How Virginia's Wealth Works Against Poor Rural Homeowners Getting FEMA Aid for Storm Recovery

How Virginia's wealth works against poor rural homeowners getting FEMA aid for storm recovery

Roanoke, VA (Cardinal News)

How Virginia’s wealth works against poor rural homeowners getting FEMA aid for storm recovery

The calendar that hung on the wall in Sherry Smith’s water-damaged trailer read February. It unceremoniously marked the time when life inside the mobile home stopped for her and her husband, Mike Smith.  It had been more than three months since winter storms brought widespread flooding across Southwest Virginia and about three feet of water into the Smiths’ home. They haven’t been able to move back into their trailer since then.  Instead, the Sm…