After Ian FEMA was virtually non-existent. People waited over 6 months if not longer to be put into a FEMA or some type of travel trailer. Hundreds never got any type of assistance from them at all. People are still displaced. Those with flood insurance policies waited for long periods of time to get some sort of payout and generally not nearly the $250,000 maximum.
After hurricane IRMA and Charley, FEMA stations were set up around the county and people were lined up in their cars and FEMA was giving out vouchers for food and $$ as they registered for assistance whether they had policies or not. That didn't happen during IAN. What happened? Our FEMA flood policy fees have since doubled!
I volunteered for the Red Cross a long time ago (I didn't know what the organization was about, I thought I was doing good). FEMA is the first line of defense. But even they won't come until it's deemed safe.
OK, I have a question
@libertybele . And I am not being snarky, so please don't take it that way. So, why don't citizens in the possibly effected areas have alternate housing? I know a travel trailer can be cost prohibitive to buy and maintain, but most people can afford a tent and camping equipment. They could toss it in the car and head west to a camping site.
