 Trade it and upgrade it now at Appalachian Wireless and receive up to $700 off when you trade your old eligible device in and upgrade to a new iPhone 14 Pro Max or Samsung S23 Ultra on an unlimited Appalachian Advantage plan because we are you. We are Appalachian Wireless. Friday, February 24th, Governor Andy Beshear declared a state of emergency after several counties throughout eastern Kentucky declared a state of emergency following a variety of severe weather events. Well when the first rain first occurred you know it seemed as though our damages were going to be minimal things that we could handle with internal resources you know that would not be tremendously impactful to our budget our daily operation but as time went on the calls and the reports kept coming and we kept determining that we had damages in multiple locations that we really weren't aware of on the at the onset some came even the next day and we had two locations that had significant damages that that we're working with for solutions right now. Many of the impacted counties were also hit with severe flooding in July the state of emergency declaration aims to help these communities access state and federal resources. I do anticipate that we will reach the amount that is needed to request a federal declaration I actually believe that we hit that today so we will be requesting additional assistance now it may come more in the in the public assistance as opposed to the individual assistance but we do believe that we will see federal dollars coming to help us. If you need help or someone to talk to you can call the disaster distress helpline at 1-800-985-599-0 reporting for mountaintop news I'm Brianna Robinson