Saturday is a packed schedule as we hosted WNBC here in USVI St. Thomas.

Interviews planned at our local Disaster Recovery Center….

…also field interviews with survivors as well as overview on ongoing recovery operations.

Great quotes from DIV/SUP Newton Tang. Must have been that great prep work from your favorite PIO!

Off to interview with a high end small business owner who had a great line “We are all in it together.”

Joe was well dressed and perfect for the interview. All smiles for the FEMA recovery efforts as resilience is key.

Then we did another interview with a small business owner along the waterfront for all the cruise ship passengers.

Then to an iconic place along the waterfront – Green House Restaurant for a few lead ins and teasers.

WNBC Reporter/Anchor Michael Gargiulo and Videographer Neil Astro

FEMA PIO Sur, WNBC Reporter/Anchor Gargiulo, and acting FEMA DIV/SUP Tang

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Can’t figure out the mold? Keep or throw away? Having a hard time mitigating?

Don’t give up!

Here’s Jasmine (aka Miss Mold) in helping discern how to deal with mold and preventive ways that you can do to better prepare your home for the next hurricane.

Special thanks to the entire Mitigation team from HQ working to serve disaster survivors in the USVI.

Mold doesn’t stand a chance!

@rusnivek

My lunchtime today was spent w/ my DSATeams who are tirelessly working in the field to get #USVI survivors registered for FEMA Disaster Assistance.

They are truly working hard for countless disaster survivors.

More info: http://www.disasterassistance.gov  or call 800-621-3362

@rusnivek

Where are the the Disaster Recovery Centers on USVI St. Thomas?

Here’s all three of them on St. Thomas.

Hope to see all of you register before the Monday December 18th, 2017 deadline.

@rusnivek

Did you abandon your #USVirginIsland #boat before Hurricane Irma? Maria? Find out more info about these abandoned vessels.

Final day to claim your boat is on Friday December 1, 2017.

More information: usvihurricaneboatremoval.wordpress.com

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Highlighting the work of our partners in public safety from New Jersey working out of the USVI Schneider Regional Hospital.

Special thanks to our partners in public safety from New Jersey.

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SundayFunday right?

Some behind the scenes for the Sunday interviews about our Disaster Recovery Centers.

Tight head shots are great. Sun was nice too.

However, my board shorts or slippers didn’t exactly make the cut.

Oh well. Definitely not here for fashion.

Reporting live from your favorite FEMA Disaster PIO

@rusnivek

Green screen time! #werk

And no, I’m not wearing green today. 

Disaster #PIO skillz in 3…2…1…

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Whoa. Aside from category-5 hurricane damage, there are definitely signs of tornado damage.

I hope this church rebuilds.

@rusnivek

Proud to share the work that we are doing in the US Virgin Islands with the people of the world. #PIO

FEMA’s YouTube page: https://www.youtube.com/user/FEMA

FEMA’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/FEMA/

FEMA’s Twitter account: https://twitter.com/fema/status/934091528405995520

FEMA’s USVI Page: https://www.facebook.com/usvirginislands

#AgencyWide #CrossPlatform #Booya

Our current communications challenges here give me as the FEMA Public Information Officer (PIO) very limited options on how to share the disaster response and recovery efforts. So being creative and thinking outside the box is critical.

By creating orig content and changing our operational tempo, I am able to move us from #response to #recovery for my AOR – Branch 1. Basically, I’ve shifted our PIO strategy and now we are in the driver’s seat.

Proud that FEMA is highlighting my AmeriCorps package…even more proud to share the work that is being done for all the survivors of the US Virgin Islands.

@rusnivek