FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate speaking:
Well good morning everybody. We continue, particularly over last night and today, dealing with flooding that's ongoing, particularly in the New England states. At this time we wanted to bring on The National Weather Service to talk about the river flooding and what's going on.

David Vallee speaking: 
My name is David Vallee and I'm a hydrologist in charge up here at the Northeastern river forecast center. We've had a couple of locations that have exceeded their record flood elevations, including locations on the Hussac River in Vermont, the Schoharie Creek in New York, the Esopus Creek in Southeast New York...

Farmer Paul VanDerwerken speaking: 
If you can look down on the fields here, it was approximately 16 to 20 feet above the field. I sat in the barn as the water started coming up and watched them float down the river. Thousands and thousands went down the river.  It was pretty tough. 

Farmer Harry Ioannou speaking:
We had 17 feet of water going across the valley. I lost everything, from hay to soy beans to baleage, to sileage, to my barn caught on fire. After the hay was exploded and lit Hay, when it gets wet, it has what they call spontaneous combustion. This wagon was under water completely. 

FEMA Community Relations Rick Farrington and Yolanda Hunt:
My name's Rick Farrington with FEMA Community Relations. I'm Yolanda Hunt. Good to meet you. We're out visiting the community, the residents. We're trying to visit a lot of farmers today. And I understand you had some damage to your place. 

Farmer Todd 
The barn, a lot of ... there was damage to the milk house, and compressor, and hot water heater, and all the main pumps were under water. 

Rick Farrington:
How about your house there. I see your house... The first floor got wet...the first floor had a lot of water damage in it. And you registered with FEMA, and you were inspected. (Yup) Okay. As far as I know my father already got money towards that and they paid the cleaning crews that took care of the house there. So you did receive some assistance through FEMA. Some assistance. Yes. You know about Disaster Unemployment, which is, 

Farmer Todd VanAller
(We're already signed up for that.) 

Rick Farrington:
Okay. it's a program you may be eligible for farmers and so forth if you lost wages due to the storm. (Yup.) So, and have you contacted the Farm Services Agency.  (Yup.) the USDA, 

Todd Van Aller
(we've contacted all of them) 

Rick Farrington:
and you're working with them for all your damages here. (Yup) Okay. 

Todd Van Aller:
It's our fields that are a big disaster. The water picked up a lot trees, but you see all the corn got ruined out there. 

Rick Farrington:  
All the corn got ruined. 

Todd Van Aller:
It brought in lots and sand and gravel and buried all our good gravel.

Closing Titles:  For more information go:  www.usda.gov, www.usda.fsa.gov, disasterassistance.gov