TIDE LOADS OF HOPE can accept up to 300 loads of clothes per day. They are asking that anyone who needs to have clothes washed to bring them to their set up location at Food City (if this hasn't changed).... Each family is allowed 2 loads per day from my understanding.
Kaci Matney..... Everyone there will be a flood benefit to raise money for the victims on Friday July 30th! Come out and admission will be $5 or you can instead bring supplies the families might need! Its at the Pikeville Artisan Center!! From 7pm till Midnight!!
From Brandon Roberts.......Anyone with a United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) flood buyout program application pending and was flooded on July 17 as well need to call Tony Burnette of the 606-474-5184. If he is not available ask for Melinda Bush.
Appalachian Wireless customers can donate by texting the word Flood to 4483. $10 will be added to their bill and 100% of those donations will be given to the Big Sandy Chapter specifically for this. You also can donate at www.bigsandyredcross.org. That money comes specifically to our chapter. Otherwise, Call 339-5911. They will tell you where can mail the check. We sincerely appreciate everyones efforts in this trying time!
FEMA officials say more than 900 people in Pike County have applied for FEMA assistance for flood damage. FEMA inspectors are meeting with those who applied for aid to assess the damage and figure out how FEMA can help. Linda Fields lost two homes in the flood in Raccoon. The waist high water pushed one mobile home several hundred feet away. A neighbor's home crashed into her other house.
“It destroyed our entire property. everything is a total loss, we lost everything. Everything we worked for our whole life is gone,” Linda Fields said.
She is one of hundreds seeking FEMA help. Officials say at least 200 homes are destroyed, many more are damaged.
“There's a lot of damage in this area from this flood. The waters, as we were talking earlier, came fast and went away, but there's a lot of damage, a lot of homes here,” Don Daniel said. So far more than 900 people in Pike County have applied for FEMA assistance.
“900 is a lot. That's a big number and particularly in a concentrated area and that's the reason FEMA is here, to help these people begin the recovery process,” Daniel said.
Around 75 FEMA workers are here meeting individually with victims and surveying the damage at each home and business. FEMA Officials say those eligible will start receiving reimbursements in two to three weeks. Eligible applicants can get aid or loans for temporary housing, uninsured property losses, and other expenses caused by the flood. FEMA officials remind that all victims must register to be eligible for aid.
To register with FEMA and apply for aid, you can call 1-800-621-FEMA go online at www.disasterassistance.gov
You can also visit the FEMA disaster recovery centers at Harless Creek and Coon Creek.
