Reply #75: We are playing into the media's hands? [View All]

[lyonn]

It is hard to find that much news about the gulf coast. A few pics here and there. As others have stated, we pay taxes for FEMA services. Most of us would much rather do for ourselves. A tornado took our house a few years ago. It wasn't a wide area like a hurricane but you can get pretty much trapped where you are and it is really nice having people that will crawl through the downed power lines and debris to get water and peanut butter to you. We had a couple of structures still left on property that we used as temporary housing. Some people are not that lucky. I will say that this was during Clinton's presidency and FEMA was all over the place getting the debris out of roads and yards. It is embarrassing to ask for govt. help. We didn't need it but I know there were those that did need a little boost and wanted to save their dignity and not ask the govt. Of course FEMA isn't there to provide someone with a new lifestyle.