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FEMA denies aid to Texas town where fertilizer plant exploded
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| 6/12/13
| Fox
Posted on 06/12/2013 5:56:25 PM PDT by Nachum
HOUSTON – The Federal Emergency Management Agency is refusing to provide money to help rebuild the small Texas town where a deadly fertilizer plant explosion leveled numerous homes and a school, and killed 15 people.
According to a letter obtained by The Associated Press, FEMA said it reviewed the state's appeal to help West but decided that the explosion "is not of the severity and magnitude that warrants a major disaster declaration."
The blast killed 10 first responders and brought national attention to the agricultural community. President Barack Obama traveled to the area to attend a memorial service for the first responders and others who died trying to help.
The FEMA funds would have helped pay for public repairs such as roads, sewer lines, pipes and a school that were destroyed. It does not impact emergency funds FEMA has provided to individual residents.
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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: denies; fema; fertilizer; plant
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posted on
06/12/2013 5:56:25 PM PDT
by
Nachum
To: Jet Jaguar; NorwegianViking; ExTexasRedhead; HollyB; FromLori; EricTheRed_VocalMinority; ...
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posted on
06/12/2013 5:57:07 PM PDT
by
Nachum
(The Obama "List" at www.nachumlist.com)
To: Nachum
Too many Tea Party members?
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posted on
06/12/2013 5:58:29 PM PDT
by
2ndDivisionVet
(I'll raise $2million for Sarah Palin's next run. What'll you do?)
To: Nachum
Don’t the people there have insurance?
Why ask Uncle Sugar for handouts?
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posted on
06/12/2013 5:59:21 PM PDT
by
SatinDoll
(NATURAL BORN CITZEN: BORN IN THE USA OF CITIZEN PARENTS.)
To: Nachum
Our government doesn't like competition in the fertilizer market
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posted on
06/12/2013 5:59:59 PM PDT
by
CrazyIvan
(Obama's birth certificate was found stapled to Soros's receipt.)
To: Nachum
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posted on
06/12/2013 6:01:15 PM PDT
by
fhayek
To: 2ndDivisionVet; Nachum
They must have all been White, Christian, Conservatives.
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posted on
06/12/2013 6:02:13 PM PDT
by
SandRat
(Duty - Honor - Country! What else needs said?)
To: Nachum
Who would have expected anything different from Obama.
"Reward my friends, punish my enemies."
The mystery is...why don't the inside the beltway types make this connection between Obama and the NSA?
Is it so hard to believe there is some kind of conspiracy...so must we conclude that the so-called inside the beltway conservatives are just naive?
Rush knows there is a coup underway...are the others just so thick headed that they cannot comprehend the truth.
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posted on
06/12/2013 6:03:45 PM PDT
by
RoosterRedux
(Obama's Chechens are coming home...to roost.)
To: Nachum
Well I’m done thinking what this is all about.
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posted on
06/12/2013 6:06:17 PM PDT
by
no-to-illegals
(Scrutinize our government and Secure the Blessing of Freedom and Justice)
To: SatinDoll
denied for the infrastructure, not the people...
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posted on
06/12/2013 6:08:08 PM PDT
by
Secret Agent Man
(Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
To: Nachum
There are not enough Democrat voters there to qualify for federal aid.
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posted on
06/12/2013 6:08:22 PM PDT
by
Bubba_Leroy
(The Obamanation Continues)
To: SatinDoll
So they should just pay taxes to be distributed to Obamas favored list and not ask for any thing back when disaster hits them?
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posted on
06/12/2013 6:08:40 PM PDT
by
Lurkina.n.Learnin
(President Obama; The Slumlord of the Rentseekers)
To: Nachum
How much money does West need? That way we can start trying to raise that money.
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posted on
06/12/2013 6:09:05 PM PDT
by
Irenic
(The pencil sharpener and Elmer's glue is put away-- we've lost the red wheel barrow)
Even on Texicans weakest days ... Texicans are busy getting stronger ...
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posted on
06/12/2013 6:09:19 PM PDT
by
no-to-illegals
(Scrutinize our government and Secure the Blessing of Freedom and Justice)
To: Nachum
Ostinko used that town for a photo-op. I just knew he would screw them over because Texas didn’t vote for him. The denial is because O wants them to see how they are going to hurt.
Obama did say to vote for him for reasons of revenge.
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posted on
06/12/2013 6:10:23 PM PDT
by
dforest
(I have now entered the Twilight Zone.)
To: Nachum
I prefer to keep those GUN-GRABBERS out. Texas is (now) a wealthy state and we can take care of our own.
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posted on
06/12/2013 6:11:14 PM PDT
by
BobL
(To us it's a game, to them it's personal - therefore they win.)
To: Nachum
needed to buy more ammo so they were short of bucks
To: Nachum
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posted on
06/12/2013 6:17:14 PM PDT
by
Don Corleone
("Oil the gun..eat the cannoli. Take it to the Mattress.")
To: BobL
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posted on
06/12/2013 6:17:58 PM PDT
by
TheZMan
(Buy more ammo.)
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posted on
06/12/2013 6:18:43 PM PDT
by
no-to-illegals
(Scrutinize our government and Secure the Blessing of Freedom and Justice)
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