Anyone watching the story about the FEMA trailers on AC360?

[SeattleGirl]

FEMA is moving some of the trailers originally bought for the Gulf region to New Jersey in case a hurricane hits the eastern seaboard, or in case of a TERRORIST ATTACK.

WTF? And then the reporter doing the story says that the reason FEMA can't move most of the trailers to the Gulf region is that THEIR OWN RULES state they cannot put trailers/mobile homes in flood prone areas. What a fucking waste. And how many people from the Gulf region are still without even a semi-permanent place to live? And are we supposed pat FEMA on the head for moving trailers into a place that may get hit by a hurricane? What about the places that already DID?

My head hurts......

[MadMaddie]

1. This is such bullshit...if Fema really wanted to make those

trailers available....Skeletor would say "screw the rules", we will do what we have to do....they implemented those rules so the poor could not move back into their neighborhoods...

How much do you think it will cost to move those trailers.....millions...? They won't move them by railroad...no they will do it the most expensive way.....most of the trailers are so poorly built they probably won't make the whole trip....

This is criminal....there are people in Mississippi that are still living in tents....:grr:

[SeattleGirl]

4. This just angers me beyond belief!

A 10 year old could figure out a sensible, less expensive solution to helping the hurricane survivors than the US Government can! They always have to go six times around the block and sideways to get where they're supposed to be, and still they show up at the wrong address!

[CottonBear]

2. Isn't the coastal plain of NJ in a flood prone hurricane zone? n/t

[SeattleGirl]

5. I'm not sure, but it wouldn't surprise me.

Maybe a New Jersey DUer can answer that. I'd like to know also.

[globalvillage]

3. I saw it.

Look out Edison, NJ.

They're moving how many trailers for $5.5 million?

[SeattleGirl]

6. I think the reporter said it was about 1,000.

So that's what, $5,000 per trailer to move them? (I'm not great at math).

[MadMaddie]

7. 5.5 million....crap it would cheaper to build some of the new

manufactured homes than these crappy trailers....what the hell...why not build permanent residences....

Here in the Seattle, WA area you can get (not a trailer)but a manufactured home which is set on a foundation starting at $150,000.00

I am so pissed....

[SeattleGirl]

8. Why? Because it would make too much sense.

And I'm not being sarcastic...I really think that it is impossible for the government to do things in a sensible way!

[MadMaddie]

9. Hey SeattleGirl....I am in Bothell....

Yea...I know...common sense and simple logic it's a rare commodity found in DC these days....

[SeattleGirl]

10. Sometimes I think it's totally absent, expecially since the

current residents bullied their way into the WH!

I'm in South Seattle, myself! Wish you had been at the Seattle area DU Meet-Up we had in January! We are probably going to have a barbeque meet-up this summer. Be great if you could come!

[MadMaddie]

11. Hey PM me and let me know when the next one comes up

I will definitely be there.....

[SeattleGirl]

12. You got it!

:thumbsup: