[tomder55]

Heck of a Job !

[tomder55]

You're doing a heck of a job Brownie.!!!!!

Angry New Yorkers say Obama pledge to cut red tape ignored by FEMA | Fox News

[speechlesstx]

Yeau but Obama got his photo-op.

[tomder55]

30 days after Katrina... wasn't it still front page news ?

[Wondergirl]

So what will help these refugees/survivors the most? What came out of that meeting? Do they need to rethink the trailer setup? Where can the homeless ones live for the next six months or more (especially if they want to keep their jobs)? Are clean up and rebuilding going on already? Are there plans to beef up the shoreline, or are homes just going to be rebuilt where they had been?

[tomder55]

So what will help these refugees/survivors the most? What came out of that meeting? Do they need to rethink the trailer setup? Where can the homeless ones live for the next six months or more (especially if they want to keep their jobs)? Are clean up and rebuilding going on already? Are there plans to beef up the shoreline, or are homes just going to be rebuilt where they had been?

Can't answer all those questions . But it seems Nanny Bloomy is more concerned with taking Federal Relief money to expand the NYC subway system .

Bloomberg questions using fed disaster aid to protect New York's subways from future flooding - NY Daily News

Or musing about what construction material will be used to rebuild the Rockaway boardwalk.

Bloomberg Says No More Wooden Boardwalks in Rockaways - NYTimes.com

I know someone who lives in one of the NJ shore communities. The days he's permitted to go into his home are at best irregular . He was lucky in that a wall of water crashed into his house... but blew out a sliding door so the water had someplace to go once inside his house. He tells me that he got a contractor in to rip out the sheet rock... and all his furniture etc is ruined and already piled on the side of the road . He is lucky in that he owns a 2nd home so he is not homeless. He hasn't seen FEMA or even his insurance adjuster .

The answer to your question about the trailers is yes . The people at the meeting cheered at the suggestion. There are many people here living in tent cities on cots and still a few districts where kids have not been back to school. The idiot elected officials of Staten Island now say maybe it's a good idea to get some of them FEMA trailers . Not sure if they are insulated ,but if they are not it will be a long cold winter for any inhabitant .
Meanwhile here is a great Christmas tale .
'Secret Santa' hands out $100 bills to stunned Sandy survivors in Staten Island - Holiday Blog

[Wondergirl]

He hasn't seen FEMA or even his insurance adjuster .

Has he made a call to them? The people I know had to call, otherwise FEMA doesn't don't know who you are and your adjuster has to get a report from you too.

[talaniman]

LOL, the bigget regional logistical nightmare and we expect instant results. Sandy showed the holes in the grand plan that goes back decades as most disasters do. Think years not months. Katrina, BP, Exxon Valdez, and many more are still a long way from being solved.

[tomder55]

Bush was a racist because of the response to Katrina... remember ?

[paraclete]

Bush was incompetent and useless in a crisis, I don't follow the thinking that inaction is the result of racism rather than just incompetence. There are certain individuals who are just swamped by the alternatives they face and take unreasonable amounts of time to decide a course of action

[tomder55]

And yet the government response to Katrina was at least as good as it's been for Sandy.

[paraclete]

Response is what it is, but perhaps this time response was swifter

[tomder55]

No it wasn't... in fact they have been slower beyond the President's promise to cut red tape and a couple photo op fly overs . The election took the public's mind off this sooner is one of the big difference... and of course the compliant media has not pressed the issue.

[speechlesstx]

30 days after Katrina ....wasn't it still front page news ?

I think it's still news.