{"id":58230,"date":"2017-11-09T21:32:38","date_gmt":"2017-11-09T21:32:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/viconsortium.com\/?p=58230"},"modified":"2017-11-09T21:32:38","modified_gmt":"2017-11-09T21:32:38","slug":"a-st-thomas-disaster-recovery-center-closes-as-a-new-one-opens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wp.viconsortium.com\/?p=58230","title":{"rendered":"A St. Thomas Disaster Recovery Center Closes As A New One Opens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\"><span class=\"\">ST. THOMAS &#8212; The Disaster Recovery Center at the New Hotel Company Omar Brown Fire Station in St. Thomas will close permanently at 5:00 p.m. Saturday, and a new recovery center will open on Monday, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced Thursday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><span class=\"\">The new DRC will be located in Charlotte Amalie at the\u00a0former Scotiabank, 81 CC&amp;DD Kronprindsens Gade.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><span class=\"\">Like all recovery centers across the islands, it will be open Monday through Saturday from<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><span class=\"\"><strong class=\"\">8 a.m. to 5 p.m.\u00a0<\/strong>until further notice.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><span class=\"\">Recovery specialists from FEMA and the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) are available to help homeowners, renters and small-business owners register for assistance. The specialists can also provide information on the federal aid that is available, and answer questions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><span class=\"\">Two other recovery centers are also open on St. Thomas at:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul class=\"\">\n<li class=\"\"><span class=\"\"><strong class=\"\">Charlotte Amalie at Tutu Park Mall, 4605 Tutu Park Mall, Suite 233<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"\"><span class=\"\"><strong class=\"\">Estate Bordeaux at the Bordeaux Farmers Market, 109 East Bordeaux<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"\"><span class=\"\">Survivors have until the\u00a0<strong class=\"\">December 18 deadline<\/strong>\u00a0to register with FEMA for assistance. Survivors with connectivity may register at\u00a0<a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/fema.pr-optout.com\/Tracking.aspx?Data=HHL%3d938%2f%3e%26JDG%3c%3a9%3a-%3b3%40%26SDG%3c90%3a.&amp;RE=MO&amp;RI=1731304&amp;Preview=False&amp;DistributionActionID=36682&amp;Action=Follow+Link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u class=\"\">DisasterAssistance.gov<\/u><\/a>\u00a0or by calling\u00a0<strong class=\"\">800-621-3362<\/strong>. Individuals who have a speech disability or hearing loss and use TTY should call 800-462-7585 directly. Those who use 711 or Video Relay Service (VRS) may call 800-621-3362.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><span class=\"\">These toll-free telephone numbers operate from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m. (local time) seven days a week. Operators are standing by to assist survivors in multiple languages.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ST. THOMAS &#8212; The Disaster Recovery Center at the New Hotel Company Omar Brown Fire Station in St. Thomas will close permanently at 5:00 p.m. Saturday, and a new recovery center will open on Monday, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced Thursday. The new DRC will be located in Charlotte Amalie at the\u00a0former Scotiabank, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":56699,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7429,191,147],"tags":[7534,2788],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>A St. Thomas Disaster Recovery Center Closes As A New One Opens - V.I. 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