Tomblin To Appeal FEMA Decision

{Charleston, West Virginia}…The federal government has denied individual assistance for West Virginia residents hit by Super Storm Sandy. FEMA representative Frank Blake says the agency determined the state's report shows the severity and the scope of the damages was not sufficient enough to warrant federal help and that state, county and local governments could take care of it. Last month President Barack Obama issued a disaster declaration to help local governments and certain non-profit groups in 18 counties repair bridges, roads and other infrastructure damaged from the storm. Governor Earl Ray Tomblin says he will appeal FEMA's latest decision.