1. The state Department of Public Safety is working with the counties to come up with damage estimates. 2. Arlington Mayor Elzie Odom said city staffers are having trouble breaking out damage estimates for Arlington, because most official agencies are seeking countywide figures. 3. A final damage estimate will not be known until the Federal Emergency Management Agency completes a survey of all damaged property. 4. A damage estimate was not determined Monday, but officials doubted any contents could be salvaged. 5. A Microsoft spokeswoman declined to specify why the damage estimate was so high. 6. A spokesman for the governor, Peter McDonough, said officials would have a preliminary damage estimate on Monday. 7. But the value of sensitive artificial intelligence research in the computer systems was not included in the damage estimate, according to the GAO. 8. City officials needed to provide the damage estimates to state officials by Tuesday, said John Bitoff, who heads the Office of Emergency Services. 9. Damage estimates from the holiday season bombardment of snow, ice and rain are still adding up. |