FEMA Opens Disaster Center

RSS stumble digg reddit del.ico.us news trust mixx.com Share this on Facebook

Chi-Town Daily News   |  Craig Kanalley   |   October 9, 2008 09:55 AM

Read More: Federal Emergency And Management Administration, Fema, FEMA Disaster Center, FEMA Disaster Center Albany Park, FEMA Disaster Center Chicago, FEMA Distaster Recovery Center, Kim Anderson, Chicago News
Show your support.
Buzz this article up.

The new FEMA Disaster Relief Center in Albany Park was up and running yesterday, but there were few visitors. The office is new and word of it has yet to spread through Chicago neighborhoods socked and soaked by a monster rain storm in mid-September.

The folks visiting the site yesterday for relief includes Lexi Parish, 24, of Brookfield. Her basement apartment there filled like a swimming pool during the Sept. 13-14 storm.

"I lost everything," says Parish, who lives near Forest and Washington avenues. "I just moved back to my parents' house and was living in the basement of the apartment. I was there about a month."


Read the entire article here.

The new FEMA Disaster Relief Center in Albany Park was up and running yesterday, but there were few visitors. The office is new and word of it has yet to spread through Chicago neighborhoods socked an...
The new FEMA Disaster Relief Center in Albany Park was up and running yesterday, but there were few visitors. The office is new and word of it has yet to spread through Chicago neighborhoods socked an...
RSS stumble digg reddit del.ico.us news trust mixx.com Share this on Facebook
 
 

Comments
0
Pending Comments
0

Want to reply to a comment? Hint: Click "Reply" at the bottom of the comment; after being approved your comment will appear directly underneath the comment you replied to

View Comments:
Comments are closed for this entry

You must be logged in to reply to this comment. Log in