Rolling.
Okay, so we have it for the camera.
Could you spell your first and last
name for us?
G-R-E-G-E N-G L-E
And what is your title?
Administrator of the Wisconsin
Emergency Management.
So tell us, what is the extent
of what you've seen out here in
Milwaukee?
We're seeing a lot of damage here in
Milwaukee, a lot of
flooded homes, flooded basements,
foundational damage, a lot people
with lost possessions and
couches and furniture and things
like that.
So a lot folks here are hurting.
So what part does your agency
and the state play in the
role of...
What part does your agency play
in the role of obtaining the
presidential declaration in
that process with FEMA?
So we are working with FEMA,
we're also working with the county
jointly to conduct these preliminary
damage assessments.
Once those preliminary damage
assessments are done, we and FEMA
will get together and we'll
summarize all the damage assessment
information.
We'll collect that together with all
the other incident information we
have. We're going to provide that to
the governor with a recommendation
and then that will provide the basis
for the governor's anticipated
request to the president for a major
disaster declaration.
Do you have any idea of the timeline
on any of this?
We're working as quickly as we can.
I can't give you a specific
timeline, but we are working through
the weekend as fast as we can
to have all that information.
Together for the governor." And what
does that report ultimately look
like? Is it a spreadsheet?
Is that photos? Is that narrative?
Basically it'll take the form of a
letter.
So what happens if
there continues to be more rain and
more damage? Does this get added on
to previous reports or is this
compound on that?
Would be something we'd have to work
with the National Weather Service on
to determine what the incident
period is. Currently, we have an
incident period that took place
beginning on August 9th and through
the beginning of that following
week.
If there's additional rains coming
through, we would work and do that
analysis to determine if that
extends the incident or if that's a
second incident period.
What do you recommend for folks who
have had significant damage if
it does rain again and flooding
continues to happen at their
residence?
To report that damage, call 211.
211 can take that damage
information, but they can also
connect residents with services in
their area that can help them.
Is there anything else that I didn't
ask that's important?
No, I think you got it.
Thank you so much.