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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTx Congressmen just said on MSNBC
If victims want any Harvey $Relief, they need to go online and register with FEMA,,,,, ummmm I guess all those old poor folk
are just shit out of Luck,,,,,,??????
Only the Tx GOP could come up with this........ geeez
Eliot Rosewater
(31,109 posts)and you help them register.
(talking to the politician , not the OP)
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Eliot Rosewater
(31,109 posts)i should have been more descriptive I guess, sorry, surely not referring to you.
i get so angry at them sometimes I dont spell things out as I should
R B Garr
(16,953 posts)are wet.
underpants
(182,799 posts)You know those $700 ones Chaffetz was griping about. So they could use those assuming they are operable, they have electricity to charge them, and service is still up and running.
Seriously I had to register my daughter for a new daycare last year on a smart phone sitting in the parking lot of the daycare. Talk about nerve racking.
R B Garr
(16,953 posts)the $40.00 monthly data hookup connection. I know what you mean. A lot of entities refer you to their online webs where you can sit and type with one finger if you want any service.
exboyfil
(17,863 posts)but still without home wifi data is an issue. Technology is creating another gap. I have heard that wireless internet in other countries is available to the public.
R B Garr
(16,953 posts)the price would come down, but that has not happened. We have Verizon and he's had it so long he hates to give it up. But it's worth shopping some, for sure. There was a time I got upset when we went over the data, but now it doesn't hurt as much, lol.
Eliot Rosewater
(31,109 posts)the politician , not the OP, the politician shouldn't be setting rules on how to file a claim
He or she should be HELPING them
R B Garr
(16,953 posts)aptly. Lots of RW jerks there. Seriously, who has the time or means to get to a computer when you're life is totally wiped out. They should be there assisting people, agreed.
iamateacher
(1,089 posts)No electricity, computers under water, cell phone batteries dead, and that idiot is a congressman. Guess Trump isn't the only one vying for the lack of empathy award...