I told my daughter in the midst of Ike hitting Texas, “you watch, there will be those that say enough is not being done!” Low and behold I was right. Before the storm the news reporters showed a bar on that little island in Galvaston were a lot of people were sitting back having a grand old time drinking and ignoring the warnings. The next day that bar was gone completely. Did those people leave, I dunno. But never the less they were warned.

Now the same people that should be able to guard so that idiots don’t loot and people that should be able to do clean up, get electric up and running so that people can come home, can’t! And why not, because they are all busy trying to get into the devasted areas to rescue the idiots that refused to leave. Now everyone is complaining becuase the clean up is happening fast enough, because people that were told they would need at least a three day supply of food and water never took care of their own needs and are now crying for food and water that the Red Cross can’t get to because the roads are flooded and covered with all kinds of crap. Damn it, they should of left.

I live in Florida, we have a $300.00 Hurricane fund that is never touched. We have air mattress, water, food, important paperwork that is kept on hand in ready to go the second we need to go. Before you think any of this is easy. We are 3 adults and 3 small children that live on an income of 27,000.00 a year. Our shelter is 6 miles away. But when it comes to our safety and the safety of our family we do as the officials say. That is common sense. The Katrina victims were the fault of themselves, their Mayor and their Governor First and formost. Yet Bush got blamned for that. What ever happen to personal responsibility?

After Charley hit us head on were I live, we lived here for 3 weeks with NO running water, NO electricity. But we had cash on hand, and went back to basics of cooking with wood, bathing by spong bath and got Ice from 6 miles away were the red cross was able to set up. We were responsible for ourselves. LIKE IT SHOULD BE. Stop blaming goverment for crying out loud.

The insurance companies were successful in sticking it to people after Katrina. Even though many structures were destroyed by wind prior to water inindation as attested to in eyewitness accounts, the govt allowed the insurance companies to pay out little or nothing on those wind policies and told the people they would have to claim damage on flood policies.

Well remember a couple of things. There is a limit of $250,000 on flood policies. So if your house was worth $300,000 and totally destroyed you are already in the hole $50,000 from the beginning. So the govt allowing the insurance companies to get away with not paying these wind claims saved them billions and contributed significantly to companies remaining profitable even after Katrina.

There was a well publicized dust up between Gov Blanco and Bushco. He wanted her to turn over control of her National Guard and she said no. Then they blamed lots of the coordination problems on her. Maybe it was her fault, maybe they just blamed her so they could get her out of office and she was a Dem in a Red leaning state.

Anyway the thing he signed caught my eye because it seemed like a very unnecessary step in my opinion. Seemed like yet another power grab by the executive branch. Wish I could remember what it was…

We should publicize this. The country needs to know what four more years of Bush’s FEMA will do for their country.

Not surprised if they are covering it up though. Makes sense since I think it would be bad for the Administration.

Not unlike many Insurance Companies in America, perhaps?