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Before and after the storm

Mc Nelly Torres

Independent Investigative Journalist

Torres.McNelly@gmail.com

@WatchdogDiva

Are we ready?

Emergency plan?

Gather contacts

Identify stories

No plan, no results

Think: Databases!

Property records

Flooding zone maps

Building permits data

Dam inspections

Bridge inspections

After the storm

SBA disaster loans

Federal contracts

Toxic release inventory

FEMA.gov

What to watch out for?

Fraud and waste

Contractors

Questionable contracts

Price gouging

Guajataca Dam