Honestly I think alot of this is the result of the economy. How many of these folks were on unemployment, or are now unemployed because their employer was flooded out to and is one of the many who just decided to throw in the towel and call it quits. Instead of rebuilding and reopening.
I be many of them cannot afford to rebuild, the rest couldn't get a loan from the bank in this economy if they wanted one.
This is a mess.
The city of Franklin, IN condemmed and bought about 100 houses that had stood for around fifty years after our “once in a century” flood. They are tearing them down and will not allow rebuilding in the area.
"You know, we've been coming here giving you food for about 35 years now and we were driving through the desert, and we realized there wouldn't BE world hunger if you people would live where the food is! YOU LIVE IN A DESERT!! UNDERSTAND THAT? ... NOTHING GROWS HERE! NOTHING'S GONNA GROW HERE! Come here, you see this? This is sand. You know what it's gonna be 100 years from now? It's gonna be sand!"
How many trips has POTUS taken down to Nashville to console those folks?
He’s been to the oil spill three times between golf games and partying.
Boy he is really concerned for the plight of Americans! /sarcasm on!
Just for fun, ask the person sitting beside you the name of the FEMA director. Odds are about 1 in 50 the person will have the answer. After all we heard about Katrina and FEMA ... it is never mentioned in reference to Nashville. Those people are hurting badly, and there is not even media coverage of their plight. Another media failure?