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To: sweetiepiezer

As a reply to your post, this isn’t exactly on point, but Governor DeSantis addressed the belief that FEMA has the legal authority to take people’s lands after a disaster. He challenges that belief that has been widely circulated on the internet and stated “A page on FEMA’s website says that the federal agency “cannot seize your property or land” after a natural disaster or after a person applies for federal disaster assistance.” He added that “If the results of the inspection deem your home uninhabitable, that information is only used to determine the amount of FEMA assistance you may receive to make your home safe, sanitary and functional,” the FEMA page says. DeSantis speculated that such rumours start because someone is monetizing disasters through clicks and titillating rumours. If his assertion is the case in Florida, it would seem to be the case in North Carolina.

Abandonment of a property because you don’t have the financial means to replace or repair it is another matter. That’s why I said I’d be happy, once retired, to become a longer-term volunteer that helps rebuild these homes as part of a joint community/citizen effort. I’m probably too small to be of much use physically (hauling lumber, roofing, etc.), though I’m not at all infirm, but I have organizational, planning, coordination, and general business skills that could be useful. I can also contribute through support activities (feeding the men, doing laundry, etc. for the ones who actually do the rebuilding).


2,170 posted on 10/10/2024 5:56:11 AM PDT by LittleLinda
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To: LittleLinda; gymbeau

You are a Northern Light!
Some Canadians know how to out-American the Americans.

Then, there’s Castreaux.


2,172 posted on 10/10/2024 6:32:07 AM PDT by Cletus.D.Yokel (When I say "We" I speak of, -not for-, "We the People")
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To: LittleLinda

Great idea.


2,221 posted on 10/10/2024 12:38:20 PM PDT by Bigg Red (Trump will be sworn in under a shower of confetti made from the tattered remains of the Rat Party.)
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