How to deal with FEMA: Don't give up. Ever
 

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It comes as no surprise to those who dealt with FEMA after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita that the agency denied Gov. John Bel Edwards? requests for additional federal assistance to area residents, businesses and parish governments hit by the Feb. 7 tornadoes. Despite upgrades to the agency after the 2005 storms, the default response of many bureaucrats is still ?no.?

Proof of that came last week, when FEMA told Edwards it wouldn?t send additional public assistance money to Orleans, Jefferson, Ascension, St. James and Livingston parishes.?