[MR] Disaster Declaration Updates

[Gerita della Mara]

We are now at North Carolina, Virginia (coastal, I'm sure), and New 
York.  Whatever your political leanings may be, please note that FEMA 
has to request the declaration before the President can sign it.  FEMA 
is doing its darndest to NOT repeat the Katrina et al debacle wherein no 
one was in place ahead of need and it took forever and six days to mount 
any kind of meaningful response.  The American Red Cross is staged and 
standing by as well.

Why do I post these things?  It's good to know that the cavalry is ready 
to ride, for starters (yes, I spent some years in Hurricane Alley), 
because feeling alone facing such potential destruction is pretty 
scary.  And, it's good to know that an agency that has been kicked 
around since its inception is finally being allowed to do what it was 
created, staffed, and funded (sort of) to do.  And, while they offer 
loans, not free money, they also bring in temporary living quarters and 
other means of immediate support that are free or all but free.  And, 
no, I don't work for them.

Gerita

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Gerita della Mara
Seneschal, Barony of Highland Foorde
Chamberlain, Their Excellencies Siegfried and Francesca
Mentor Chirurgeon