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Why FEMA Won't Pay for Damages

This is a short list of examples

See this AP story, Common Reasons FEMA Denies Money After Major Disasters.

These are but a few examples, but they exemplify the challenges of working with the FEMA disaster recovery process. 

And, this is why it takes forever to get projects closed out. FEMA could be in Puerto Rico for decades! 

Eric Holdeman is a contributing writer for Emergency Management magazine and is the former director of the King County, Wash., Office of Emergency Management.
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