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What sort of $$ settlement will government give to hurricane victims?
How much should Hurricane victims get?
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Since average 9/11 victim recieved over $2 million in settlement from government. Most of these hand outs paid to White people.The Saint said:
Bet racially diverse population of NO will get much less :scratch:
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I don't think we can compare 9/11 to the hurricane stuff. 9/11 was a tragedy that created massive amounts of deaths and it happened instantly.
The hurricanes are more of a finacial setback for the area... not nearly as many people died, they had plenty of warning of the "attack by mother nature"...sure they have lost everything but most of them are still living.
Granted many of them may come out way farther in the end....
What bothers me, is that SV or I won't get nearly this support if a tornado come through our towns and levels our house...we would have nothing left either! :skep:
The hurricanes are more of a finacial setback for the area... not nearly as many people died, they had plenty of warning of the "attack by mother nature"...sure they have lost everything but most of them are still living.
Granted many of them may come out way farther in the end....
What bothers me, is that SV or I won't get nearly this support if a tornado come through our towns and levels our house...we would have nothing left either! :skep:
Wow, here is a thread that could get ugly real fast, but here goes. I have very mixed emotions on this one. I feel horrible for the people that lost everything, BUT what happens is exactly the reason people have insurance. If they couldn't afford insurance, well it is a chance you take by owning property on the coast, they knew it. I live in the Mid-West and I don't have tornado endorsement on my policy (will call and check today though) and I'm taking a similar gamble.
And I agree with Gas, 9/11 was a completely different scenerio and I don't think they can be compared.
Just my :2cents: , now flame on if you like it's just a conversation.
And I agree with Gas, 9/11 was a completely different scenerio and I don't think they can be compared.
Just my :2cents: , now flame on if you like it's just a conversation.
the families of the people that died in 9/11 got that money and had to sign under oath that they would not sue the airlines or us goverment etc.....that is why the 9/11 victims families got money///people that survived did not get a red cent from the goverment....so dont even go there saying that most of them got money because they were white, you dont know what your talking about.....
the hurricane victims are out of homes because of a natural disaster,,,,,the families of those that died are not getting a "settlement" fromt he goverment, only the survivors are getting a small amount of money (2,000 charge cards for starters) to help them get on their feet...not one survivor of 9/11 received a payout from the us goverment , unless they personnaly sued someone ......
dont know what your trying to say but it would help if you knew what you were talking about
the hurricane victims are out of homes because of a natural disaster,,,,,the families of those that died are not getting a "settlement" fromt he goverment, only the survivors are getting a small amount of money (2,000 charge cards for starters) to help them get on their feet...not one survivor of 9/11 received a payout from the us goverment , unless they personnaly sued someone ......
dont know what your trying to say but it would help if you knew what you were talking about
They should get some emergency funding to cover immediate expenses for shelter, food and transport. After that, they get any insurance settlement from policies they carried and then, they are on their own.
When drought or floods or storms ruin my crops, and hence, my income...I become eligible for government sponsored low interest loans, but those have to be paid back. I don't think they are entitled to anything else.
When drought or floods or storms ruin my crops, and hence, my income...I become eligible for government sponsored low interest loans, but those have to be paid back. I don't think they are entitled to anything else.
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Mike Brown former FEMA head warned white house of major disaster three days before Hurricane. Nothing done by white house :yikes:
Levee upgrade $$$ denied last five years under current administration :crazy: Current administration has cut FEMA personel 20% since taking office
Over thousand dead and counting for lack of disaster planning and personal.
Thanks Mr. President tax payer going to pay big time settlements
Levee upgrade $$$ denied last five years under current administration :crazy: Current administration has cut FEMA personel 20% since taking office
Over thousand dead and counting for lack of disaster planning and personal. Thanks Mr. President tax payer going to pay big time settlements
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More trolling.jetskifast said:Mike Brown former FEMA head warned white house of major disaster three days before Hurricane. Nothing done by white house :yikes:
Levee upgrade $$$ denied last five years under current administration :crazy: Current administration has cut FEMA personel 20% since taking office
Thanks Mr. President tax payer going to pay big time settlements
C'mon Ted. You can do better than this.
Seriously.
jetskifast said:Mike Brown former FEMA head warned white house of major disaster three days before Hurricane. Nothing done by white house :yikes: Levee upgrade $$$ denied last five years under current administration :crazy: Current administration has cut FEMA personel 20% since taking office
Thanks Mr. President tax payer going to pay big time settlements
Would the key word in there be FORMER? Didnt he "resign" right after the hurricane hit? He is just trying to cover his a$$ like everyone else in that whole mess over there (the gov, mayor of NO, etc) And yet, the only one that is taking responsibility is the President; who mind you should take some flack from this, but this is so not directly his fault. If anything, Poor planning and emergency protocol on behalf of the NO area is mostly fault. What more do you want from the president that to go on national TV and say: THIS IS A CATEGORY 5 HURRICANE, PLEASE EVACUATE AREA? Can it get any clearer than that?
Personally, if you live in an area where natural disasters occur, and you are not insured for it, get hit by whatever, and expect to get paid for it; well sorry pal next time you should re-think that one. The government cant take care of you and bail you out of everything. Thats communisum That being said, these victums should be getting emergency funding like bee said, and they are. My heart goes out to all victums of any tragedy, weather it be hurricanes or a terrorist attack, but this whole NO thing is just totally out of hand, no thanks to the media, and hornet-nest-stirrers like certain people here... :tt:
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Wrong Brown now working as consultant to FEMA on taxpayer dime :crazy:snadamo said:
"Levee upgrade $$$ denied last five years under current administration "jetskifast said:Mike Brown former FEMA head warned white house of major disaster three days before Hurricane. Nothing done by white house :yikes:
Levee upgrade $$$ denied last five years under current administration :crazy: Current administration has cut FEMA personel 20% since taking office
Thanks Mr. President tax payer going to pay big time settlements
that statement is complete bull**** :tt:
well since you want to bring up this bull****, the state of LA, has had over 2 billion dollars set aside over the years (15 or more), from the federal goverment (the last 3 or 4 presidents) and it has always managed to use that money for more important things like upgrading state owned buildings etc...the lack of upgrading the levies is not Bush's fault, it is the states fault and they are led by a bunch of numbskulls over the years.........
now why are you jumping subjects about how much the people in LA are getting compared to the people that died in 9/11...did you not forget that the victems families got the payoff (since the people had died) and that not one survivor from 9/11 got a dime...compared to the thousands that the people of LA are going to get for being left there by a stupid govoner and a numbskull mayor.....the blame is state wide...did fema make mistakes , yes,but those mistakes are pail in comparison to the mistakes the state and city made.....they had hundreds of busses that were underwater, and you can bet your ass they would have been used if this was an election, to cart old people to the polls....yet when the sick and the old needed those busses to save their lives, they just sat there, unused and people died...not because of the president or fema , but because of the govener of LA.....
again, dont post unless you have at least a clue to what your talking about,
"Personally, if you live in an area where natural disasters occur, and you are not insured for it, get hit by whatever, and expect to get paid for it; well sorry pal next time you should re-think that one. "
Bingo. Nobody wants to take responsibility for anything anymore. Nagin should be thrown in prison, but even his dumbass is pointing at everone else.
When I was in Andrew, people got the hell out of town. That has been the same for every other hurricane for as long as I can remember. But nope, not in New Orleans. Nagin, Blanco, and the rest of the local gov't failed miserably and now they want to point the blame.
Jetski, I hate to bother your trollishness with facts, but the state has to set up a HQ and then give FEMA directives. That wasn't done. The city of New Orleans has known for DECADES that there was a danger with the levees breaking. Once again, nothing was done. Blanco didn't even order her OWN national guard in until a day after everything started.
Don't get me wrong, FEMA is a joke. However, if people are going to sit around thinking the gov't is going to hold their hand everytime something goes wrong, then they're sorely mistaken. And in some cases totally f'd.
New Orleans became such a welfare state that for generations nobody had to do anything on their own. Everything was a handout. Couple that with the fact Nagin ordered everyone in the NO jails to be released, well, you've got a **** bomb that nobody can fix. Of course, it's always easier to blame someone else.
Bingo. Nobody wants to take responsibility for anything anymore. Nagin should be thrown in prison, but even his dumbass is pointing at everone else.
When I was in Andrew, people got the hell out of town. That has been the same for every other hurricane for as long as I can remember. But nope, not in New Orleans. Nagin, Blanco, and the rest of the local gov't failed miserably and now they want to point the blame.
Jetski, I hate to bother your trollishness with facts, but the state has to set up a HQ and then give FEMA directives. That wasn't done. The city of New Orleans has known for DECADES that there was a danger with the levees breaking. Once again, nothing was done. Blanco didn't even order her OWN national guard in until a day after everything started.
Don't get me wrong, FEMA is a joke. However, if people are going to sit around thinking the gov't is going to hold their hand everytime something goes wrong, then they're sorely mistaken. And in some cases totally f'd.
New Orleans became such a welfare state that for generations nobody had to do anything on their own. Everything was a handout. Couple that with the fact Nagin ordered everyone in the NO jails to be released, well, you've got a **** bomb that nobody can fix. Of course, it's always easier to blame someone else.
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