SEVERE STORMS PROMPT PRESIDENT OBAMA TO DECLARE DISASTER IN KENTUCKY

The following excerpt is from  FEMA e-mail:

President Declares Disaster For Kentucky
03/06/2012 09:38 PM EST
“WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency announced that federal disaster aid has been made available to the Commonwealth of Kentucky and ordered federal aid to supplement commonwealth and local recovery efforts in the area affected by severe storms, tornadoes, straight-line winds, and flooding during the period of February 29 to March 3, 2012.”