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FEMA provided direct housing assistance in Eagle in the form of log cabin kits, rebuilding 13 homes that were completely destroyed.

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Photo by Jack Heesch / FEMA, via News-Miner

FEMA provided direct housing assistance in Eagle in the form of log cabin kits, rebuilding 13 homes that were completely destroyed.

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Flood-damaged Eagle declared ready for winter

Published: October 15th, 2009 08:03 AM
Last Modified: October 15th, 2009 10:20 AM

Link: Fairbanks Daily News-Miner With the completion of 13 new homes in Eagle, which was inundated by an ice-jam-caused Yukon River flood in May, everyone who was left homeless has a place to live for winter. Rob Paire, a Pennsylvania contractor who served as coordinator for the hundreds of volunteers who went to Eagle to help rebuild, says the oft-maligned Federal Emergency Management Agency deserves much of the credit, especially for making cash readily available. "FEMA did a stellar job," Paire said. "I know they got some bad press on other projects, but this one was really a home run, in my book." FEMA also funded a home in Aniak, on the Kuskokwim River, and repaired 40 damaged homes in Eagle and other villages.

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