top of the hour, we will take you back to the fema directors that are going on right now. this news conference and we will listen to the very latest from winter park, florida, and get an update on recovery and rescue operations there. fema back to flood insurance. what kind of turnaround or how long until you expect people to be able to receive to face what s needed in their homes? how long do the inspections and claims take? yeah, one of the very first things that everybody should do is contact their insurance company to see what is going to be eligible. this includes flood insurance, which is by fema and also some of the other insurances they have for wind damage, et cetera. they are going to have to file that claim. one of the first thing that s going to have to happen is an inspection of that home, so they can determine the extent of damages. that will depend on the availability to access the homes. we know that there are still many homes that might be underwa
are going to get the financial aid that they need after filing insurance claims? because about a dozen florida -based insurance companies, they ve shut down in the past couple years. six of whom were listed as bankrupt this year. so, a number of factors i want you to consider. we saw this after michael. samaritans come in within days. the predators, they come in with an hour s. so, the challenge that often happen is that you have these unscrupulous contractors, unscrupulous public adjusters. they will start to complicate those claims. they will take people and take advantage of them while they are so vulnerable, with no communication, no cell service, no internet, and they will make port decisions based on somebody s offer of help and need, which is actually not very true in intent. so, that makes the interest process also just the worst to humanity. it really is. but that is what also makes some of the insurance claims