Posted by Kromey at 1:14am Nov 19 '13Related to [private]'s thread, the Governor today declared a state of disaster for Fairbanks and Western Alaska after the wind storm last week left 15,000 homes and businesses without power; current estimates have about 600 homes and businesses still in the dark.
Gov. Parnell said the state was not likely to help with disaster response -- the cities and Borough have that well in hand, which given that we're 5 days after the storm is a good thing at this point -- but it will be offering assistance in clean-up and recovery, which may go to homeowners with damaged houses, and of course to help repair the damaged infrastructure (most obviously the power lines).
State of disaster declared for Interior/Western AK - Kromey