[Press Release] : Emergency Management preparing flood damage assessments

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 
Contact: Office of Emergency Management - (573) 874-7400

Emergency Management preparing flood damage assessments

COLUMBIA, MO (September 19, 2008) - The Columbia/Boone County Office of
Emergency Management is preparing preliminary damage assessments for
both Public Assistance (PA) and Individual Assistance (IA) for flash
flood losses occurring over the past weekend. 

Persons experiencing non-insured personal property or business losses
are encouraged to contact the Office of Emergency Management at (573)
874-7400 Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., so they may be
included in the county-wide damage assessments. Local, state and federal
teams will be in Boone County next week.

Disaster declarations are based on a county-wide dollar loss per
capita, which is $3.11 X 135,454 (2000 census), which equals $421,261,
only after a state disaster declaration has been granted.

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