LAKE COUNTY >> As expected, last week”s storm brought heavy rains, localized flooding and power outages. Some residents may have experienced flooding at home or at a business, become inundated with debris or had daily routines changed by damage to public infrastructure.
The Lake County Office of Emergency Services (Lake OES) is working to compile damage information from all municipalities, businesses and home owners.
If your property has sustained damage related to the flooding, here is a short list of what to do to report these damages:
• Take pictures of everything — before you begin to cleanup or make repairs, during clean up and repair and after.
• Document all items that were damaged that you had to dispose of.
• Save written quotes, estimates or receipts for repairs.
• Contact your insurance company or the property owner (rentals) — contacting Lake OES or your local government is not a substitute for those contacts.
• Complete any cleanup or repairs as you are able to. Don”t wait for “FEMA funding” to do your repairs because, at this time, we have no information that we will be given assistance.
Report damages to your respective municipality — within the city of Clearlake, contact 994-8201; within the city of Lakeport, contact 263-5615, and within the unincorporated areas of Lake County, contact 263-2382. Include quotes/estimates/receipts for damages and any other information you would like to share along with your name, home address (location of the damaged property) and contact information.
You may also post your storm photos to the Lake OES Facebook page at: www.facebook.com/pages/Lake-County-OES/307452049434603.
At this time Lake OES is simply collecting this information to create files and report to local and state officials. There is no promise of reimbursement from FEMA or any other entity. If by chance Lake OES able to procure financial assistance, those that have reported damage and information to our office will be the first to be notified.
