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FEMA denies Hawaii’s post-storm disaster request
Associated Press ^ | Aug 29, 2014 12:02 AM EDT | Jennifer Sinco Kelleher

Posted on 08/28/2014 11:33:34 PM PDT by Olog-hai

The Federal Emergency Management Agency on Thursday denied Hawaii’s request for a major disaster declaration after Tropical Storm Iselle.

Iselle made landfall over the Big Island’s isolated and rural Puna region nearly three weeks ago, knocking down trees and power lines.

FEMA denied the request because “it has been determined that the damage from this event was not of such severity and magnitude to go beyond the capabilities of the state, affected local governments and voluntary agencies,” the agency wrote to the state Thursday. …

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: District of Columbia; US: Hawaii
KEYWORDS: fema; naturaldisaster; tropicalstorm; tsiselle

1 posted on 08/28/2014 11:33:34 PM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

Now that Senator Inouye is dead, the gravy train is ending for Hawaii.


2 posted on 08/28/2014 11:48:05 PM PDT by kaehurowing
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To: Olog-hai

and Obama was born where again ?

I can’t wait to hear all the Obama loving hippies in lower Puna start grumbling on him over this one . I love it when they eat their own . It’s about time .

ps: lots of retired combat vets live down there too . All very much affected by this event .


3 posted on 08/29/2014 12:07:48 AM PDT by LeoWindhorse
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To: LeoWindhorse

Maybe the old timers can dig around and come up with some historical records on a certain foreign student...


4 posted on 08/29/2014 12:11:35 AM PDT by KC Burke (Gowdy for Supreme Court)
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To: Olog-hai

Probably retaliation for Obama’s hippie governor buddy getting defeated in the primaries.


5 posted on 08/29/2014 12:39:31 AM PDT by peyton randolph (Show me the man and I will find the crime. - Lavrenti Beria)
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To: Olog-hai

Wise up, Hawaii, and start waving that birth certificate around. You’ll get his attention.


6 posted on 08/29/2014 12:44:04 AM PDT by NonValueAdded ("Kerry, as Obama's plenipotentiary, is a paradox - the physical presence of a geopolitical absence")
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To: NonValueAdded

yup.

announce interest in possibly looking into the birth certificate and 0bama will do anything to keep it from coming out


7 posted on 08/29/2014 3:06:40 AM PDT by sten (fighting tyranny never goes out of style)
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To: Olog-hai

Absolutely proper response from FEMA.

Federal disaster aid should only be dispensed when the damage is greater than a state can readily handle or if the damage extends to several states and the agency can serve to facilitate response among many different agencies and jurisdictions.


8 posted on 08/29/2014 3:38:39 AM PDT by XRdsRev (New Jersey - Crossroads of the American Revolution)
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To: kaehurowing

This could be an “FU Hawaii, for rejecting Abercrombie”.


9 posted on 08/29/2014 4:20:10 AM PDT by butterdezillion (Note to self : put this between arrow keys: img src=""/)
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