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Emergency Services to Appeal FEMA Wind Damage Payout Decision

California's Office of Emergency Services will file an appeal with the Federal Emergency Management Agency Friday, appealing FEMA'S decision not to reimburse for wind damage during the fires. KPBS rep

Emergency Services to Appeal FEMA Wind Damage Payout Decision

California's Office of Emergency Services will file an appeal with the Federal Emergency Management Agency Friday, appealing FEMA'S decision not to reimburse for wind damage during the fires. KPBS reporter Alison St John has more.

Many San Diegans were affected by the extraordinarily high winds before and during the wildfires, but attempts to get reimbursed for wind damage have so far been rejected by FEMA.

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The state Office of Emergency Services is appealing, arguing that 2,800 homes were damaged by winds that 34e "played an integral part in this disaster declaration. "

Janet Sperber of Ramona says firefighters saved her properties from burning, but not from wind damage.

Sperber : We had wind gusts of 106 miles per hour and it blew all the east facing tile off one of the houses and … I had tree tops that aren't even indigenous to my property that were snapped off and blown in from some place else.

Sperber says she made over 30 trips to clear debris off her property.

State agencies say more than $3 million worth of damage was done to public facilities by the winds.

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Alison St John, KPBS News.