92.7 WOBM » Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) http://wobm.com Ocean County's Hometown Station! Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:43:35 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 FEMA Centers Closing This Week http://wobm.com/fema-centers-closing-this-week/ http://wobm.com/fema-centers-closing-this-week/#comments Wed, 27 Feb 2013 11:19:29 +0000 Jason Allentoff http://wobm.com/?p=191966 It's been four months since Superstorm Sandy hit.  Now, several FEMA disaster recovery centers around the state are closing their doors this week. 

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]]> http://wobm.com/fema-centers-closing-this-week/feed/ 0 FEMA recovery center sign (Facebook) FEMA Decisions Can Still Be Appealed http://wobm.com/fema-decisions-can-still-be-appealed/ http://wobm.com/fema-decisions-can-still-be-appealed/#comments Fri, 07 Dec 2012 19:07:07 +0000 Ilya Hemlin http://wobm.com/?p=160074 "No" doesn't have to mean "No" when it comes to decisions by FEMA regarding disaster assistance.

The federal agency wants residents to know they are able to appeal any decision based on the amount or type of disaster assistance

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]]> http://wobm.com/fema-decisions-can-still-be-appealed/feed/ 0 Mark Wilson, Getty Images FEMA Shortens National EAS Test http://wobm.com/fema-shortens-national-eas-test/ http://wobm.com/fema-shortens-national-eas-test/#comments Tue, 08 Nov 2011 10:43:26 +0000 Rosetta Key http://wobm.com/?p=6821 The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) shortens Wednesday's first-ever nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System (EAS). The EAS test, scheduled to sound off at 2 p.m. eastern and will occur simultaneously across the U.S. and its territories, was reduced from 3 to 3 1/2 minutes to just 30 seconds.

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