State sets up 24-hour hot line for reporting flood damage

After last weeks rain storm there have been many reports of basement floodings and damages due to the severe weather. The state has set up a 24 hour hot line for owners of homes and businesses to report the damages that they have suffered. The Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency wants people to call and report even minor damages in order to assess how much damage was really done so that the state can get federal funding for repairs. LastiMonday, Govenor Deval Patrick had declared a state of emergency following the storm and in order for the state to recieve funding from The Federal Emergency Management Agency the state must reach 8.2 million dollars in damages. The state plans to put any money that they may recieve from the federal government towards repairing roads, bridges and other infrastructures. There isn't any guaruntee though that homeowners and businesses without flood insurance will actually be able to get funding for repairs, but in previous storms in 2005 and 2007 the state did work with FEMA to get repairs for individuals who reported damages.
The money is not guarunteed until all the damages have been assessed but this hotline is beneficial in order to possibly secure funding for the state. Although, it would be even better program if the homeowners and businesses who did suffer exstensive flood damage could recieve some of this money for repair.