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Louisiana NOT CAPABLE of handling a major disaster on it's own...
Posted on 1/25/25 at 11:07 am
Posted on 1/25/25 at 11:07 am
Trump's idea/plan to eliminate FEMA and simply give money to the states to administer would be a disaster for areas other than New Orleans.
Review the FEMA Public Assistance grants that were obtained by New Orleans during Covid or Ida and you'll see that without staff to properly navigate the grant process, money isn't received. Small towns get shafted on a regular basis due to not understanding FEMA rules and regulations.
State rules wouldn't be better, much more likely worse with little recourse for citizens.
Due to the NFIP, FEMA will not be going away anytime soon.
Review the FEMA Public Assistance grants that were obtained by New Orleans during Covid or Ida and you'll see that without staff to properly navigate the grant process, money isn't received. Small towns get shafted on a regular basis due to not understanding FEMA rules and regulations.
State rules wouldn't be better, much more likely worse with little recourse for citizens.
Due to the NFIP, FEMA will not be going away anytime soon.
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Posted on 1/25/25 at 11:10 am to Original Bayou Boy
What will I do without FEMA's $750 next time a hurricane rips off my roof? Oh I know, same thing I did 2 years ago when they denied me one cent
FEMA is a scam
FEMA is a scam
Posted on 1/25/25 at 11:11 am to Original Bayou Boy
Gov. needs to get Trump to help approve off-shore oil percentage back to La. - especially in era of drill baby drill.
Only gov with balls enough to try was fricking Blanco.
Only gov with balls enough to try was fricking Blanco.
Posted on 1/25/25 at 11:13 am to Original Bayou Boy
Wait, you’re saying New Orleans could handle it? ROFL. You cant be serious..
Posted on 1/25/25 at 11:13 am to Original Bayou Boy
I don't understand your point about N.O. Are you saying that they would be less effected by cancelling FEMA based on the fact that they have faster access to FEMA money?
Why is that lack of understanding harmful if FEMA rules and regulations do not exist?
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Small towns get shafted on a regular basis due to not understanding FEMA rules and regulations.
Why is that lack of understanding harmful if FEMA rules and regulations do not exist?
Posted on 1/25/25 at 11:15 am to Original Bayou Boy
Fortunately, I've never had to ask for help from FEMA. However, I have friends and family who have. FEMA was not much help to them. The immediate community and local businesses volunteering support and resources is what helped them out.
Posted on 1/25/25 at 11:17 am to Original Bayou Boy
This is dumb. It's a fricking crutch.
FEMA was created in 1979. What did people do before that?
FEMA was created in 1979. What did people do before that?
Posted on 1/25/25 at 11:20 am to Original Bayou Boy
Welp
Posted on 1/25/25 at 11:23 am to Original Bayou Boy
Umm there was a shite ton of fema fraud after Katrina.
Posted on 1/25/25 at 11:25 am to Original Bayou Boy
Louisiana’s incompetency isn’t a reason to prolong a bureaucratic cluster frick federal program. Maybe if the government removed the training wheels the citizens would be forced to make the changes needed.
Yall know you don’t have to live that way, right? Nobody sees it more clearly than those who left and now live in competently run states.
Yall know you don’t have to live that way, right? Nobody sees it more clearly than those who left and now live in competently run states.
Posted on 1/25/25 at 11:25 am to DaBike
Can confirm. Local people are the best resource. Also, Red Cross is trash with preferred food vendors that are garbage. Wanted the established shelter to throw away all the food that was being consistently provided locally so that they could give out their garbage. Fortunately the shelter told the Cross to keep moving.
Posted on 1/25/25 at 11:30 am to Original Bayou Boy
You know what's interesting? After storms, there are groups who help each other out and not wait on FEMA. Yes, some of it is transactional but not all of it is as many people volunteer their time and resources for those in need. We see it time and time again.
Then you have groups who get locked in a dome and they rape, murder, and steal from each other.
One group can live without FEMA, and the other group will take advantage no matter if FEMA exist or not.
FEMA is a crutch. Not an asset.
Then you have groups who get locked in a dome and they rape, murder, and steal from each other.
One group can live without FEMA, and the other group will take advantage no matter if FEMA exist or not.
FEMA is a crutch. Not an asset.
This post was edited on 1/25/25 at 11:32 am
Posted on 1/25/25 at 11:42 am to PaperTiger
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FEMA was created in 1979. What did people do before that
Apparently there were no natural disasters.
'Cause climate change and shite.
Posted on 1/25/25 at 11:44 am to Original Bayou Boy
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This post was edited on 3/1/25 at 7:59 pm
Posted on 1/25/25 at 11:53 am to Zach
Any idea how much money is available in FEMA Public Assistance grants?
There is no limit other than approved expense categories for governmental entities. Who do you think is paying to rebuild schools in Lafourche Parish destroyed during Ida?
The State of Louisiana isn't staffed with enough qualified people to oversee so many projects, large and small.
Hate FEMA all you want to. A reformed FEMA would be superior to a cluster frick Baton Rouge oversight of multiple disasters, like Katrina and Rita were back to back.
There is no limit other than approved expense categories for governmental entities. Who do you think is paying to rebuild schools in Lafourche Parish destroyed during Ida?
The State of Louisiana isn't staffed with enough qualified people to oversee so many projects, large and small.
Hate FEMA all you want to. A reformed FEMA would be superior to a cluster frick Baton Rouge oversight of multiple disasters, like Katrina and Rita were back to back.
Posted on 1/25/25 at 12:00 pm to Original Bayou Boy
NFIP rates more than doubled. Excess policy is now less than base rate. Add to a double + homeowner's policy and people in South Louisiana are getting screwed big time.
Coastal property yet over 75 miles from the Gulf of ..... (WTF it is called today).
Coastal property yet over 75 miles from the Gulf of ..... (WTF it is called today).
This post was edited on 1/25/25 at 12:01 pm
Posted on 1/25/25 at 12:19 pm to Zach
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Why is that lack of understanding harmful if FEMA rules and regulations do not exist?
On the government side of FEMA’s rules and regulations mean hiring extra staff and pencil pushers to get every dollar owed to these jurisdictions and sometimes FEMA will take years before cutting the local government a check.
If instead of filling out all this paperwork and FEMA just started handing out the same amount of grants, local and state government could get the job done and have a few less bureaucrats on the payroll.
Posted on 1/25/25 at 12:31 pm to Original Bayou Boy
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other than New Orleans.
Every penny of grants to New Orleans would be stolen. That city literally IGNORED it's own disaster preparedness plan during Katrina. How many billions of the rebuild were handed to political cronies?
Posted on 1/25/25 at 12:33 pm to Original Bayou Boy
You seem to overestimate what FEMA does at this point. The complacency and bureaucratic web needs to be cut loose and allow the local and state to work for the people they represent. It’s easier and more reactive to hold them accountable vs the NPC Washingtonian
Posted on 1/25/25 at 12:35 pm to Original Bayou Boy
Cajun Army for the win
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