FEMA SCREWS Louisiana: RECENT photos from DEVESTATED AREAS

jackstraw45

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Wed Dec-14-05 12:18 PM
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FEMA SCREWS Louisiana: RECENT photos from DEVESTATED AREAS

Edited on Wed Dec-14-05 12:19 PM by jackstraw45

NOTHING has been done in many communities to clean up from Katrina. After January 15, local communities will have to pay for 15% of clean-up costs and after March 15, devestated communities will have to pay for 25% of clean-up costs.

From The Times Picayune:

http://www.nola.com/newslogs/tpupdates/index.ssf?/mtlogs/nola_tpupdates/archives/2005_12_13.html#099609

"the Federal Emergency Management Agency has told local leaders that come Jan. 15, it will no longer pick up the entire cost of the effort.

Beginning on that date, cash-strapped local governments will have to pick up 10 percent of the garbage tab. Two months after that, parishes and municipalities will have to pay 25 percent of the cost, officials said they�ve been told by FEMA.

�We don�t know where we�re going to go after Jan. 15,� Plaquemines Parish President Benny Rousselle told members of the state Senate and House Joint Committee on Environment, which met in New Orleans� City Hall. �If we�re not reimbursed, we�re going to be subject to a great deal of expense.� �

The areas around New Orleans are a MESS - houses are still all over the place THESE PHOTOS ARE FROM DECEMBER 2005:

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CottonBear

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Wed Dec-14-05 12:35 PM
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1. Those people need our help and Bush will not help them.

:cry:

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jus_the_facts

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Wed Dec-14-05 12:48 PM
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2. Then it's all gonna be left to ROT where it sits....there is no LOCAL $$$$

.....FUCKTARDS! :grr:

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Al-CIAda

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Wed Dec-14-05 12:54 PM
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3. K&R

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lebkuchen

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Wed Dec-14-05 01:01 PM
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4. West Germany moved faster to renovate East Berlin

Edited on Wed Dec-14-05 01:02 PM by lebkuchen

Is there a crane anywhere to be found in the Katrina-hit areas?

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funkybutt

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Wed Dec-14-05 01:36 PM
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5. photo of my personal devestation

this is what our living room looked like when we returned
house is gutted now...just studs

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jackstraw45

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Wed Dec-14-05 02:13 PM
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6. Did you pay to gut it? Did your local government? State? FEMA?

Just curious...sorry for your losses.

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funkybutt

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Wed Dec-14-05 02:27 PM
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7. We paid...but insurance has since come through

we had flood insurance and it should cover our rebuilding. In that way, we've been very fortunate (compared to so many).

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schmuls

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Wed Dec-14-05 02:49 PM
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8. What happened to the donations that came in? Was the money

used for immediate needs and the rest pocketed or what?!

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Craig3410

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Wed Dec-14-05 02:53 PM
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9. If this had happened in somewhere like Talahassee or Martha's Vineyard

it would have been cleaned up in a fucking week.

But since this is New Orleans, and New Orleans is filled with black people....well, good ole Georgie tells 'em to clean up their own mess.

I didn't think it was possible to hate this goverment any more. I guess I was wrong.

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jackstraw45

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Fri Dec-16-05 12:21 PM
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10. kick

:kick:

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ohio_liberal

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Fri Dec-16-05 12:29 PM
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11. I can't recommend it because the time is past

But I'll be happy to kick it.

:kick:

:cry:

$500 billion in Iraq. How much has the American Gulf gotten?

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GreenPartyVoter

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Fri Dec-16-05 12:32 PM
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12. I suspect the uprising will start along the Gulf Coast.

:cry:

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