According to the Brooklyn Paper, FEMA has finally released relief funds for the F2 tornado that touched down in Bay Ridge on August 8th and brought winds of 136mph to Brooklyn for the first time in over a century (1889, to be exact). Photoblog coverage here.

The Brooklyn Paper instructs those in need of aid:

To apply for financial assistance, affected residents should call (800) 621–FEMA or visit www.fema.gov.

The NYTimes elaborates on the available funds:

The designation will make low-interest loans and grants available to Brooklyn homeowners for repairs, replacement of lost property and temporary rentals.

Here’s looking at you, Auntie Em. Take your tornadoes back to Kansas and leave ‘em there!

One tool I can’t stop using this weekend is NateFind, a real estate search engine that grabs all the big listing agents’ feeds and parses them for easy browsing. It has some great features and seems to be more up-to-date than Trulia.

Points of interest:

• Calculates how long the property has been on the market. Nice.
• Displays any changes to price over its current listing life. Plus, you can sign up to get notified.
• Allows browsing for all apartments listed TODAY. No lag.

FtLoB is happy. Search engines rule. When will Google Labs bring us Google Real Estate?