FEMA: $30 million-plus spent after snowstorms

U.S. taxpayers chipped in more than $30 million to pay for the cleanup of February's snowstorms in Pennsylvania and Delaware, according to the Federal Emergency Management Agency. FEMA has committed $7.6 million to Delaware, it said Monday, and has spent $25.3 million in Pennsylvania for damage from the two storms that hit the region from Feb. 5 through 11. In that period, an unprecedented 44.3 inches of snow was measured officially in Philadelphia, part of a seasonal record total of 78.7 inches. A federal disaster was declared for the entire state of Delaware on March 31, 2010. The Pennsylvania declaration, which covered 23 counties, including Chester, Delaware and Montgomery, was issued April 16. Most of the money, made available to state and local governments, helped pay for "protective measures" such as snow-removal, plowing, and road deicing

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