FEMA trailers arriving in Key West.

After Katrina to qualify for a FEMA trailer you had to show that you had water , electric and sewer at the site before you could be placed on the list , the keys will probably be the same .

captnjack wrote:

kerrlakeRoo wrote:

mike-s wrote:
Exactly why is the federal government paying for trailers and hotel rooms?

Disaster relief, it's what FEMA does.
I was in Miami for Andrew, FEMA was distributing checks for $10,500 per household, and it was badly abused, some families with three generations and a half dozen cousins etc living in one house were applying for and receiving the money each. Folks with no insurance get relief in this manner.

This probably has at least a little "urban myth" behind it. I was a flood victim and the aid was nothing like what you describe.
Did you work for FEMA and distribute the checks?

No I was CG there at the time. But I bought a storm damaged house and rebuilt it in the Cutler Ridge area, and several neighbors were all telling that they themselves had done it, also the Local TV channels were airing stories on it.
There were a lot of large families there 10-12 or more living in one house and everyone over 18 applied and got checks supposedly. Data was not easily transferred and the areas from Roughly Kendall Rd to Homestead had no cell service for weeks and power and landlines were in some areas months, so they dealt with it with little to no verification.

WTP-GC wrote:

valhalla360 wrote:
Funny. A few weeks back people were saying FEMA trailers would never be used again...funny how political will over rides rules and regulations.

At least these aren't the white no slide, no window monstrosities they got with New Orleans.

I don't recall people saying that it wouldn't happen again, but rather that it wouldn't be the same as before. Their use is relative to the amount of people who live their lives solely dependent upon the government. The trailers won't be the same either because of the sheer number required. If FEMA provides a couple hundred, they'll buy as cheap as possible from available stock. If they have to buy several thousand, that's when you get those ugly white monstrosities you refer to.

https://www.rv.net/forum/index.cfm/fuseaction/thread/tid/29417001/gotomsg/29417933.cfm#29417933

A few people on this thread saying FEMA had rules after Katrina that they would not use the trailers ever again.

kerrlakeRoo wrote:

mike-s wrote:
Exactly why is the federal government paying for trailers and hotel rooms?

Disaster relief, it's what FEMA does.
I was in Miami for Andrew, FEMA was distributing checks for $10,500 per household, and it was badly abused, some families with three generations and a half dozen cousins etc living in one house were applying for and receiving the money each. Folks with no insurance get relief in this manner.

This probably has at least a little "urban myth" behind it. I was a flood victim and the aid was nothing like what you describe.
Did you work for FEMA and distribute the checks?

mike-s wrote:
Exactly why is the federal government paying for trailers and hotel rooms?

Disaster relief, it's what FEMA does.
I was in Miami for Andrew, FEMA was distributing checks for $10,500 per household, and it was badly abused, some families with three generations and a half dozen cousins etc living in one house were applying for and receiving the money each. Folks with no insurance get relief in this manner.

mike-s wrote:
Exactly why is the federal government paying for trailers and hotel rooms?

As you know, many people depend on the gov. to supply them with housing, money, and food. They have received the substance all their lives. Just like their parents have done. Cannot afford to work because it will cut off their check. We have dug a hole that we will never climb out of.

Exactly why is the federal government paying for trailers and hotel rooms?

valhalla360 wrote:
Funny. A few weeks back people were saying FEMA trailers would never be used again...funny how political will over rides rules and regulations.

At least these aren't the white no slide, no window monstrosities they got with New Orleans.

I don't recall people saying that it wouldn't happen again, but rather that it wouldn't be the same as before. Their use is relative to the amount of people who live their lives solely dependent upon the government. The trailers won't be the same either because of the sheer number required. If FEMA provides a couple hundred, they'll buy as cheap as possible from available stock. If they have to buy several thousand, that's when you get those ugly white monstrosities you refer to.

Funny. A few weeks back people were saying FEMA trailers would never be used again...funny how political will over rides rules and regulations.

At least these aren't the white no slide, no window monstrosities they got with New Orleans.

That was it, I was surprised they are just arriving and said they were trying to avoid them, have to wonder if they want to send them to PR instead.