Quote: magicjay38 said: Doc, you've lived in the Gulf region awhile so I'm guessing you've seen disasterous hurricanes before. Has anyone ever been happy with FEMA's performance? They never are in California.
I hope all is well for you and your family. Best of luck!
No agency or person is ever going to get 100% approval. I don't agree with everything that FEMA is doing. For instance, the Forrest County Sheriff was just told by FEMA that the Attorney General's Office was going to be in contact with him about the two truck loads of ice he stole from them. What had happened was that there was traffic congestion getting into the local Army base south of town. The trucks sat there for about an hour without budging. The driver's didn't even know fully where they were supposed to take them on the base. The sheriff told them of a distribution center about 10 miles down the road in a community that was out of ice and that the truck's would relieve the congestion on the entrance to the base if they just went there. So, no, I'm not in FEMA's corner on that one; but not everything they're doing is wrong or bad.
I posted an email from my uncle on the previous page. He's down on the coast (about four blocks up from where the worst damage was) in the thick of it all. I'll let his own words speak for him. He's a veteran of many hurricanes including Camile and several in Florida (he used to work for the Post Office and spent a lot of time traveling around the country).
I'm about 100 miles inland, so most of the damage around here is wind and not water damage. And I've personally not relied on FEMA for anything. We had enough food and water to last us until we could get out to better locations.
whomod said: I generally don't like it when people decide to play by the rules against people who don't play by the rules. It tends to put you immediately at a disadvantage and IMO is a sign of true weakness. This is true both in politics and on the internet."
