULATIONS. 1241 00:49:15,652 --> 00:49:18,016 WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO WERE 1242 00:49:18,019 --> 00:49:19,682 NOT IN THE FLOOD PLAIN. 1243 00:49:19,685 --> 00:49:20,582 DIDN'T THINK THEY WERE GOING TO 1244 00:49:20,585 --> 00:49:22,815 NEED FLOOD INSURANCE. 1245 00:49:22,818 --> 00:49:26,682 SO IT'S A HUGE PROBLEM. 1246 00:49:26,685 --> 00:49:30,949 AND WE'VE GOT TO -- ONE WAY TO 1247 00:49:30,952 --> 00:49:32,149 ADDRESS THAT IS TO REDUCE THE 1248 00:49:32,152 --> 00:49:34,416 BASE FLOOD ELEVATIONS. 1249 00:49:34,419 --> 00:49:36,882 SO TO THE EXTENT WE CAN DO THAT 1250 00:49:36,885 --> 00:49:39,016 FOR EVERYBODY, WE'LL BE 1251 00:49:39,019 --> 00:49:40,949 ASSISTING THE ELDERLY AS WELL. 1252 00:49:40,952 --> 00:49:42,349 AGAIN, WE'LL BE RECOMMENDING 1253 00:49:42,352 --> 00:49:44,982 PRIORITIZATION OF THE ELDERLY IN 1254 00:49:44,985 --> 00:49:46,282 OUR HOUSING PROGRAMS BECAUSE WE 1255 00:49:46,285 --> 00:49:48,916 KNOW THEY NEED HELP. 1256 00:49:48,919 --> 00:49:50,115 THEY NEED ASSISTANCE IN MORE 1257 00:49:50,118 --> 00:49:52,282 THAN JUST FINANCIAL. 1258 00:49:52,285 --> 00:49:52,649 >> DID THAT ANSWER YOUR 1259 00:49:52,652 --> 00:49:53,082 QUESTION? 1260 00:49:53,085 --> 00:49:57,849 >> IT DID. 1261 00:49:57,852 --> 00:49:59,249 WE'LL GO TO CASEY TINGLE. 1262 00:49:59,252 --> 00:50:01,149 I WAS LOOKING AT YOUR QUESTION. 1263 00:50:01,152 --> 00:50:01,582 IT'S REALLY A VERY GOOD 1264 00:50:01,585 --> 00:50:08,082 QUESTION. 1265 00:50:08,085 --> 00:50:10,815 WHY DON'T YOU ASK IT. 1266 00:50:10,818 --> 00:50:12,682 >> WELL, WE ARE A PART OF THE 1267 00:50:12,685 --> 00:50:16,082 RESPONSE AND RECOVERY FROM A 1268 00:50:16,085 --> 00:50:16,882 VARIETY OF DISASTERS OVERTIME. 1269 00:50:16,885 --> 00:50:18,449 DIFFERENT TYPES. 1270 00:50:18,452 --> 00:50:21,249 AND THEY ARE ALL DIFFERENT. 1271 00:50:21,252 --> 00:50:23,849 AND SO I JUST THOUGHT THAT MAYBE 1272 00:50:23,852 --> 00:50:25,082 A QUESTION THAT WOULD BE GOOD TO 1273 00:50:25,085 --> 00:50:28,649 ADDRESS TONIGHT IS WHAT ARE SOME 1274 00:50:28,652 --> 00:50:30,549 OF THE THINGS ABOUT THIS 1275 00:50:30,552 --> 00:50:34,149 RECOVERY UNIQUE AND DIFFERENT 1276 00:50:34,152 --> 00:50:36,182 FROM THOSE IN THE PAST. 1277 00:50:36,185 --> 00:50:38,382 >> IT'S A GREAT QUESTION. 1278 00:50:38,385 --> 00:50:40,115 ONE THING THAT'S DIFFERENT AND 1279 00:50:40,118 --> 00:50:43,416 UNIQUE IS THE FACT THAT THIS IS 1280 00:50:43,419 --> 00:50:49,882 NOT A HURRICANE MATTHEW OR A 1281 00:50:49,885 --> 00:50:52,016 HURRICANE ISAAC. 1282 00:50:52,019 --> 00:51:00,282 TWO MAJOR FLOODS HERE WE ARE 1283 00:51:00,285 --> 00:51:01,582 WORKING WITH ON THE STATE. 1284 00:51:01,585 --> 00:51:04,682 WHAT'S IMPORTANT ABOUT IT IS IT 1285 00:51:04,685 --> 00:51:06,382 DOES NOT TYPICALLY DRAW THE 1286 00:51:06,385 --> 00:51:09,916 NATIONAL MEDIA ATTENTION THAT 1287 00:51:09,919 --> 00:51:14,182 WOULD PROVIDE ADDITIONAL 1288 00:51:14,185 --> 00:51:14,582 ASSISTANCE FROM NON-PROFITS OR 1289 00:51:14,585 --> 00:51:16,549 DONATIONS. 1290 00:51:16,552 --> 00:51:18,549 AND SO BY IN LARGE A LOT OF THE 1291 00:51:18,552 --> 00:51:21,115 NATION DOESN'T REALLY RECOGNIZE 1292 00:51:21,118 --> 00:51:23,815 OR REALIZE THE SCOPE AND THE 1293 00:51:23,818 --> 00:51:25,882 MAGNITUDE OF THE IMPACTS AND THE 1294 00:51:25,885 --> 00:51:26,615 PAIN THAT FAMILIES ARE 1295 00:51:26,618 --> 00:51:29,416 EXPERIENCING. 1296 00:51:29,419 --> 00:51:30,349 THE DISPLACED POPULATIONS, THE 1297 00:51:30,352 --> 00:51:31,482 DISRUPTION OF THE SENSE OF 1298 00:51:31,485 --> 00:51:32,682 FAMILY AND COMMUNITY AND PLACE. 1299 00:51:32,685 --> 00:51:34,416 ALL THOSE THINGS ARE VERY 1300 00:51:34,419 --> 00:51:36,016 SIGNIFICANT. 1301 00:51:36,019 --> 00:51:38,282 HAVING SAID THAT THOUGH, ANOTHER 1302 00:51:38,285 --> 00:51:41,115 THING THAT'S UNIQUE IS THE FACT 1303 00:51:41,118 --> 00:51:42,916 THAT BOTH THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE 1304 00:51:42,919 --> 00:51:44,682 WITH HIS SENIOR POLICY GROUP AND 1305 00:51:44,685 --> 00:51:45,882 HIS FORMATION OF RECOVERY 1306 00:51:45,885 --> 00:51:49,982 SUPPORT FUNCTIONS THAT WORK ON 1307 00:51:49,985 --> 00:51:51,282 THE SECTORS FROM HOUSING TO 1308 00:51:51,285 --> 00:51:52,149 INFRASTRUCTURE AND SOCIAL 1309 00:51:52,152 --> 00:51:54,282 SERVICES ISSUES. 1310 00:51:54,285 --> 00:51:56,416 THAT COMBINED WITH THE 1311 00:51:56,419 --> 00:51:58,715 GOVERNOR'S TASK FORCE IS UNIQUE. 1312 00:51:58,718 --> 00:52:01,049 SO IT'S A POSITIVE IN THIS 1313 00:52:01,052 --> 00:52:05,682 ENVIRONMENT TO DEAL WITH WHAT 1314 00:52:05,685 --> 00:52:06,082 ARE TWO NEAR CATASTROPHIC 1315 00:52:06,085 --> 00:52:08,416 EVENTS. 1316 00:52:08,419 --> 00:52:09,982 THEY ARE LEVEL TWO DISASTERS AS 1317 00:52:09,985 --> 00:52:12,349 FAR AS THE NATION IS CONCERNED. 1318 00:52:12,352 --> 00:52:14,982 AND THAT MEANS THEORY EQUIVALENT 1319 00:52:14,985 --> 00:52:17,049 TO SUPER STORM SANDY AND KATRINA 1320 00:52:17,052 --> 00:52:18,315 AND SOME OF THE MAJOR NAME 1321 00:52:18,318 --> 00:52:21,315 STORMS THAT OCCURRED. 1322 00:52:21,318 --> 00:52:22,916 AND SO I THINK THAT'S UNIQUE. 1323 00:52:22,919 --> 00:52:24,582 THAT OUTSIDE AWARENESS OF WHAT 1324 00:52:24,585 --> 00:52:25,049 THE NEEDS ARE HERE AND THE 1325 00:52:25,052 --> 00:52:27,082 OPPORTUNITY. 1326 00:52:27,085 --> 00:52:29,082 HAVING SAID THAT, THE VOLUNTARY 1327 00:52:29,085 --> 00:52:30,682 ORGANIZATIONS AND THE PRIVATE 1328 00:52:30,685 --> 00:52:32,016 NON-PROFITS WITHIN THE STATE 1329 00:52:32,019 --> 00:52:34,649 HAVE BEEN VERY PHENOMENAL IN 1330 00:52:34,652 --> 00:52:36,749 STEPPING UP TO TRY TO HELP CLOSE 1331 00:52:36,752 --> 00:52:38,282 THE GAP AND THEY WILL BE PART OF 1332 00:52:38,285 --> 00:52:45,449 THAT SOLUTION. 1333 00:52:45,452 --> 00:52:47,516 >> WE SAW THIS AFTER KATRINA. 1334 00:52:47,519 --> 00:52:50,882 THERE'S ALWAYS FRAUD. 1335 00:52:50,885 --> 00:52:55,682 WHAT DID WE LEARN IN DEALING 1336 00:52:55,685 --> 00:52:59,482 WITH FRAUD. 1337 00:52:59,485 --> 00:53:01,382 >> WHEN IT COMES FROM FEMA 1338 00:53:01,385 --> 00:53:18,349 ASSISTANCE, WE'RE GOING TO AIR 1339 00:53:18,352 --> 00:53:20,615 ON THE SIDE OF CAUTION. 1340 00:53:20,618 --> 00:53:22,215 SO WHAT'S PROBABLY MOST 1341 00:53:22,218 --> 00:53:24,349 IMPORTANT IS THAT WE GET THE 1342 00:53:24,352 --> 00:53:25,715 DISASTER ASSISTANCE IN THE HANDS 1343 00:53:25,718 --> 00:53:27,782 AND FLOOD INSURANCE CLAIMS MONEY 1344 00:53:27,785 --> 00:53:31,249 IN THE HANDS OF THOSE WHO NEED 1345 00:53:31,252 --> 00:53:31,615 IT AS SOON AS WE CAN THROUGH THE 1346 00:53:31,618 --> 00:53:34,149 PROCESS. 1347 00:53:34,152 --> 00:53:35,815 AND THEN THERE IS A PROCESS TO 1348 00:53:35,818 --> 00:53:39,516 DEAL WITH THAT. 1349 00:53:39,519 --> 00:53:41,516 SO THERE'S A PROCESS FOR THE 1350 00:53:41,519 --> 00:53:44,215 ONES MEANT TO DO THAT. 1351 00:53:44,218 --> 00:53:46,615 >> VICTIMS WHO ARE VICTIMIZED BY 1352 00:53:46,618 --> 00:53:51,749 CONTRACTORS AND THINGS LIKE 1353 00:53:51,752 --> 00:53:53,215 THAT. 1354 00:53:53,218 --> 00:53:55,649 >> SHE WOULD REFER US TO THE 1355 00:53:55,652 --> 00:54:03,182 ATTORNEYS THAT WORK WITH THE 1356 00:54:03,185 --> 00:54:03,482 STATE. 1357 00:54:03,485 --> 00:54:05,782 STATE. 1358 00:54:05,785 --> 00:54:07,182 >> HOW DOES THE MONEY AFTER THE 1359 00:54:07,185 --> 00:54:09,215 DISASTER HERE COMPARED TO THE 1360 00:54:09,218 --> 00:54:12,516 AMOUNT OF MONEY AFRICA TRINA? 1361 00:54:12,519 --> 00:54:14,815 I KEEP HEARING PEOPLE SAYING THE 1362 00:54:14,818 --> 00:54:16,649 FEDS ARE HOLDING BACK BECAUSE SO 1363 00:54:16,652 --> 00:54:18,115 MANY PEOPLE SCAMMED THE SYSTEM. 1364 00:54:18,118 --> 00:54:19,482 ARE WE FEELING CONSEQUENCES NOW 1365 00:54:19,485 --> 00:54:19,782 BECAUSE OF WHATEVER HAPPENED 1366 00:54:19,785 --> 00:54:21,949 THEN? 1367 00:54:21,952 --> 00:54:25,115 >> ABSOLUTELY NOT. 1368 00:54:25,118 --> 00:54:27,615 NO CONSEQUENCES WHATSOEVER ON 1369 00:54:27,618 --> 00:54:28,282 THE DISASTER VICTIMS AND 1370 00:54:28,285 --> 00:54:32,215 SURVIVORS. 1371 00:54:32,218 --> 00:54:34,916 ASSISTANCE IS BASED ON THE 1372 00:54:34,919 --> 00:54:37,349 HOUSEHOLD MAKE UP AND THE 1373 00:54:37,352 --> 00:54:45,315 IMPACTS WHETHER THE SURVIVOR WAS 1374 00:54:45,318 --> 00:54:49,982 A REN -- RENTER OR A HOMEOWNER. 1375 00:54:49,985 --> 00:54:51,282 AND THE MAXIMUM GRANT WHICH IS 1376 00:54:51,285 --> 00:54:53,782 HARD TO REACH BECAUSE THERE'S A 1377 00:54:53,785 --> 00:54:56,782 LOT OF DIFFERENT FACTORS. 1378 00:54:56,785 --> 00:54:58,882 BUT THERE'S ONLY ABOUT 2800 OF 1379 00:54:58,885 --> 00:55:01,349 FAMILIES AND HOUSEHOLDS. 1380 00:55:01,352 --> 00:55:03,715 SO, AGAIN, IT'S A TIERED SYSTEM 1381 00:55:03,718 --> 00:55:04,115 AND BASED ON THE IMPACTS TO THAT 1382 00:55:04,118 --> 00:55:05,749 HOUSEHOLD. 1383 00:55:05,752 --> 00:55:08,582 AND THE HOUSEHOLD MAKE UP. 1384 00:55:08,585 --> 00:55:08,882 >> WE ONLY HAVE A FEW SECONDS 1385 00:55:08,885 --> 00:55:09,682 LEFT. 1386 00:55:09,685 --> 00:55:10,315 THERE'S SO MANY DIFFERENT 1387 00:55:10,318 --> 00:55:12,016 PROGRAMS OUT THERE. 1388 00:55:12,019 --> 00:55:15,215 IS THERE A CLEARINGHOUSE. 1389 00:55:15,218 --> 00:55:16,916 ONE PLACE THAT VICTIMS CAN GO TO 1390 00:55:16,919 --> 00:55:17,749 GET INFORMATION ABOUT ALL THE 1391 00:55:17,752 --> 00:55:19,782 VARIOUS PROGRAMS THAT ARE 1392 00:55:19,785 --> 00:55:23,215 AVAILABLE TO HELP THEM? 1393 00:55:23,218 --> 00:55:25,149 >> THE GOVERNOR'S WEB SITE IS A 1394 00:55:25,152 --> 00:55:26,449 GREAT PLACE TO GO TO SEE 1395 00:55:26,452 --> 00:55:26,849 RESOURCES THAT ARE AVAILABLE 1396 00:55:26,852 --> 00:55:29,782 RIGHT NOW. 1397 00:55:29,785 --> 00:55:31,815 WE'LL SAY THAT DOESN'T EXIST FOR 1398 00:55:31,818 --> 00:55:33,715 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BACKGROUND 1399 00:55:33,718 --> 00:55:34,016 BECAUSE THE PROGRAMS DON'T EXIST 1400 00:55:34,019 --> 00:55:35,916 YET. 1401 00:55:35,919 --> 00:55:37,149 BUT THEY WILL AND THEY WILL BE 1402 00:55:37,152 --> 00:55:39,416 OUTREACHED TO FIND FOLKS AND 1403 00:55:39,419 --> 00:55:41,115 MAKE SURE THEY KNOW WHAT'S 1404 00:55:41,118 --> 00:55:44,182 AVAILABLE TO THEM. 1405 00:55:44,185 --> 00:55:46,382 >> DISASTERASSISTANCE.GOV IS A 1406 00:55:46,385 --> 00:55:47,849 GOOD PLACE TO GO AS WELL. 1407 00:55:47,852 --> 00:55:50,882 AND OTHER FEDERAL AGENCIES THAT 1408 00:55:50,885 --> 00:55:55,516 HAVE PROGRAMS, NOT JUST SBA. 1409 00:55:55,519 --> 00:55:57,949 PROGRAMS USDA AND OTHERS HAVE 1410 00:55:57,952 --> 00:55:58,649 PROGRAMS IN THEIR AREAS OF 1411 00:55:58,652 --> 00:56:01,115 RESPONSIBILITY. 1412 00:56:01,118 --> 00:56:03,482 SO I WOULD SAY TAKE A LOOK AT 1413 00:56:03,485 --> 00:56:04,782 THOSE OTHER WEB SITES AND 1414 00:56:04,785 --> 00:56:06,849 DISASTER ASSISTANCE IS A GOOD 1415 00:56:06,852 --> 00:56:08,215 PLACE TO START. 1416 00:56:08,218 --> 00:56:09,349 >> WELL WE'VE RUN OUT OF TIME 1417 00:56:09,352 --> 00:56:12,149 FOR OUR QUESTION AND ANSWER 1418 00:56:12,152 --> 00:56:13,715 SEGMENT. WE'D LIKE TO THANK OUR 1419 00:56:13,718 --> 00:56:15,282 PANELISTS - MR. RICKARD, MS. 1420 00:56:15,285 --> 00:56:16,715 DEJOIE, MR. KNAPP AND MR. FORBES 1421 00:56:16,718 --> 00:56:17,815 - FOR THEIR INSIGHT ON THIS 1422 00:56:17,818 --> 00:56:19,282 MONTH'S TOPIC. WHEN WE COME 1423 00:56:19,285 --> 00:56:26,849 BACK WE'LL HAVE A FEW CLOSING 1424 00:56:33,584 --> 00:56:37,149 >> WELL, CERTAINLY WE HAD SOME 1425 00:56:37,152 --> 00:56:39,082 GREAT INFORMATION TONIGHT. 1426 00:56:39,085 --> 00:56:39,449 IT'S A LONG ROAD NOW TO 1427 00:56:39,452 --> 00:56:41,149 RECOVERY. 1428 00:56:41,152 --> 00:56:42,382 AND A LOT OF INFORMATION STILL 1429 00:56:42,385 --> 00:56:43,749 NEEDS TO BE GATHERED. 1430 00:56:43,752 --> 00:56:45,215 >> YEAH, I THINK WE CAN SAY A 1431 00:56:45,218 --> 00:56:46,649 LOT OF QUESTIONS ANSWERED AND A 1432 00:56:46,652 --> 00:56:48,482 LOT OF QUESTIONS UNANSWERED. 1433 00:56:48,485 --> 00:56:50,949 AND THIS IS A LONG PROCESS. 1434 00:56:50,952 --> 00:56:52,815 >> WE CAN GO ON FOR A LONG TIME. 1435 00:56:52,818 --> 00:56:53,715 SCHOOL RECOVERY AS WELL. 1436 00:56:53,718 --> 00:56:54,449 >> ABSOLUTELY. 1437 00:56:54,452 --> 00:56:56,115 YEAH. 1438 00:56:56,118 --> 00:56:57,149 SO MUCH TO TALK ABOUT. 1439 00:56:57,152 --> 00:56:58,715 AND SO LITTLE TIME. 1440 00:56:58,718 --> 00:57:00,149 WE STILL HAVE TO THINK ABOUT ALL 1441 00:57:00,152 --> 00:57:01,715 THE PEOPLE DEAL WITHING THIS ON 1442 00:57:01,718 --> 00:57:02,782 A DAILY BASIS. 1443 00:57:02,785 --> 00:57:09,349 >> WELL THAT'S ALL THE TIME WE 1444 00:57:09,352 --> 00:57:10,082 HAVE FOR THIS EDITION OF 1445 00:57:10,085 --> 00:57:10,782 WE ALSO ENCOURAGE YOU TO COMMENT 1446 00:57:10,785 --> 00:57:11,549 ON TONIGHT'S SHOW AT LPB DOT 1447 00:57:11,552 --> 00:57:13,715 O-R-G SLASH PUBLIC SQUARE. WE'D 1448 00:57:13,718 --> 00:57:14,749 LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU. 1449 00:57:14,752 --> 00:57:17,215 ON NEXT MONTH'S LOUISIANA PUBLIC 1450 00:57:17,218 --> 00:57:18,715 SQUARE, WE'LL REVISIT A 1451 00:57:18,718 --> 00:58:46,215 CONVERSATION WE HAD IN MAY ABOUT