Governor Brownback Seeks More Drought Declarations
Associated Press - Fri 07:35 PM 07/20/2012
Governor Sam Brownback has asked for federal disaster declarations for 37 more counties hit by drought, heat, high winds and wildfires.
Gov. Sam Brownback has asked for federal disaster declarations for 37 more counties hit by drought, heat, high winds and wildfires.
The governor's office said Friday he's asked the U.S. Department of Agriculture to declare 37 more counties disasters, making farmers there eligible for USDA disaster assistance programs.
The request includes Atchison, Brown, Chase, Cherokee, Clay, Cloud, Dickinson, Doniphan, Douglas, Ellis, Ellsworth, Franklin, Geary, Jackson, Jefferson, Jewell, Johnson, Leavenworth, Lincoln, Marion, Miami, Mitchell, Morris, Nemaha, Osage, Osborne, Ottawa, Pottawatomie, Republic, Riley, Rush, Russell, Saline, Shawnee, Smith, Wabaunsee and Wyandotte.
If the 37 are approved, that would mean 103 of the state's 105 counties are primary federal disaster areas. The two that are not, Marshall and Washington, border primary counties and would receive disaster declarations as contiguous counties.
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t-bone
Sunday 22 July 2012 08:26 Report this comment
i wish people would stop wasting water on yards and cleaning off driveways and such. i think there should be consequences for people who are selfishly wasting water especially those addholes on the hill.
t-bone
Sunday 22 July 2012 18:55 Report this comment
i know, that was rude of me but dammit, why don't you think of otheers.just cuz you have lots of money doesn't give you the right to waste water and that damn slipper slide thing is too. i mean how much common sense does it take?
auntkiki
Sunday 22 July 2012 19:56 Report this comment
And here I thought brown back hated "handouts." And I thought he really hated the federal government. Funny how things change when it's you and your state that needs a helping hand.