(The Center Square) – As the chill and snow of a winter storm blanketed western North Carolina, blowtorch heat is white-hot on FEMA and Administrator Deanne Criswell.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency program for Transitional Sheltering Assistance, primarily using hotels, has more than 5,600 households from within the state enrolled.
Through last Wednesday, U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., said only 93 families had been placed in FEMA direct housing – 320 less than the same timeframe after a hurricane six years ago when Florence devastated the southeastern part of the state…