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Fema was ready and waiting but had to wait til the storm passed and the State got it's act together. If the State is not with it then the process is slow.

We lost our well during the 7 quake here a few years back. With an entire goatherd, huge chicken flock, and 4 kids, it was a small disaster for us to not have water.

Fema was at our front door 4 or 5 days later with an offer of a check and wonderfully knowledgeable advice, a free home damage inspection included.

We lost our well during the 7 quake here a few years back. With an entire goatherd, huge chicken flock, and 4 kids, it was a small disaster for us to not have water. Fema was at our front door 4 or 5 days later with an offer of a check,p>MarMema, I just can't help but remember back to my childhood when any given summer when it didn't rain enough, my grandparent's cistern would dry up. They had a 40 acre farm with animals, crops, garden. So what did they do? Call FEMA? Nope. Grandpap hitched up the horses to the wagon, loaded four or five big barrels and drove a mile one way to the nearest creek where there was also a spring to be found. Filled up the barrels, watered the animals and the garden, and made another round trip for more barrels. This was a daily chore until the rains came again. Just one example of how soft we are and how we have lost our self-reliance.