{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["http://sablan.house.gov/typhoon-soudelor-update-week-13", "Typhoon Soudelor Update - Week 13", "2015-11-01", "2015", "2015-11", "Independent", "Senate", "MP", "Gregorio Sablan", "S001177", "sablan.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Many people are feeling that life is returning to normal. But we will continue to include a recovery update in the weekly e-news as long as we are receiving questions from constituents about aspects of the repairs or as new problems arise that need answers.\nAmerican Memorial Park restoration will take time\nAs we reported on September 4, the National Park Service provided $120,000 in fiscal year 2015 emergency funds to help repair the damage to American Memorial Park with another $140,000 set aside from fiscal 2016. But damage was extensive and recovery is slow because the work is technical and sometime dangerous, according to National Park Service Superintendent Jim Richardson. Richardson estimates that the Park lost 90% of its trees in Typoon Soudelor. Three months later, the popular park pathway remains inaccessible, covered in debris. The tennis courts are also still closed. And mold associated with the storm has shut down the Visitors Center Auditorium. The good news is that the Visitors Center Museum and Gift Shop have reopened at regular hours - 9am to 6pm daily, except Thanksgiving Day and Christmas. Public access to the Flag Circle and the marinas has also been cleared.\n The American Memorial Park Visitors Center Museum and Gift shop is open once again to the general public. \n  FEMA accepting appeals to replace damaged appliances  \n\tAs power is restored, families are discovering electrical appliances that no longer work because they were damaged in the storm. FEMA has provided a way for those families to file appeals to their initial claims for assistance, so they can get help repairing or replacing the damaged appliances. You will need:\n A written appeal letter specifying that the appliances were damaged by the typhoon, but could not be tested until power was restored;\n\tA letter from the Commonwealth Utilities Corporation indicating the date when power was restored to your area; and\n\tA letter from a qualified technician certifying that the appliance(s) need to be repaired or replaced, that the damages were related to the typhoon, and the cost of repair or replacement.\n For more information, call the FEMA Helpline at 1-800-621-3362.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["http://sablan.house.gov/typhoon-soudelor-update-week-13"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.6445131041109562, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}