Did "Sandy" storm match expectations?

[newbury]

I knew it, an angry old man that can't stand to see anyone with a few dollars benefit from FEMA. Income should not be a deciding factor, as to who is and is not entitled to FEMA. I was just talking to a friend who's neighbor lost his home and a restaurant on the shore. Both completely destroyed. Judging by last years income, he will not be entitled to get any help from FEMA, but he no longer has an income. How can this possibly be fair?

I'm sure this story improved Newbury's mood quite a bit more.

Yes it did.
If your "friends neighbor" had that much money he should have had insurance and not need to collect from FEMA. I'm writing about wealthy people who knew they were in a danger area and did not get insurance they could afford because they relied on FEMA to cover their butt.

Hopefully no life was lost BUT his story will get spread around and those that choose to have possessions in known danger zones will get them insured at their expense.

 

[newbury]

Along these lines... Does anyone on this thread actually know what type of assistance FEMA is going to provide? I've heard on the radio that they'd only provide $32,000. Now that's a lot of money to be giving away, especially considering how many people were impacted, but that's not going to come anywhere close to replacing a destroyed home. I checked the fema website real quick, but it doesn't readily show that type of information. They do have a bunch of different loan programs. Giving someone a loan to rebuild is a completely different ball park than rebuilding for someone, but you'd need all that money up front to loan it out. The news would probably report 'fema paid out $1 billion' rather than 'fema paid out $50 million and issued $950 million in loans'.

Keith

As of September, 2005, the limit for individuals and households was $26,200. The amount is adjusted for inflation and is in addition to direct assistance that may be received in the form of temporary housing, such as a FEMA camper.

Disaster assistance flows form the Stafford Act. The Act does distinguish “financial assistance” from “housing assistance” in §206.117. Only financial assistance (defined in §206.111 as “cash that may be provided to eligible individuals and households, usually in the form of a check or electronic funds transfer”) is subject to the $25,000 [$26,200] cap in §206.110 (b). §206.110 (b) states “No individual or household will receive financial assistance greater than $25,000 [$26,200] under this subpart…”

from Dollar limits of Disaster Assistance?

I'm sure there's more info.

 

[creekbend]

The morning news just stated that the Nor'Easter just knocked out power for 60.000 homes and businesses in New York and New Jersey. There were 21 foot waves reported off the Cape and Long Island and Connecticut received 3-5 inches of snow. Other areas received up to 12 inches of snow.