Don't Make Assumptions About FEMA

As FEMA officials tour flood ravaged regions of the state, residents of Cheshire County can sit back and watch with a sense of deja vu.

A little over seven months ago, FEMA investigators were calculating the damage caused by historic floods in that part of New Hampshire.

Matt Saxton has alot of experience with FEMA.

He is in his third term as a Selectman in Alstead.

And Saxton tells NHPR's Mark Bevis that victims of this weeks flooding should should be aware of common misperceptions about what FEMA does.... and doesn't do.