FEMA says same key opens many trailers. Do you feel as snuggly as I do?

[thepurpose]

Agency to replace locks on up to 118,000 homes of Katrina evacuees

WASHINGTON - FEMA will replace locks on as many as 118,000 trailers used by Gulf Coast hurricane victims after discovering the same key could open many of the mobile homes.

One manufacturer cut only 50 different kinds of keys for the trailers it sold to FEMA, officials said Monday. That means, in a worst-case scenario, one key could be used to unlock up to 10 mobile homes in a park of 500 trailers.

FEMA officials said such a situation was unlikely, but they still moved to warn storm evacuees living in Louisiana and Mississippi trailer parks of the security risk.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14349568/

[Poppyseedman]

1. That really sucks.

Of course when they manufacturer the trailers they assume the "homes" will be in different parts of the area or even the country. The manufacturer should have made the problem go away before it became an issue, since they knew the homes were sold in bulk to FEMA

I think most people would be surprised that also many cars have the same door key. GM cars particularly have many cars keyed the same.

Most people don't go around trying out their car keys in different vehicles so it's not a real problem.

The way I found out was, I opened the same color, same model car next to mine a few years I thought was mine. Really freaked my out.

[MadMaddie]

2. War Profiteering....they cut corners and built crappy trailers...

The Truman commission is sounding better and better..I wish more Dem politicians would talk about it....