The fight over FEMA homes in Walker County was on display Tuesday night as angry storm victims confronted Cordova's mayor and city council.

A city ordinance from 2008 prohibits installation of new single wide mobile homes and restricts double wides to certain areas. The mayor isn't budging. He says the new homes from FEMA would become a permanent fixture and bring down property values.

FEMA representatives say they will abide by the city rules, but that is no comfort to storm victims like Danny Banks.

I'm living in a tent on my property down there, cause I can't get a FEMA trailer in here because of the mayor," Banks said. "He won't let us have a FEMA trailer in here, and I don't think it's right."

Cordova Mayor Jack Scott says there are other ways to get shelter besides the trailers.

Like so many of us who watched the tornadoes destroy parts of our home state, the first question Jason Herndon asked himself was "What can I do to help?" That question prompted the Tuscaloosa native and musician to pick up a pen and write the song "Alabama (What Can I Do?)" featured in the video above.

On his website,www.song4alabama.com, Herndon says he wrote the song "for Tuscaloosa and the state of Alabama hoping that it would give people hope, praise for everyone's extreme efforts, and help raise money for the victims of this unbelievable storm."

Many Cordova residents would like to move into FEMA trailers and out of tents, however a city ordinance won’t allow the mobile homes to move in.

Cordova Mayor Jack Scott doesn’t believe that the temporary FEMA trailers are actually temporary and doesn’t want his town turning into a mobile home park affecting property values.

"FEMA trailers say temporary but you talk to any FEMA personnel about being setup, they are still there,” Scott said. “There is nothing temporary about FEMA trailer, nothing."

Cordova resident Robin Walker lived in a mobile home before it was destroyed on April 27. She said she’s lucky to be alive, but wonders about her future.

“I feel hopeless. I don't know what to do. I don't know where to live. We are staying at a friends house right now but that is temporary," Walker said. "If I don't have a place to stay, it's truly scary right now."