Here is a real fema problem

[burniegoeasily]

http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/12/13/katrina.trailers/

5000 mobile homes going to waste that was paid for by tax payers dollars.[:@]

[Tazman]

FEMA is whacked beyond beleif and one of the primary reasons is because it was brought under the Homeland Security umbrella. FEMA had stunk for years and just as it starts doing a good job they fell under Homeland Security and went backwards 30 years!!!!

[vc1111]

I heard stories of fraud involving FEMA here in Ohio.

In the last few years heavy rains have caused serious and widespread flooding.

Stories of fraud included people hauling old furniture into their flooded basements and then photographing it to inflate the claim settlements.

Some people....

[PiedmontPete]

ORIGINAL: burniegoeasily

http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/12/13/katrina.trailers/

5000 mobile homes going to waste that was paid for by tax payers dollars.[:@]

I think the problem with the trailers is that nobody wants a FEMA trailer park set up near them. (The old NIMBY syndrome.) Today's "temporary" FEMA trailer parks are likely tomorrow's permanent trailer parks and next decade's ghettos.


IMO, the real problem with FEMA is that it shouldn't exist in the first place. Disaster recovery should be mainly the business of state and local governments in conjunction with private charities. The confusion, indecisionand waste associated with Katrina is ample evidence of why a giant federal beaurocracy should not be running the show.

[Aught Six]

IMO, the real problem with FEMA is that it shouldn't exist in the first place. Disaster recovery should be mainly the business of state and local governments in conjunction with private charities. The confusion, indecisionand waste associated with Katrina is ample evidence of why a giant federal beaurocracy should not be running the show.

Glad to see some folks who understand how the real world works.

[burniegoeasily]

ORIGINAL: PiedmontPete

I think the problem with the trailers is that nobody wants a FEMA trailer park set up near them. (The old NIMBY syndrome.) Today's "temporary" FEMA trailer parks are likely tomorrow's permanent trailer parks and next decade's ghettos.


IMO, the real problem with FEMA is that it shouldn't exist in the first place. Disaster recovery should be mainly the business of state and local governments in conjunction with private charities. The confusion, indecisionand waste associated with Katrina is ample evidence of why a giant federal beaurocracy should not be running the show.

Great post.