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FEMA trailers
Dec. 17th, 2005 11:02 amOne of my neighbors up the street had much worse roof damage than I, resulting in major damage to much of his home. He has one of the few FEMA trailers in the neighborhood in his yard.
There have been many FEMA trailers stories in the news recently. Hundreds or thousands sitting unused in Arkansas and Florida while people are waiting for them in New Orleans and nearby Saint Bernard (which got a much higher percentage of their homes rendered uninhabitable than did the city). The mayor, City Council, and various neighborhood groups sparing about if neighborhood playgrounds are appropriate places to put trailers. Etc.
My neighbor's trailer experiences give one glimpse at the bureauacracy. The trailer has been sitting in his yard for some 2 weeks now. but it still hasn't been connected to to the electric line. One inspector came by, asked neighbor for the key, but neighbor still hadn't gotten the key, and the inspector didn't have one either. Still waiting for a key to get in it too. A worker did come by, delivering a propane tank. Then another worker came a few days later to hook it up, but saw that it was an all electric trailer. So a third worker came by to take the propane tank back. So it goes.
There have been many FEMA trailers stories in the news recently. Hundreds or thousands sitting unused in Arkansas and Florida while people are waiting for them in New Orleans and nearby Saint Bernard (which got a much higher percentage of their homes rendered uninhabitable than did the city). The mayor, City Council, and various neighborhood groups sparing about if neighborhood playgrounds are appropriate places to put trailers. Etc.
My neighbor's trailer experiences give one glimpse at the bureauacracy. The trailer has been sitting in his yard for some 2 weeks now. but it still hasn't been connected to to the electric line. One inspector came by, asked neighbor for the key, but neighbor still hadn't gotten the key, and the inspector didn't have one either. Still waiting for a key to get in it too. A worker did come by, delivering a propane tank. Then another worker came a few days later to hook it up, but saw that it was an all electric trailer. So a third worker came by to take the propane tank back. So it goes.
