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ngreen

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Posted: 06/30/08 09:38am Link  |  Quote  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator

Anyone interested in the FEMA trailers might find this interesting

http://www.jonesborosun.com/editorial.php

The article states there are over 111,000 trailers stored by FEMA costing over $1 million a month.

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I've been seeing this lately. I think the add says that FEMA spends 1 mill on storing just the 19,604 units at Hope Arkanas that doesn't include the other 90,000 units parked elsewhere. Lets see 111,000 units times a low estimate of the cost on those would be $17,000. Thats almost 1.9 billion before you start counting how much it costs to store them each month. Makes you want to run right out and pay your taxes doesn't it?

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Are they not going to need them for the flood victims? I would not take one, keep thinking about the guy who got shot because he would not give it back cause he had no place to go.

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Posted: 06/30/08 02:27pm Link  |  Quote  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator

Not another FEMA thread!!


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Ahhhh ! Yes ! Our tax dollars at work.


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cableguy574 wrote:

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This is a link to an article about Baby boomers need cure for Medicare fee issue


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Wow. Complaints when there are not enough trailers to go around in a disaster. Complaints about new trailers cause they have formaldahyde. Complaints about storing them for the next disaster. Next will be complaints that 'victims' have to live in a 'used' trailer.

I guess the only thing we're missing is the cost of the explosives that were used on the levee in New Orleans

Someone have a solution or is this just complaining?

My take from this would be to find some land and bid on the contract for storing the trailers


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portablevcb wrote:

Wow. Complaints when there are not enough trailers to go around in a disaster. Complaints about new trailers cause they have formaldahyde. Complaints about storing them for the next disaster. Next will be complaints that 'victims' have to live in a 'used' trailer.

I guess the only thing we're missing is the cost of the explosives that were used on the levee in New Orleans

Someone have a solution or is this just complaining?

My take from this would be to find some land and bid on the contract for storing the trailers


Double Ditto........If I need one someday here in sunny hurricane riddled Florida, I don't think I will complain...because our tax dollars were spent with some forthought regarding a catastrophie.....a nessasary evil to store them so they will be ready when needed........got a better idea? complain complain.....

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Why aren't they taking those trailers up to Ohio??


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