Residents who have applied for disaster assistance can expect a call from one or more inspectors within about 7 to 10 days to set up an appointment to look at the damaged property. The inspectors may be from FEMA, the Red Cross, or The U.S. Small Business Administration. The FEMA inspector will also know the control number that should match the number given to the applicant. All inspectors and verifiers carry official photo identification. If an inspector is not wearing an identification badge, ask to see it.
Assistance is still available.
Hurricane Georges damaged the Chandeleur Islands as much, if not more, than Hurricane Camille, according to two scientists who flew over the easternmost edge of Louisiana. The storm washed away Curlew and Grand Gosier islands, North America's largest nesting areas for least terns, according to Shea Penland, geology professor at the University of New Orleans. Georges, a Category 2 storm, struck the Mississippi coast Monday. Penland flew over the Chandeleur before the storm on Sept. 27, and again Tuesday and Wednesday. He said he counted more than 100 cuts through the islands, and sediment from the island was carried out a half mile into the Gulf of Mexico.