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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