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FEMA estimates 44 million pounds of storm debris in LR


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A downed tree in the Christmas storm of 2012
A downed tree in the Christmas storm of 2012
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Updated: 1/08 10:02 pm Published: 1/08 9:34 pm
LITTLE ROCK, AR – FEMA estimates the Christmas Day Storm created 44 million pounds of debris in Little Rock. The city expects to be able to remove all of it by sometime in July.

That is according to City Manager Bruce Moore, who gave a presentation about the effects of the storm and the city’s response to the Board of Director’s meeting Tuesday night.

Other notes from the presentation:

  • The city has received 1412 calls for service from the storm. The 311 line will be open from 9am-5pm 7 days a week until the number of calls falls. You can also submit a request online at www.littlerock.org
  • So far, Public Works employees have worked 3,032 regular hours and 4,481 overtime hours. On Sunday, crews went from working 12-hour shifts to 10-hour shifts.
  • Public Works has two crews working full-time patching potholes.
  • Since Christmas, Public Works has spent $295,025 on the storm.
  • FEMA will determine if the city qualifies for Presidential Disaster Declaration in 7-10 days.
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itsjustme - 1/9/2013 2:58 PM
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The use of the unemployed or inmates will never happen. When it comes to labor from FEMA to do clean up, the letters FEMA take on a new meaning...... Find Every Mexican Available.

Its Just Me - 1/9/2013 12:01 PM
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I like the warden in Arizona - or he may be a Sheriff - anyway, he houses his inmates in tents and makes them wear pink uniforms, I think. Why shouldn't they work? Grow their own crops, build homes for the homeless, pick up debris after snow/ice? Clean up after tornados, etc., etc. Sitting on their a$$es watching cable tv, playing dominoes and eating Ramen noodles - what a life.

itsjustme - 1/9/2013 10:37 AM
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I agree 100%. If we have so many unemployed, then pay them a fair wage to help remove the debris. The only problem is, it is called work and it goes against most of their morals. Using the inmates is a good idea, but somehow it has to be against their rights to have to work while incarcerated. So, we will just stick to forking over tons of tax dollars to keep them locked up doing nothing and we will just keep spending tax dollars on those that refuse to get a job.

Its Just Me - 1/9/2013 10:11 AM
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Excellent opportunity for the ranks of the unemployed - or inmates - rather than watching cable tv in a climate controlled facility. I am SICK AND TIRED of money taken from my pay check to subsidize the likes of the vast majority of inmates further sucking off the government's t!t to sit on their lazy a$$es and watch cable tv on my dime! GET THEM OUT AND PUT THEM TO WORK!!
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