Look what happened with Katrina. Somewhere on this forum, a while back, there was a per capita estimate of what was paid out to New Orleans and its denizens.
I'd still love to see where all that money ended up. Rep William Jefferson (D) had to divert emergency personnel, during the emergency, to take care of a little 'personal business' at his N.O. residence.
* I wonder if he thought the electricity being off would cause some of his "frozen assets" to thaw out and somehow spoil. (Or more likely, be 'salvaged' by looters).
That money didn't just go to New Orleans but it covered the damages from three storms from Texas to Florida.