The House is expected to pass the bill in early June. The pending disaster supplemental funding bill contains more than $1 billion for construction and repair projects at Tyndall, along with a second base in Nebraska that was damaged in flooding earlier this year.Īlthough the Air Force funding was never in question, Congress took months to come to agreements on other contentious issues in the funding bill like money for Puerto Rico recovery and border wall projects. Most of the funding needed to rebuild Tyndall will have to come from Congress. Brian Laidlaw, Tyndall's commanding officer. I can't bring new and additional airmen in until I rebuild some of the dorms," says Col. "I can't bring lots of people back until I rebuild my childhood development center.
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The longer Congress takes, the longer it takes to begin projects necessary to return the base to full capacity. Most of the funds needed to rebuild Tyndall must come from Congress.
In Panama City, it's more than half.Īnd because of the region's tourism economy, rental properties make up an enormous portion of the available housing - further complicating things when the number of livable units dropped precipitously after the hurricane struck, just as the number of people seeking shelter spiked. Nationwide, about a third of people rent their homes. In Bay County, where Panama City is located, the post-storm housing crisis has been exacerbated by the high percentage of residents like the Koppelmans who are renters. Most unsettling, many buildings look as though the hurricane struck last week - walls collapsed, windows shattered, trees bursting through. Telltale blue tarps cover thousands of roofs, while others are brand new.
In Panama City, the largest and best-funded city in Michael's direct path, the effects of the storm are painfully clear, more than seven months later. She had been living in a rental trailer in nearby Parker but was evicted after the hurricane. Amanda Bohn, 29, has been living on the Summers' property with her sons Isaiah, 8, and Dominike, 9, for two months.
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