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![From 1982 to 2016, FEMA paid $66 million in federal flood insurance payments to government entities](https://cdn.muckrock.com/news_images/2017/08/28/Flood1.jpg.800x600_q85_crop.jpg)
From 1982 to 2016, FEMA paid $66 million in federal flood insurance payments to government entities
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JPat Brown
A spreadsheet released to Brian Sparks shows that since 1982, the Federal Emergency Management Agency has paid out a little over $66 million in federal flood insurance to government entities. That’s about a third of the cost of a single MQ-9 Reaper drone.
![2013 FBI flood damage assessment shows shocking scope of records loss](https://cdn.muckrock.com/news_images/floodcov.jpg.800x600_q85_crop.jpg)
2013 FBI flood damage assessment shows shocking scope of records loss
by
JPat Brown
Following up on reports that FBI files had been damaged in last year’s flooding, MuckRock co-founder Michael Morisy requested an inventory of what had been lost. Last week, the FBI got back with their initial response, and it’s disturbing, to say the least.