Broken Bible Belt: Homes in Ruins From Tornadoes Denied Aid by FEMA for ‘Insufficient Damage’
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Jefferson County resident Jonathan Stewart said he laughed in shock after the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) claimed the house his family lost in the deadly April 27 twister was ‘not unsafe to live in’.
Displaced families in tornado-ravaged Alabama are outraged after being denied federal aide to rebuild their flattened homes – due to ‘insufficient damage’.
The devastating reality is the house is now a concrete slab surrounded by rubble.
Mr Stewart told AL.com a FEMA inspector saw first-hand the Pleasant Grove residence he shared with his wife, Lisa, and their two children was ripped from the ground.
Three days after the visit, however, he received a letter reading: ‘Based on your FEMA inspection, we have determined that the disaster has not caused your home to be unsafe to live in.‘Although the disaster may have caused some minor damage it is reasonable to expect you or your landlord to make these repairs. At this time you are not eligible for FEMA housing assistance.’
Mr Stewart told the website: ‘Lisa and I looked at the letter and laughed.’
While he has since found out his insurance coverage will replace his house, the family is not alone.Lashunta Tabb’s home 15 miles away in North Smithfield Manor was stripped of its siding, and more than half of her roof blew off with tornado-force winds.
She too, received a letter claiming there was ‘insufficient damage’ – the number one reason in Alabama the people are determined ineligible for FEMA grants, worth up to $30,200.
It is not yet known how many Alabama tornado victims received the letter.
FEMA deputy branch director for individual assistance Lynda Lowe said finding of insifficient damage are often correct, and many of those who filed for assistance did not have damage.
FEMA officials encourage whose who believe they were wrongly declared ineligible to file for an appeal through local disaster recovery centres.
Spokesman Renee Bafalis said: ‘If you have a question why you received a determination of ineligibility, go in there and let them look it up and help you file an appeal.’
A report issued on Wednesday, however, revealed few disaster victims follow through.
It showed less than one percent of the 25,081 applicants initially declared ineligible for any reason had appealed, leaving the potential for millions of dollars in federal aide to go unclaimed.
An applicant has 60 days from the date of the determination letter to appeal.
It was not known at press time how many applicants were declared ineligible in Alabama due to insufficient damage. However, similar findings have occurred after nearly every recent disaster.
THE BUREAUCRACY BEHIND APPLYING FOR FEMA AIDE:
When a disaster victim applies for a FEMA grant, an inspector is dispatched to the applicant’s property.
Inspectors carry laptops connected to a database called NEMIS (National Emergency Management Information System), which guides them through measuring rooms and assessing damage.
Items marked for repair or replacement are priced depending on the geographic region.
Letters are issued based on the computerised report, telling an applicant whether he qualifies for FEMA assistance.
An applicant has 60 days from the date of the determination letter to appeal.
What qualifies as ‘insufficient damage’ remains unclear.
A pending lawsuit accusing FEMA of improperly denying thousands of farm workers in Texas money to repair their homes after Hurricane Dolly struck in 2008 based on the insufficient damage finding claims that FEMA used a concept called ‘deferred maintenance’ to back the rejections.
Deferred maintenance is not referenced in any regulation, Jerry Wesevich, an attorney with Texas Rio Grande Legal Aid who represents the plaintiffs, told AL.com.
Mr Wesevich described deferred maintenance as a ‘shorthand term that FEMA uses when it determines somehow that a condition of a home prior to the disaster caused the damage after the storm’.
An Alabama inspectors’ coordinator for FEMA said deferred maintenance is no longer used in assessing damage, although there is a place for inspectors to note ‘pre-existing’ conditions.
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sarg356
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 9:47amObama care coming to your town soon.
Report Post »daavidruth93
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 12:41pmYour on your own boys & girls, but you can get food stamps & welfare.
Report Post »ProgressivesArePoison
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 7:02pmThat’s probably why the Democrats (Marxists) created 0bamacare.. Because they knew there’d be no jobs once they succeeded at destroying America, and then someone would need to provide health insurance.
Report Post »CatherineAnn
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 9:47amYou didn’t vote for Obama so you are screwed. We have a very evil administration.
Report Post »MoonPie
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 10:04amAgreed!
Report Post »The_Outlaw
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 11:06amAgreed!!
Report Post »I_CARRY_1_TOO
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 11:45amyes, evil and vindictive……….
Report Post »Seagal45
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 3:24pmI’ll second that….that is a right on reply. If Os lips are moving he is lying.
Report Post »PingPongPing
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 9:47amand they BLAMED Bush for the Katrina victims FIASCO?????
Report Post »RRFlyer
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 9:46amTheir problem is it isn‘t New Orleans and they don’t know how to blame it on Bush
Report Post »blazingaway
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 9:46amFEMA will tell them they can live in it. City & State Code enforcement will condemn it. EPA will fine them for polluting. Eventually, the Banks will foreclose and the State will own it for back taxes and you all can be their share cropper on the State run plantation with “MASTER” Obama … they all finally have their retribution payments they’ve have been demanding … the poor white folk done fell a sleep and gave it up the socialist/Marxist/communist/terrorist/community organizer. Hell folks this ain’t no different than what Obama and his buddies have been doing to the neighborhoods in Chicago.
Report Post »fortyshooter
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 12:40pmThe neighborhoods in Chicago lap it up like turds on a duck pond.
Report Post »USAMEDIC3008
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 9:46amAdd your comments
Report Post »USAMEDIC3008
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 10:09amBetter dead then red
Better red then dead
I’m confused.
See what thay have done to us.
WE THE PEOPLE are the government.
What areWE going to do.???
My above post was loss of gun control
Report Post »shot first ask ??????????? later
sometimes I need
SLOW down and think….
CynterMass
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 9:45amMore punishment for a “RED” state.
Report Post »Hickory
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 9:45amMy response to this would be so vulgar that it would be edited out.
Report Post »sablegsd
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 10:34amDitto. :(
Report Post »Volsense
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 9:45amThe fact that Christians are involved will deter Obama and his incompetent anti-American abministration from supporting those in need. When does total incompetence begin to take the shape of evil?
Report Post »MoonPie
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 10:02amIt already has, look at the currant occupant of the White House. Pure E V I L ! ! !
Report Post »stablepar
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 9:44ammore important to send our money to the arabs
Report Post »Steamtrains
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 9:44amMy request was denied because my credit rating wasn’t good enough??????????????????????
Report Post »semihardrock
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 10:45amditto! Hurricane Wilma South Florida! DENIED!
Report Post »capitalismrocks
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 9:44amWe need someone to setup an Independent Charity for all of us to help with, have them get out into the area, find everyone who needs assistance and lets just help them all DIRECTLY…. we DO NOT need the Federal govt or FEMA — we take care of each other, screw the govt !!!!
Lets get something going, get it on Facebook and Twitter asap!!!
Report Post »MoonPie
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 9:56amwasn’t Glenn getting involved in something like this?
Report Post »UrNmyWake
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 9:41pm@ American Soldier…..THANK YOU for your service. As Louisiana residents, my family relocated during Katrina and Rita. Our entire community was gone. There were NO: Homes, no churches, no banks, no grocery stores, no utilities, no water, limited cell service, roads were under curfew and guard. It was two weeks before we were allowed to return to…where our homes used to be. Two weeks after that to find our insurance agent (his home was gone also) and close to one year before any work began on our homes..
Report Post »cntrlfrk
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 9:43amBoy, this is going to be all over the news!
What? Red State, Blue President?
Oh, nothing to see here…..
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Report Post »GERATMO
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 1:40pmThe sad thing is that your right. I mentioned these disasters and the floods at work today and some people had no clue.
Report Post »AIDANMAN
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 9:43amwrong race? or wrong political party?… maybe a clarical error?
they got some CHANGE… Hope you remeber that in November.
Report Post »rightwinglefty
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 9:43amForget about FEMA. Obama is busy spending our taxes in PAK E STAN.
Report Post »I.Gaspar
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 9:42amBrought to you by the government that wants to tell you when it’s your turn to die.
Report Post »teddrunk
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 9:41amFEMA is a creepy organization of hard core leftists. You’re living in a “Red” area, so help for you.
Report Post »Coinking
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 9:41amAnyone notice that they are white people? No suprise that they would not get federal aid. If they had been a “minority” or Muslim FEMA would have been jumping through their a$$ to dump money on them. IMPEACH OBAMA. NOW. He is the leader of the movement to destroy America.
Report Post »hightide
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 9:50amActually it does not matter what race you are. The line goes to who has insurance and who does not. Oddly, if you had a loan on your home, you were required by the lender to carry insurance. So for FEMA to only pay to those without insurance is in opposition to the papers the borrowers signed at closing.
Report Post »NOTAMUSHROOM
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 10:17am@Coinking
Report Post »Thanks for the clarification. So people who actually work for a living and pay their insurance and their TAXES are not eligible for assistance from FEMA. Only irresponsible, lazy, blood sucking n’er-do-wells are eligible for government issued credit cards and mobile homes for over two years courtesy of those who pay TAXES. What is wrong with this picture? Why does it remind me of OSAMACARE?
NOTAMUSHROOM
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 10:21amThat reply was for Hightide. Please excuse me Coinking.
Report Post »I_CARRY_1_TOO
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 11:43am@ NOTAMUSHROOM…..I totally agree with you. It has been like that for years and it is getting worse and worse. Me and my family (all of us) have always worked…..always!! I was the youngest of 5 and my Father made me get up and go to work at 3 am (as a waitress) when i was 15. I am so glad he did that to me (it was actually for me). But its true, the majority of people who get free help are the lazy, not willing to work, rather sit on their as s and drink beer or stick a needle in their arm people who don’t deserve anything but a kick in the rear! The good get shafted and the bad get rewarded………….
Report Post »capitalismrocks
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 9:41amIf those homes were all to registered liberals with a planned parenthood center on each corner, they’d all be getting brand new $500,000 homes each with a Chevy Volt in every driveway….
Since the bible belt is a conservative stronghold and everything those people stand for goes directly against this commie Godless admin, of course they are getting the shaft….
Report Post »MoonPie
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 10:03amGod help us along the Gulfcoast if Hurricane season turns out to be a big one!
Report Post »rayblue
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 11:21amIn 2008 after IKE, I went to Chambers county courthouse annex and was laughed at by FEMA representatives. They were having a ball till they found out I was there for Corps of Engineers Blue Roof assistance. Turned out I was the wrong color for FEMA. FEMA is the worst example of federal assistance I have experienced in my lifetime. Paid for by you and me.
Report Post »cessna152
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 9:39amScrew this Marxist administration!!! Where do we send our money? Seriously… Glenn, please post an address to send to! The “people” dropped the ball in the past now it is our TURN that people call to when in trouble… call us, not the gov’t!
Report Post »Patrick in AZ
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 9:37amWe’re sorry, but your county did not sufficiently vote enough for Dear Reader; No money for you!
Report Post »MoonPie
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 9:57amAlabama is NOT pro-Obama, there are some followers, but he did not carry this state. NOR will he in 2012!
Report Post »bhelmet
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 9:37amRebuild WITHOUT the Feds – then make sure your state DENIES ALL Fed funds. That is the BEST way to get out from under the corrupt and autocratic Fed govt. We MUST be self-reliant and it starts at the local and state level. I understand this a political move, but let it be the FIRST step to independence.
Report Post »jb.kibs
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 9:50amtotally… i 100% agree.
Report Post »it is time for us to let the federal governement starve and die. our STATES are our government.
it is possible to hold your local official accountable for their actions.
it is NOT even possible to hold federal officials accountable for ANYTHING. They are Blamers, Leeches and Control Freaks.
jeff.cooper
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 9:55amAgree. Relying on FEMA is using the country for financial assistance and that is collectivism. However, the callousness of the FEMA letter is at question and the article is correct when it poses the question of what “insufficient damage” means. One must wonder if the FEMA inspector made an error, considering the number of applicants and homes they inspect in disaster situations like this.
Report Post »riseandshine
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 10:07amGrover Cleveland is one of my heros. Can you imagine the outpouring of aid from the American people if there was no such thing as FEMA.
Report Post »Lana40
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 11:07amThe aid from Alabamians and Americans was huge here. (I’m one of them) This story doesn’t tell the whole story. They were applying for emergency housing assistance….something their insurance didn’t cover. Something FEMA should be doing. Assisting in shelter and food until ppl can get ‘IT’ together?
Report Post »American Soldier (Separated)
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 11:47amWhile that makes more sense then just getting free money to rebuild you home, it still begs the question, where are their family, friends, neighbors, churches and communities? If my house gets torn down by a tornado, I’ll be calling friends and family for support not demand money from FEMA or the federal government. I have a good insurance company. Someone from my last unit had his house burn down on him. They gave him cash to stay at a hotel and they were settled and moved into a new house within a month.
Report Post »hightide
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 9:36amScrew FEMA. We will take care of our own.
Report Post »riseandshine
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 9:53amright on
Report Post »TexasCommonSense
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 10:02amBut they will continue to take our money in the form of Federal Taxes.
Report Post »Docrow
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 10:05amAmen!
Report Post »Texas Grasshopper
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 10:06amtime to re-evalutation the Taxes from the states
Report Post »TexasCommonSense
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 10:17amTexas Grasshopper, I completely agree. Unfortunately, it will never be allowed. I feel we will eventually have to take radical steps to be able to keep our tax money and use it as we see fit. We the People no longer have any say as to where the Federal government spends OUR money.
Report Post »Texas Grasshopper
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 10:37am@ texascommon
with the economy on track …something radical will happen but no telling what at this point ..* sigh * .
Report Post »Goldline_scam
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 11:18amSo much for god looking out for his people.
Suckers!
Report Post »GENEPAGLIARI
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 9:35amIt figures.
Report Post »Locked
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 9:44amThat you double-post? :-P
Report Post »SpankDaMonkey
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 11:23am.
Report Post »Watching Washington try to fix something is like watching a Monkey humping a football. You see it, but you just can’t believe it…..
Robert-CA
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 12:53pmJust imagine that these people they’ll be in charge of our health care & send us a letter : hey Mr Robert we don’t think that you have enough proof of your severe illness please let us know if you need further help in case you make it .
Report Post »jjoy
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 1:46pmLooks like the “double-posting” police have arrived on the scene… next it will be the “don’t use all caps” police, the “mis-spelling” police and/or the “learn how to punctuate” police…
Report Post »GENEPAGLIARI
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 9:34amFigures.
Ebbertron
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 9:42amand we think these people are going to run every other aspect of our lives??
This is what you get from vindictive progressives. FEMA aid does not have a certain checklist of requirements, its pretty much whoever they want to give it to.
Report Post »TexasCommonSense
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 9:44amJust like Texas and our wild fires.
Report Post »biohazard23
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 9:47amFEMA = Fix Everything My A**
Report Post »seeker9
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 9:49amThat is known as “social justice”.
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 9:49amThis sounds like another Katrina sized mess up via FEMA and it also smacks of the administration using the incident to put even more pressure on those Americans who do need assistance for the short term.
Fine, then let our fellow Americans come to their assistance and let the worthless members of the administration and especially FEMA leave us alone to do what needs to get done. Putting the dream of America back into the hands of her people.
Report Post »imreddog
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 9:49amI think that the people were too white. What were they thinking? Don’t they know that whitey is not qualified to receive government money. Blacks and Mexicans are “auto-qualified”.
Report Post »jb.kibs
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 9:51amracists…
Report Post »Texas Grasshopper
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 9:53amFolks:
PersecutionFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaJump to: navigation, search
Not to be confused with prosecution.
Persecution is the systematic mistreatment of an individual or group by another group. The most common forms are religious persecution, ethnic persecution, and political persecution, though there is naturally some overlap between these terms. The inflicting of suffering, harassment, isolation, imprisonment, fear, pain or exclusion
need to copy this story and defination to my Reps
Report Post »cemerius
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 9:53amIf they were “demoncrat” classed voters they would have gotten a check with chocolates and roses too!!!
Of course, rather than admit some wrongs their response is to bury a person in red tape and regulations. Those low level minnions need to work for their “paychecks” after all!
Report Post »NSDQ
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 9:54amWasnt there just a story about Obama punishing red states :
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/lib-talker-calls-on-obama-to-starve-people-in-red-states-to-stop-the-gop-from-not-raising-debt-ceiling-while-explaining-the-history-behind-why-gop-maintaining-debt-ceiling-would-not-stop-u-s-from-pay/
Report Post »discardofevil
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 9:58amAnother successful gov’t. Run program. We will not help each other but will give $20 billion to the Arab countries! Fight their war! And bail out Greece. Give brazil our jobs and our oil, and then still give them billions! Is anyone awake out there to see something is wrong with this!?
Report Post »MidWestMom
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 9:58amOnce again our government demonstrates just how incompetant, unfair and shameful it is.
Report Post »NOTAMUSHROOM
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 10:01amOf course they were denied. They don’t live in “Chocolate City” and the Army Corp of Engineers didn’t blow up their levees.
Silly white people! Government aid is only for Reparations.
Report Post »Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 10:05amThey are the wrong color. They are not “Holder’s people.”
Report Post »Wonder why they are struggling with insurance?
TomFerrari
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 10:09amWARNING!!!
There’s more to this story, I suspect.
Suppose you had a $200k house. Suppose you had $400k insurance (contents, etc.)
Why should FEMA grant you 30k in assistance? Your insurance will cover it.
Now, suppose you had a $60k home with no insurance. FEMA may decide it should help you get some sort of shelter and offer $30k in asssitance.
That makes more sense to me.
Wait for the rest of the facts before judging this one, folks.
Report Post »sissykatz
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 10:12amI despise this process !!!! I did not know FEMA did it but most health insurance companies do this. They hold out and only pay the most determined…. Just think how much money they are saving because not everyone will keep fighting and take their initial verdict as gospel. People should warn the Victims of this kind and tell everyone to ignore FIRST letter and automatically file a repeal. This process is also used with disability ins. unless you are of the ‘“Chosen” people you have to get an attorney to help make a claim, and then most still can’t get it. THIS IS JUST WRONG !!!!!!!
Report Post »redsred
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 10:13am85000 black farmers received federal aid.
Hey, there are not that many black farmers, not even 10%!!!
Yeah, but they’re black.
Report Post »DimmuBorgir
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 10:14aminsufficient melanin is what FEMA really meant.
Report Post »Miguelito
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 10:15amSure it does not have anything to do with the law Alabama passed on illegals! Could just be incompetence with government workers?
Report Post »Texas Grasshopper
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 10:15amGood point Tom …thanks ..
Report Post »riseandshine
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 10:20am@Seeker….you got that right….FEMA is used as a political tool
Report Post »Nervous Investor
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 10:25amRacist Feds …… Racist president I suppose …….. white folk are not “entitled” to Fed help …… Toilet needs flushing again in 2012. Where is the 24 / 7 outrage? Remember Katrina?
Report Post »SavvyCowboy
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 10:28amI shared this article with scores of people all over the U.S. and reminded them that bho must go or this will be “the new normal” (Conservatives will be swept under the rug or placed in gulags and leftists will continue to take control). This is circa 1933 NAZI Germany – the only thing left for bho to do is declare Marshall Law and make all other political parties (other than the nazi/commie demoncrats) illegal. But that could happen soon….
Report Post »Thevoice
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 10:29amWhat was Chairman Obama doing last night….O..That’s right trying to shake down wall street for some campaign money…FEMA is what it is…Government desk squatters…If there is a flood you get a new flood plane map and …O look here you live in a flood plane and are not eligible .. ..The people in Washington were so stupid after Joplin it took them two days to realize…The people who needed help had no phone or Internet …So then they sent in people for “ground” help…I would as usual encourage someone who steals a paycheck out of this FEMA agency ..To come on here and tell us what they do all day..So state what you pay is and what type of service you give for it…
Report Post »NOTAMUSHROOM
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 10:30am@Tom
Report Post »“Why should FEMA grant you 30k in assistance? Your insurance will cover it.”
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Because FEMA gets their money from TAXPAYERS that’s why! Give assistance where it is needed, according to the level of destruction. Anything else is redistribution, social justice and “spreading the wealth around”. Period.
proudpatriot77
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 10:32amTo be totally fair, this is more of a beauracracy problem than government. I am sure that people who have insurance have similar stories. That is why whenever possible we should try to deal with smaller entities. Small government, small business, etc. All that said, the Federal government sucks. They rarely do what they claim they will do.
Report Post »AmericanSince1619
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 10:39am@TomFerrari
According to your theory they should have received a denial based on over-sufficient insurance as opposed to being denied based on insufficient damage.
You can falsely attribute your made up motivations to what ever fantasy you can concoct in you head, but unless having insurance is cause for being denied a FEMA grant, and FEMA says that’s why they were denied…it’s all BS.
Report Post »Pastor Ray
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 10:41amWrong nationality you need to be an illegal moon worshiper or ******* for the OBAMANATION to help you!
Report Post »Rapunzel
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 10:48am@Tom – it makes sense IF the letter stated something to the effect of ‘you don’t qualify due to your financial resources‘ or ’insufficient need’. However, the letters are telling them they have insufficient damage and/or a habitable home, which is clearly not the case.
I’m inclined to believe that this is SOP – always deny the claim, then just handle the appeals. Of course, this may only be SOP in certain areas, like red states.
Report Post »hoodm85
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 10:49amBarrack Hussein Obamao doesn’t like white people.
Report Post »LibertariansUnite
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 10:53amFEMA is garbage.
Minimize Government, Maximize Freedom.
Report Post »Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 10:56amI sent an email to my Congressional rep. There is no reason why FEMA couldn’t help. We help all other countries, it’s about damn time we help our own people. I don’t know why the Feds and celebrities think Haitains and others are more important than Americans.
Report Post »Not sure what the insurance problem is, but they should pay off if the people had tornado coverage.
Lana40
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 11:02amBefore you judge: This family was applying for ‘emergency housing assistance’. They knew they had insurance, but it didn‘t cover ’emergency housing assistance’. Which is what I thought FEMA was for. Not to really rebuild your house, but to help in an emergency. Shelter and Food.
Report Post »PatriotComeLately
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 11:03am@ebbertron I suspect that it might have more to do with re color of your skin than the character of your claim
Report Post »stifroc
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 11:03amQUESTION -
Did Alabama vote for Obama during the election, or did Alabama vote for McCain?
Report Post »mrclean
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 11:05amSNAFU as usual.
How come we the people ALLOW this federal BS to continue? It won’t change until millions of pi$$ed off Americans ACT on their anger at this travesty by calling their congressmen.
Why do we act like sitting duck victims, letting them take our tax dollars and giving us nothing but a good screwing in return?
Report Post »Ironmaan
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 11:05amAnd were gonna trust government with our healthcare?! You gotta be kidding me!
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SpankDaMonkey
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 11:07am.
Report Post »How do those people expect Obama to fix it if the house is not there? C’mon people you have to be able to see the problem. Obama figures he can’t see a house so out of sight out of mind. I don’t see a problem so, there is no problem. He’s more worried about “Somebody get me some damn fries, before Moochell gets here!”….
Dustyluv
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 11:10amWhy is the Government helping anyone? Neighbors, Churches, The Red Cross, Insurance companies and good people need to do this and tell the Feds to stick their money where the sun dont shine. We dont need the Government for anything but fighting wars. We can fix this ourselves.
Hello, I am here from the Government and i am here to help…Yes, help break it off in your a@@!
Report Post »Lana40
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 11:10amAlabama is a RED state. Only time we went blue was for Carter and that’s because he was a Southern guy and boy was our face Red from that vote.
Report Post »BTW……we’re not going to get any help now forsure. We passed Immigration Bill. We’re toast. BUT…that is ok. We’ll stick together.
uzi4u2
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 11:12amSo Bush gets hit with the “you hate black people” because they said he didn’t do enough for katrina people, even though the gave the trailers to live in, debit cards free of charge, free relocation to name a few, the people in places like Joplin can’t get help? Maybe what obama says in one of his books is true, he does hate white people. I‘m sure the media won’t report on this…
Report Post »right-wing-waco
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 11:20amImagine needing a heart bypass operation and having to get it through the gov? This is what you get when you let the government run everything. I hope you libs are happy.
Report Post »Bum thrower
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 11:25amCorrect: Didn’t BHO say something about “punishing our enemies”? Trouble is he didn‘t say the ’ememy was YOU’….How‘s that ’hope and change’ working out for you…?
NOBAMA 2012;
Spread the word. Google ‘stickey notes’ to see what is going on…great..join in…
Report Post »beebacksoon
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 11:32amOh, but if citizens in OTHER countries need assistance, our prez is in front of cameras saying, we will provide OUR resources…whatever is needed to help. He goes all over the world to hand out money we don’t have, for oil projects (Brazil (Soros)); a 2nd bailout for Greece, etc.; and ignores (intentionally) the needs here! Perhaps this is another delay tactic by the administration… They know people either won’t dispute letter, or they will and end up spending money they don’t have on attorneys; and the process will be dragged out for months, if not years!
Report Post »VegasGuy
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 11:34amIt is clear. Obama hates “typical” white people and has abandoned them in their time of need.
Report Post »Rightsofman
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 11:35amSo far it seems as though red states are not doing well with Federal aid when they suffer catastrofic events. They don’t even get a visit from Sean Penn. Keep those dollars flowing into Haiti.though. See how well they’re doing now. What? still living in tents?
Report Post »American Soldier (Separated)
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 11:37amWhile I feel sadness for the loss of life and property in Alabama and across the other states that have been devastated by Tornadoes this year, why are they expecting or relying on FEMA for aid to rebuild or relocate? When was it FEMA’s job to aid in any kind of rebuilding efforts? Why are they giving out free money for this? This is exactly what insurance is for, isn’t it? How is this the tax payers responsibility?
Report Post »Dandylyon
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 11:40amThis is how 24% of the population(progressives,liberals,socialist,the president) of this country control the other 76%.
Again it is not what Obama has done,it is what the country has become.
Report Post »Goddessmother
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 11:49am@TomFerrari
The letter is what is absolutely wrong. If the letter stated FEMA has determined your ins is sufficient to cover your home, that would be different than a letter saying that FEMA didn’t see any damage that would make the home unsafe.
Report Post »Morris
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 12:01pmIf you all had alot of Mexicans and Muslims living in your town,you would get all of the help and money that
Report Post »you would need!!!!!!!
jzs
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 12:02pmTomFerrari is the only analytical person on the thread. If the home was flattened, then this is obviously a mistake. Please, this is just silly. and of course the Blaze won’t correct the story when the truth is known.
But, what I think is amusing from this crowd is the hypocrisy. So you really think the nanny state government should come in and help these people? Do you want the government to always come in and save the day? And wait, this looks to me do be a straightforward case of redistributing the wealth, taking from the rich to give to the poor and downtrodden. That’s unAmerican as you know. You people are advocating a communist state! Where in Constitution does it say that the government can take my tax dollars to help the unfortunate? Typical TP people, always wanting the government to step in and make things right.
Report Post »mattintexas
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 12:02pmIf it were a minority community such as NO this would not happen. Looks like white folks are recipients of racism.
Report Post »hud
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 12:05pmEBBERTON——– this is know as pabacks a bit*h. You don’t vote for me I get even.
Report Post »chipgiii
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 12:28pmYour government at its best.
Report Post »Sunny
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 12:35pmHow come I cannot see or read comments on this site!?? I am logged in, and I see only profile pictures, dates and times of posting?? What happened here???
Report Post »OldCountryBoy
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 12:57pmIn addition to this mess, what about the people in Missouri and Iowa who are being flooded by the US Corps of Engineers and being denied flood insurance. The US Government issues the flood insurance but the people being flooded can’t get it. We need a clean sweep of these regulations and policies and replace them with good old “Common Sense”.
Report Post »Marcobob69
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 12:59pmYou can bet that if Jesse or Al were in Obama’s ear, they would be getting everything the government could possibly give them, but since they are “just a bunch of southern rednecks”, the letter comes back stamped DENIED! And you can bet you won’t hear about this on the lame stream media “news”!
Report Post »banjarmon
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 1:00pmI pray these people vote and remember who NOT to vote for!
Report Post »CatB
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 1:06pmFirst Texas and now this .. if these were illegals or Chicago you can bet the government would be helping. Face it folks if Obama and his minions don’t think they can buy your vote .. you are screwed!
TEA!
Report Post »KevINtampa
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 1:12pm@ TOMFERRARI
I live in Florida. I own a home. Most financial advisors and adjusters would consider me over insured. Other than a terrorist attack, I can‘t think of any other disaster my home isn’t covered for.
However the government is still taxing me on the premise I may need their FEMA programs. Since I know I will never need their assistance, why should I be placed in the program? I mean, if they are going to exempt me from payouts because I have insurance shouldn’t I get some exemptions on my income taxes in the same amounts I pay for insurance?
I’ll answer my own question, because other people who don’t want to prepare themselves want the pubic coffers to do that for them. And since there are so many with that “please you do it for me attitude” I am forced to fund that philosophy because of their votes. So it’s not a problem with government, it’s just the way lazy America has gotten, and I have pledged my allegiance to accept such a mindset. However, I have also pledged allegiance to that America can be changed through our civil processes. I just hope that people will realize, it’s better to do things on your own. Independence is always more satisfying and fulfilling than dependence. To hold that dependent mindset with out even realizing it, man, that’s got be a very frustrating life. Never knowing why it is others get ahead. Never realizing why it is others, many who don’t even seem to have as much, are more satisfied with their pursuits of happine
Report Post »the_ancient
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 1:24pmUmm Why id FEMA paying to rebuild their home in the first place??
They should have PRIVATE insurance to call upon NOT federal aid…
That is not what Federal Aid is for, Federal Aid should be a Stop Gap between the event and the time people can get organized and contact their insurance companies, Providing Temp Shelter and Food during those limited days.
Report Post »obama-mecca-me-sick
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 1:28pmStarve the RED states– the goal of Hussein O‘Barry’s administration.
Report Post »jjoy
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 1:39pmYep… No surprises here… Classic example of “getting even” with those that voted republican in 2008…
Report Post »bestartist
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 1:45pmSilly Christians!
Report Post »…and the administration of the Golfer In Chief sends Arab States how many billions in aid????!!!!
I wonder where his loyalties lie…….oh right, but he’s going to Puerto Rico to trawl for votes from Hispanics.
Legion
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 1:58pmThey are getting what they deserve and nothing more.
Report Post »A Doctors Labor Is Not My Right
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 2:09pmBarter economies, gold and silver – know it and grow it, America.
The government’s attempt to force us to accept central planning is a great opportunity to escape the nanny state.
Please check out the great articles on this site that can help the people reject the fiat money our Founders hated so much and get back to the free market Capitalism intended for our once greater Constitutional Republic.
Alt-Market
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techengineer11
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 2:10pmIt apears that if you reside in the South and are not Hispanic or Black one is not entitled to Federal disaster aid. What a wonderful Nation America has become…
Report Post »vinnieg
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 2:22pmI guess these people are of the ‘wrong color or race’, did this crap happen after Katrina?? Never heard of anyone being denied during the Katrina restoration…. Perhaps someone should do a survey and find out how many denied people are white and how many approved people are black or brown….
Report Post »FlatFoot
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 2:26pmAnd just what did the ‘gun toting bitter Bible clingers’ of the south expect from Barack Hussein Obama’s FEMA anyway?
“We’re going to punish our enemies and we’re gonna reward our friends who stand with us on issues that are important to us.” -Barack Hussein Obama Oct. 2010
Report Post »old white guy
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 2:30pmyep. only the terninaly stupid are now allowed to work for the government. shoot the basta-ds.
Report Post »biohazard23
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 2:53pmAsk not what your country/government can do for you. Period. However, IF the gubment is supposed to be taking care of people, WTH are we sending money to Egypt and to the Palestinians and other ****** nations? Why not go by the old adage that charity begins at home? Stop foreign aid to countries that hate us and let’s start taking care of our own!
FEMA is just another nanny-state institution designed to “help” those folks who think the gubment is there to save them.
Report Post »mikem1969
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 2:59pmOh, so it’s okay to use AMERICAN TAX DOLLARS in the bail outs to fund foreign companies, it’s okay to use qe1 and qe2 to bail out foreign banks, but you can’t help AMERICANS WITH AMERICAN TAX PAYER DOLLARS. Once again the liberal progressive admin shows it hates AMERICA
Report Post »Sinista MACE
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 3:27pmOf course it figures.
They’ve spent all the money building Fema Civilian Labor Camps and paying for your mass-produced burnable coffins.
Abolish FEMA before they abolish you.
Report Post »techengineer11
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 3:39pmSinista MACE: HA! Take the tinfoil away from your head… lol
btw, who is they? is this a conspiracy or what? what binds this conspiracy together? can i become a member of it?
Report Post »Brooke Lorren
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 3:42pmMust be one of Obama’s “Enemies”.
Report Post »Rashomon
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 4:52pmobama hates white people
Report Post »Eliasim
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 4:53pmWell now they know how their government really is, and if they put up with it then they deserve the government they get.
Report Post »Jaycen
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 4:55pmFEMA drops the ball again, this time because the people in charge hate white people.
Report Post »SFsuper49er
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 5:04pmNow! As you read these comments can you see why the civil war happened… They knew didn’t they?
Report Post »101
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 5:11pmWho’s the fricken president of this country and does he do anything!
Report Post »godlovinmom
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 5:21pmUnfortunately…that was the first thing that came to my mind, is that this family is white…clearly you can see their house is GONE!
Report Post »TheBMT
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 5:48pmWhy are we depending on FEMA people? Get out of the system if you oppose big government. Get private insurance. If you don’t get insurance for your house and it gets destroyed by something you could have bought insurance for. TOO BAD! That is why it is called insurance.
Report Post »TruthLover
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 6:09pmSo, where’s the racial & religious outrage? These people are being denied because they’re poor white folks in the Bible Belt! We bent over freakin backwards to help the poor blacks in voodoo country, but forget these conservatives.
Where’s the ACLU now?
Report Post »DisillusionedDaily
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 6:58pmJust think – FEMA is the agency that will become the National Law Enforcement in the event that the president declares a national emergency. Now you can all rest easy knowing that you will be in good hands!
Report Post »captaingrumpy
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 6:58pmI seem to remember that everyone blamed George Bush for the FEMA breakdown last time,but I don’t hear anyone blaming Obummer.
Report Post »ProgressivesArePoison
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 7:01pmI can see Obama and Michele now, talking about how the family in that photo is white and simply must NOT be helped. Obama is a Marxist douchebag!
Report Post »pattybbb1
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 7:10pmanyone ever read the book or see the movie “Dr. Zhivago”? (may have spelled that wrong).
Report Post »Secret Squirrel
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 7:28pm.
Report Post »“Insufficient Obama support.”
Taquoshi
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 10:21pmThis is just bureacrats flexing their muscles. We had a terrific windstorm in our town a year ago in March and over 2,000 trees came down. People were without electricity for almost five days in some areas of town. Our two high schools were disaster preparedness evacuation centers, one of which was a real problem because so many trees came down on that street, people couldn’t get to it. The schools were closed for four days because those that did have electricity needed it for people who didn’t, and the rest either had no power, no light or no parking lots due to the trees that were down. There were dangling wires all over the place. The Superintendent of Schools pointed out that the buses couldn‘t get through the streets to pick up the kids and they didn’t want them walking because of the number of downed power lines. Our lovely State Department of Education refused to allow the District to trim back the number of school days for the year. The students lost the Easter vacation and were in school all the way until June 28th. It was totally absurd.
Report Post »Uranium Wedge
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 11:42pmDidn’t you know? FEMA only takes care of the people who have four days notice. And of course the ignorant and stupid.
Report Post »Av8tor056
Posted on June 14, 2011 at 12:17amObama‘s way of punishing states that didn’t vote for him.
Report Post »KICKILLEGALSOUT
Posted on June 14, 2011 at 12:25amDo you think the Liberals in Government are going to give an taxpayer money to Conservative areas in the South? The only thing they are concerned with today is how to give more of our taxpayer dollars to illegals, Muslims, and foreigners. Obama and his workers are probably jumping for joy to deny these hurting families any aid.
Report Post »silentwatcher
Posted on June 14, 2011 at 1:47amAhhh, as usual,,,,,FEMA doing their “knockout” performance. Typical.
Report Post »doodad
Posted on June 14, 2011 at 4:30amFor one thing, there shouldn’t be a FEMA at all. Secondly, if the aforementioned areas were “Blue” areas or predominately black, then there would have been no denials, yes? Who heads this vaunted agency anyway? Which commie pal did BO pick to head FEMA that got in under the radar?
Report Post »TomFerrari
Posted on June 14, 2011 at 6:15am@notamushroom – my point was, and still is –
IF YOU HAVE INSURANCE, IT WILL MAKE YOU WHOLE, YOU DO NOT NEED FEMA ON TOP OF THAT.
If my house burns to the ground, my insurance makes me whole, not FEMA. The reason FEMA steps in is that there is an IMMEDIATE need for food, shelter, clothing, toilets, etc. while the cleanup begins. The money is brought in because there are so many UNINSURED – which is their own fault. But, I’m compassionate, so I’m not personally griping about it.
I DO believe that states/communities should maintain a fund that is used for such things. fema should only step in when the state has insufficient funds, and even then, IT SHOULD BE A LOAN. Why should taxpayers have to pay for someone‘s house who didn’t buy insurance on their house? Personally, when a member of a local community has such a loss, our community chips in, and the community donates time, money, food, clothing, building materials, etc. We help each other – no government involved. Now, when the SCALE (number of losses) is so HUGE, it is impossible for a community to do this for the thousands of uninsured homes.
Insurance companies should pay the bill. FEMA payouts are nothing more than INSURANCE COMPANY BAILOUTS.
Don’t forget the millions of dollars of fema cards after Katrina that were used to buy designer luggage, video games, etc.
FEMA aid should be a LOAN – for a house, it would be an individual loan – for a highway/levee/etc., it should be a loan to the state.
Report Post »TomFerrari
Posted on June 14, 2011 at 6:33amMy prior posts should not be mis-interpreted as blessings or condemnations of fema – only ideas for improvements on how to handle crisis situations.
I, like most people on theblaze, am awake enough to see the obvious inequities between how obama’s fema treats Alabama/Mississippi in a flood, vs a MASSIVE wildfire in TX or AZ, or a MASSIVE tornado in MO. It smacks of bias toward blue (or even purple) states and against red states.
Not wanting to rush to judgement, I simply suggest we wait for the rest of this story before we all judge the facts, in spite of how glaring these inequitites seem.
obummer is fast alienating entire voting blocks at a mind-numbing velocity!
An attempt to further polarize these blocks and galvanize his base while activating the militant activists amongst them?
FOLLOW THE MONEY – identify & analyze the recipients – is obama rewarding the blue/purple states while punishing the red states?
Look at Pelosi, Boxer and Costa. Congressional reps for California – and they led the vote that shut off all the farming water in california! Why? Because that region is conservative? Or, to save a ‘delta smelt fish’.
NO JOKE – google it – “congress created dust bowl” “california”
With the water OFF, congress has power to force people to do things or vote certain ways. (eg they just turned a LITTLE BIT of the water back on) “WE CONTROL YOU” “OBEY US OR ELSE”
SMALL GOVT=small money=small power=less opportunity for corruption=less corruptio
Report Post »diesel49
Posted on June 14, 2011 at 6:37amthey give millions & billions to the unions but not to disaster victims, is shows the gov. dosn’t give a damm about us
Report Post »Jackers
Posted on June 14, 2011 at 7:23amAll the money in the world to “build up” nations around the world, but no money to help our fellow Americans in desperate need… Typical.
Report Post »William
Posted on June 14, 2011 at 7:44amSounds about right to me. The VA is still trying to figure out if a dead left thigh muscle is a worsing of my military disability. They have been working on that one for the last three years.
Report Post »VerySeniorCitizen
Posted on June 14, 2011 at 8:38amThe Republican led House or Representatives has passed a bill to ‘defund’ FEMA – and we have to remember that ONLY Congress allots money for various agencies.
How many voices on this site were applauding when Eric Cantor said that funds would be found to help victims of the Joplin tornado ONLY if equivalent funds could be CUT from other programs?? Well, folks – THIS IS THE ANSWER TO Eric Cantor’s proposal!!
Report Post »Secret Squirrel
Posted on June 14, 2011 at 1:16pm.
Report Post »Want to cut spending? Get rid of FEMA.
It’s nothing more than a dumping ground for political hacks and donors.
Okie from Muskogee
Posted on June 14, 2011 at 2:20pmTell FEMA to stick it in their ear. Who needs FEMA….Dissolve FEMA!!!!
Joplin is in bad shape but these people will make it thru with support of you and I. We shouldn’t send aid to Government to then distribute we should aid directly.
Tom and JZS hit the nail on the head. It’s amazing how quickly so many speak opposite of what they say they are.
Life happens and it isn’t always good. Love your neighbor and everything will be ok. Tell FEMA to take a hike!
Report Post »pompey
Posted on June 14, 2011 at 2:35pm……the fascist left has no votes in the south so this should not surprise anyone…….
Report Post »Sinista MACE
Posted on June 14, 2011 at 11:22pmtechengineer11
We ought to have Faraday Cages around our entire bodies, let alone a tinfoil hat, in order to redirect the electromagnetic waves from Haarp and other technologies to a direct conductive path to ground, because it is killing us.
They are the Federal Government, Fema, in collaboration with local law enforcement, the military, and Homeland Security. It is not a conspiracy theory. It is real. Do we really have to dance down this road again? You know what’s up. Jesse Ventura knows what’s up.
You are already a part of this “conspiracy”, my friend. They are going to kill you too.
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