CHICAGO -  On Friday, things got worst in the Windy City as thousand of Chicago area residents were lining up at social service centers, waiting for a chance to get help from the state to pay for flood relief from the April and May storms.

D.J's Music Site Senior Editor DJ Jr, participated to experience the cause.

Friday was the deadline to apply for disaster relief funds from the state which started assisting people on Wednesday but due to the high demand of people the state is excluded the assistance help again on Monday.

In West Pullman, where DJ Jr went, many people started waiting in line overnight. Senior Editor DJ Jr, lined up with people starting at 2AM with his a person who wanted to apply for the assistance and didn't get help until 11AM the same day. But hundreds of people were lined up outside by actually 9 p.m. the day before, waiting in the cold night air into the heat to get an Illinois Link card to help pay for food. Many brought folding chairs as they spent the night waiting in a line that wrapped around a large city block outside the state office.

The line move gently medium slow-fast to the front door as everyone in line wants their turn inside to seek assistance and as the line moved the office actually took at least 30 people at a time into the office

Officials were handing out tickets to everyone who moved up so far in line, which means you can count on getting in for be assisted.

CBS 2 Chicago covered a story about it and interviewed people as they were waiting to be seen. They interview a couple, Walter and Trina Jones of Harvey, "It was really bad. I had water on my walls, my clothes was mildewed, my backyard was flooded," Walter Jones said.

The estimated that their house sustained a few thousand dollars in damage.

Trina said the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) rejected their request their request for flood assistance funds. "They came out to our house, did an inspection, and send us a letter, and told us that we didn't have enough damage." she said.

On Friday, if they can prove to a state worker they qualify for state assistance, they will go home with the state's equivalent food stamps, a Link Card that can be used to pay for food from the grocery, or seeds and plant for gardens. According to CBS 2 Chicago, the average payout for flood victims is $380.

"It would really help us. You could see I like to eat," Walter Jones Joked.

Our Senior Editor, DJ Jr. and his people he went with, got assisted around 11AM and got finished to beat the storm and it rumbled through Chicago. Some where still out there during the storm when it came through to wait to get assisted still. There also was a little riot stumbling to happen.

As our Senior Editor, DJ Jr. joined many that camped out overnight. He talk to some that ask he where was the line, he stated; "It's doesn't start here, is the front, you have to go all way around the corner toward 120th & Peoria." And some people walked toward the end of the line to start their wait to be assisted and some just turn around and say they not waiting, it's too long to be worth it. Many got in line early this morning and some got in line in the middle of the day.

CBS 2 Chicago interviewed someone that stated; "I'm not going anywhere. I been waiting too long now." State worker Lavonne Banks said; "She is not surprised by the turnout." She also said; "I think, because the demand is so great, they came early. The early bird catches the worm,"

The participating state offices had to have seen over a million Chicago arena residents over the three day period. They did it in Chicago's Roseland neighborhood office and in the Skokie neighborhood office where there was also long lines for state aid on Friday

"We're going to service everybody that we can. We won't be turning anyone away," Banks said.

Anyone seeking state aid must be in line by 1 p.m. to get a ticket. The state is expecting to help 65,000 people statewide, but 90 percent of the people are from the Chicago area.

To be eligible for benefits, flood victims must live in specific ZIP codes, have suffered damage to their home or business, paid flood-related expenses that have not yet been reimbursed by the state or FEMA, and have had a loss of income due to floods between April 16 and May 15.

If you miss the deadline for state aid, the deadline to apply for FEMA assistance from the spring floods in Illinois is July 9. Storm victims can visit the agency's disaster assistance website to find out how to apply, here.