More Katrina Victims Are in Trailers
InsFans,
An AP post-Thanksgiving sob story (boo hoo) about ungrateful Miss. and La. whiners still living in FEMA trailers. But that’s Ok. There are only 99,000 of them, up from 34,000, for some reason. Listen, as long as we keep the figure under the century mark, I’m OK with it.
‘Thank God,’ Lessard said. ‘We can actually walk around, and we have a dining room table. It’s really nice. It has six chairs.’
Never mind who Lessard is. My point is, the woman has six chairs in that extra-big trailer. A chair hog! In my view, she should give up two — at least.
“The reason: Many people who were living with family members or staying in hotels at government expense last year have since moved out or been evicted. But they have been unable to return to their homes because they are still waiting for their houses to be repaired, their insurance to come through, or the water and electricity to be turned back on. Or they have yet to decide whether to rebuild at all.“
See, and they’re indecisive chair hogs. The worst kind!
Say, uh, how many of the 99,000, do ya suppose, are “still waiting … for their insurance to come through”? How many of the people not living in FEMA trailers are “still waiting” for their insurance “to come through”? Here’s how many: None of your business. That’s how many. Leave that to the professionals. Certainly, don’t expect the La. or Miss. DOI’s to even, uh, ask? So, bug off. I’m sure those checks are coming through any day now.
Hey, can somebody get me a turkey sandwich? Is there a game on today, or what?
http://www.topix.net/content/ap/0370012052294823183700328615670475807770
November 24th, 2006 at 1:54 pm
44,000 of those trailers are in Mississippi. The people I know who are in them are grateful. My neighbor across the street has three parked in his front yard. He has made the most of the repairs on his house. Those in the trailers are neighbors who lost their homes. 12 miles from any flood waters and the insurance companies keep insisting that there was no wind damage. Tell that to those on my street whose homes were destroyed due to wind damage.
I still can’t figure out how my home was the only one not to have severe damage. The house next to me and directly behind mine had half the roof torn off.
November 24th, 2006 at 2:10 pm
Seawitch, Thanks again. I trust you can see I was using irony to make a point. The point being, of course, that 99,000 people living in trailers at this late date is outrageous. Again my question is, how many of those left stranded are involved in insurance disputes? Naturally, I’m not giving Katrina victims a hard time. Quite the opposite.