Comments on: Bits of homeland stupidity http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2006/07/31/bits-of-homeland-stupidity-32/ Protect yourself from government gaffes, bureaucratic blunders and incumbent incompetence Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:25:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: DP http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2006/07/31/bits-of-homeland-stupidity-32/#comment-10464 DP Thu, 03 Aug 2006 09:27:40 +0000 http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2006/07/31/bits-of-homeland-stupidity-32/#comment-10464 A good friend of mine still lives in one (pre Katrina). It is a 250 sq. ft. travel trailer. His wife and two children also live there. They have been repeatedly told by FEMA that they are not allowed to do anything with their old home (started out with only roof damage, now the walls are covered in black mold and the house is unsaveable), or they will lose the use of the trailer. They have saved almost enough to purchase another lot in their subdivision, which will give them enough collateral to start building a new home. Hopefully FEMA doesn't find out he is trying to circumvent their attempts to keep him under their thumb. A good friend of mine still lives in one (pre Katrina). It is a 250 sq. ft. travel trailer. His wife and two children also live there. They have been repeatedly told by FEMA that they are not allowed to do anything with their old home (started out with only roof damage, now the walls are covered in black mold and the house is unsaveable), or they will lose the use of the trailer. They have saved almost enough to purchase another lot in their subdivision, which will give them enough collateral to start building a new home. Hopefully FEMA doesn’t find out he is trying to circumvent their attempts to keep him under their thumb.

]]> By: Kevin Fields http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2006/07/31/bits-of-homeland-stupidity-32/#comment-10463 Kevin Fields Tue, 01 Aug 2006 02:35:59 +0000 http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2006/07/31/bits-of-homeland-stupidity-32/#comment-10463 And, of course, there is the issue that the trailers that FEMA is offering people to live in contains nearly as much deadly chemicals as a funeral home's embalming station. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14011193/ And, of course, there is the issue that the trailers that FEMA is offering people to live in contains nearly as much deadly chemicals as a funeral home’s embalming station.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14011193/

]]> By: Rob Miller http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2006/07/31/bits-of-homeland-stupidity-32/#comment-10462 Rob Miller Mon, 31 Jul 2006 11:32:18 +0000 http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2006/07/31/bits-of-homeland-stupidity-32/#comment-10462 <blockquote>The Federal Emergency Management Agency has been stuffing people evacuated from Hurricane Katrina into travel trailers, from where they aren’t allowed to talk to the press. Even if they don’t want to move in, and have somewhere else to live. And despite having many people who, inexplicably, do want to move in to these trailers, hundreds of them sit empty, and the people who want to move in can’t.</blockquote> That's just... wow. There isn't a rolleyes big enough.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency has been stuffing people evacuated from Hurricane Katrina into travel trailers, from where they aren’t allowed to talk to the press. Even if they don’t want to move in, and have somewhere else to live. And despite having many people who, inexplicably, do want to move in to these trailers, hundreds of them sit empty, and the people who want to move in can’t.

That’s just… wow. There isn’t a rolleyes big enough.

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