[Redbob]

See also the Carl Hiaasen article on this same subject posted yesterday.

[socialismisinsidious]

and people wonder where their tax dollars go!? what a bunch of money grabbing....arghhh!

btw: yesterday, here in Western PA we had "wind advisories" due to sustained winds of 45mph...nothing to write home about.

[stm]

And nearly 3 months after Ivan ransacked Pensacola, I still have a blue tarp on my roof and am still fighting with my POS insurance company. I have not seen a single dime yet and have in excess of $20,000 damage to my home.

[JoeGar]

Hurricane Frances made landfall more than 100 miles north of Miami-Dade County earlier this year. But that didn't stop thousands of residents there from getting nearly $28 million in federal disaster aid.

The same thing happened in North Carolina when Hurricane Isabelle hit in 2003. The N.C. county that got the most FEMA money was not hit by the hurricane and did not lose power. A lot of this FEMA money went to low-income residents of housing projects, whose residents saw it as a good opportunity to get new appliances and furniture. This was reported on local radio and TV.