Yesterday, according to whitehouse.gov, President Obama official declared North Carolina an area of major disaster. The state has been having severe weeather problems since the tropical storm Nicole hit in late September, early October. The types of help people in North Carolina will recieve includes grants for housing needs, loans to help pay off uninsured losses and programs to help the people recover in general. Also an emphasis will be placed on hazard mitigation.
I believe this example goes to show a bit of the inequity associated with federal aid because the governor of North Carolina is a democrat. Also in the past, North Carolina has contributed a high GDP to the US economy, meaning the government tends the favor those that have contributed the most. Also this is an example of how the federal government spends a lot of money on disaster relief, but it is good that they will emphasize disaster mitigation with part of the money.
Link to the whitehouse.gov press release:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2010/10/14/president-obama-signs-north-carolina-disaster-declaration
"FEMA tours Windsor, NC" from a week ago
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