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Bob our trip is delayed until Monday. We are supposed to be heading to Mississippi first thing Monday. If you have not had contact by then and our phones work i'll call you. I'm sure we can come up with a worthy family. 
Just keep me informed. 
Just keep me informed.
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Safety Car
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From: Sunshine State
Originally Posted by onefast99
Your a good person for offering this home out. The problem is that many people are trying to stay as close to the affected areas as possible. The people you may want to keep trying would be the red cross, as evidenced fema is useless. 
We got hit by 3 hurricanes last year but Charlie did most of the damage. I'm still trying to find qualified contractors to finish some repairs. There is no comparison one can make between the damage in Florida and the damage on the Gulf coast. If you think about it there will be no materials or qualified labor even if they have the money to start rebuilding.
Fema will help people with children and then the poor. But when you're talking hundreds of thousands of people it takes time. And a large part of the Fema orginization are volunteers. Their main job is to provide shelter, money and low interest loans.
If ALL of America doesn't jump in and help the devastation will just continue to get worse.
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Safety Car
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From: Sunshine State
Originally Posted by 16Again
Bob our trip is delayed until Monday. We are supposed to be heading to Mississippi first thing Monday. If you have not had contact by then and our phones work i'll call you. I'm sure we can come up with a worthy family. Just keep me informed.
Just keep me informed. 
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From: Warren NJ
Originally Posted by Special K
We have a guy down there and he emailed this morning but I haven't heard from him since. You're right that they may want to stay close but they can't. Most have nothing left to stay for and it will be a couple of years at least before they can settle back in.
We got hit by 3 hurricanes last year but Charlie did most of the damage. I'm still trying to find qualified contractors to finish some repairs. There is no comparison one can make between the damage in Florida and the damage on the Gulf coast. If you think about it there will be no materials or qualified labor even if they have the money to start rebuilding.
Fema will help people with children and then the poor. But when you're talking hundreds of thousands of people it takes time. And a large part of the Fema orginization are volunteers. Their main job is to provide shelter, money and low interest loans.
If ALL of America doesn't jump in and help the devastation will just continue to get worse.
We got hit by 3 hurricanes last year but Charlie did most of the damage. I'm still trying to find qualified contractors to finish some repairs. There is no comparison one can make between the damage in Florida and the damage on the Gulf coast. If you think about it there will be no materials or qualified labor even if they have the money to start rebuilding.
Fema will help people with children and then the poor. But when you're talking hundreds of thousands of people it takes time. And a large part of the Fema orginization are volunteers. Their main job is to provide shelter, money and low interest loans.
If ALL of America doesn't jump in and help the devastation will just continue to get worse.
Last edited by onefast99; Sep 8, 2005 at 08:48 PM.
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Safety Car
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Here is another orginization trying to help.
This is a grassroots effort and we appreciate your help by spreading the word across America about http://hurricanehousingsearch.org.
This is a grassroots effort and we appreciate your help by spreading the word across America about http://hurricanehousingsearch.org.
