{"id":55529,"date":"2022-10-07T17:47:03","date_gmt":"2022-10-07T21:47:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/?p=55529"},"modified":"2022-10-07T17:47:12","modified_gmt":"2022-10-07T21:47:12","slug":"operation-blue-roof","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/2022\/10\/operation-blue-roof\/","title":{"rendered":"Operation Blue Roof"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Following Hurricane Ian, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has activated Operation Blue Roof to provide temporary blue tarp-like covering to help reduce further damage to property until permanent repairs can be made.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"740\" height=\"331\" src=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/170925-A-RO090-002.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-55530\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/170925-A-RO090-002.jpg 740w, https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/170925-A-RO090-002-300x134.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This service is free to homeowners, and the initial sign-up period lasts until Oct. 23.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Five counties are currently eligible:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Lee<\/li><li>Charlotte<\/li><li>Sarasota<\/li><li>Collier<\/li><li>DeSoto<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Operation Blue Roof protects property, reduces temporary housing costs, and allows residents to remain in their homes while recovering from the storm. Homes eligible for Operation Blue Roof include primary residences or a permanently occupied rental property with less than 50% structural damage, excluding vacation rental properties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All storm debris must be removed for the roof to qualify. Roofs that are flat, metal, clay, slate, or asbestos tile do not qualify.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information, call 1-888-ROOF-BLU or visit&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usace.army.mil\/Missions\/Emergency-Operations\/Blue-Roof-Information\/\">the Army Corps of Engineers website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following Hurricane Ian, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has activated Operation Blue Roof to provide temporary blue tarp-like covering to help reduce further damage to property until permanent repairs&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":55530,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[58],"tags":[1793],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55529"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55529"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55529\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55532,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55529\/revisions\/55532"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55530"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55529"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}