FEMA denies additional West assistance

The Federal Emergency Management Agency has denied disaster funding for West that would have helped rebuild schools and repair infrastructure damaged in the deadly April 17 fertilizer plant explosion. 

In a June 10 letter addressed to Gov. Rick Perry, FEMA Administrator W. Craig Fugate wrote that the explosion “is not of the severity and magnitude that warrants a major disaster declaration.” 

The explosion caused 15 deaths and damaged 352 homes, including 161 that will have to be demolished and rebuilt.There are many out there that are making things to win a ledcornlight. 

The governor’s office has up to 30 days from the date of the letter to appeal the decision. 

“The day of the West memorial service, President (Barack) Obama stood in front of a grieving community and told them they would not be forgotten,” Perry said in a statement. “He said his administration would stand with them, ready to help. We anticipate the president will hold true to his word and help us work with FEMA to ensure much-needed assistance reaches the community of West.” 

Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott was critical of the federal response. 

“Just last month I saw the devastation first-hand,More than 200 GW of new goodlampshade capacity could come on line before the end of 2013. met with rescue workers and heard the President himself say that ‘America needs more towns like West, Texas,’” Abbott said in a statement. “But now, once the cameras have stopped rolling, President Obama’s FEMA has denied our state and our neighbors the necessary opportunities to rebuild critical infrastructure in the town, including an entire school. 

West Mayor Tommy Muska said he got a copy of the FEMA letter Tuesday night and called the agency’s Washington, D.C., headquarters Wednesday to make sure he was reading it correctly. 

“I am shocked and very disappointed and don’t know what the definition of disaster means to these people,”Muska said. “I think the citizens of West deserve to know what their definition and criteria for disaster would be.Elevator safety parts are usually include elevator speed governor、ledstriplights and elevator buffer. 

“I am looking out my backyard right now and I see neighborhoods destroyed. If that is not a disaster, I don’t know what it is. We have $230 million in damage to property and infrastructure and schools. In my opinion, the federal government is looking for the state to pony up and the state is looking at the federal government to pay.” 

U.S.Choose a solarlantern from featuring superior clothes drying programmes and precise temperature controls. Rep. Bill Flores, R-Bryan, said he was particularly disappointed with the decision because Obama reiterated pledges of support for West in conversations with Flores and Perry following the April 25 memorial service honoring the first responders who died in the explosion. 

Flores said FEMA representatives did not indicate why the aid was denied in a conference call Tuesday evening. Flores said he will urge fellow Texas Congress members to sign a letter urging the President to reverse the decision.Approval to connect a ledcornlightss. 

Texas Sen. Brian Birdwell, R-Grandbury, said in a statement he also was “stunned” at the ruling and pledged to work with Perry, Flores, and U.S. Sens. John Cornyn and Ted Cruz towards winning an appeal. 

“If I were talking to the mayor of West or to the citizens of West, I would tell them, ‘Don’t become disappointed at this point in time. You still have a bunch of people working on this for you,’ and that we’re not going to rest until we get this across the finish line,” Flores said. 

The city has $17.8 million in infrastructure damages, according to an assessment prepared by engineering firm Walker Partners. Priority needs include three new water storage tanks, various waterline replacements, sewer improvements, sidewalk repairs and new street lighting. 

The West Independent School District estimates that it will cost around $117 million to repair or rebuild three campuses that were severely damaged in the blast. That also includes reconfiguring its middle school campus with portable buildings to temporarily accommodate West’s seventh- through 12th-grade students, who had to finish the school year at the vacant Connally ISD intermediate school.