Waiting in Lines for FEMA Help at Local Centers
FEMA centers opened for residents like James Cummins with a federal disaster in Cedar Rapids. In person staff at Westdale Mall and other sites register residents, answer questions, and route cases to inspectors, with claims and small business loans under discussion.
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Carly Weberne
James Cummins
FEMA
Cedar Rapids
Fema Mobile
Westdale Mall
Cummins
First St. NW
Prairie High School
Palo Fire Station
Greg Henshall
Henshall
Cedar Rapids flood strains families seek aid at Westdale Mall
Willie Morris and hundreds of others waited hours at Westdale Mall where a vacated pharmacy now hosts Red Cross disaster relief. The Cedar Rapids flood left Morris' home destroyed and his job disrupted at Quality Chef Foods as volunteers from 46 states assist with relief and new cases opened.
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Jeff Rausch
the Gazette
Willie Morris
Patrice Howard
Mary Ann Wells
Red Cross
Biloxi
Miss
Westdale Mall
Cedar Rapids
Morris
Howard
M Street
American Red Cross
Traci Winfree
Red Cross emergency aid drives flood relief in Cedar Rapids
Red Cross and FEMA teams distribute food and cleanup kits in Linn County while disaster caseworkers assess needs. Dozens of volunteers serve emergency aid as large donations from Monsanto and Deere support the relief effort.
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Red Cross
Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Morris
Westdale
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Small Business Administration
Winfree
Salvation Army
Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund
Leslie Schaffer
Iowa
Man helps Red Cross line as Cedar Rapids rebuilds
Jerry Knoke, 37, waited in a Cedar Rapids flood assistance line at Westdale Mall yet spent 90 minutes helping volunteers. He handed out water and granola bars while recounting repeated losses, including his home, a daughter to cancer, and possessions since the Wapsipinicon River flood of 1998.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tim Tracy
Wells Fargo
Tracy
Tammy Peterson
Small Business Administration
G Ave. NW
Peterson
Cedar Rapids
Red Cross
Jerry Knoke
Knoke
Westdale
American Red Cross
Westdale Mall
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Winfree Red Cross
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Ine
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Quality Chef Foods
Jeff.raasch
Jeff Raasch
Nulotzat
CarePro Home Medical
10Th St. SE
Herman
Sues
Samment
1St Avenue
Sec
LM Leee
W. Gozimme
Cian.com
Gozimmerman.com
Ering
Mummers
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