I was at work, my son was home. 

He called me about two o���clock and 

said you need to come home. The 

water���s coming in. You can see where 

it had gotten in to the downstairs level. 

Got in the garage, 19 inches in the house.

 That was Tuesday. Wednesday we were 

able to get back into the house and 

start cleaning and tearing out and it 

was just a mess. My parents are here. 

My sister���s here. They heard I had trouble

 and everybody just came. Whole house 

is empty. It���s all sitting in the trailer out there. 

We heard on Thursday that the President 

approved it as a disaster. So Friday morning 

I was on there at 7:30 a.m. applying, doing 

the online application. Friday afternoon I got 

a call from the FEMA inspector wanting to 

know if she could meet us out here on 

Saturday. She came Saturday, she was out here, 

did the walk through. The money was in the 

bank the following Tuesday, direct deposit, 

so that was a pleasant surprise. She came 

out and did the walk through and she checked 

things off, looked around the house. Got to 

work, checked online at my bank account 

and thought wow. I was expecting my little

 bit of money and my FEMA money was there.

 So that gave me some peace, you know, 

knowing there was going to be some help. 

I was just thankful for it. With a lot of help 

and a lot of friends that have the know-how, 

it���s gonna work.