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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Prelude to healthcare rations as well.
too many republicans, TX if you ever left the union I will move there
I swear I would lose no sleep if the north east and most of the west coast left us.
I’m sick of the federal Got telling us how to live and the moving their north east queer, weirdo’s and troll to here pushing their agenda
In all fairness, FEMA also denied aid to the CA community where the nat gas pipeline exploded a couple of years ago. Let’s not split hairs here or read too much into a routine action - lest we look like fools.
Obama hates white people!
And Ft Hood was only an incident of work place violence....the O admin hates Texas
$40 million to rebuild a school that was destroyed..
A typo or VERY nice school.
Can’t say I’m a Texan but I did have a Tx drivers license and once lived in Killeen, Texas.
Texas some of the best people on earth.
Pick an acronym. FEMA, EPA, BATF and DHS. Stop funding now.
I do not feel safer with these Azzhats in charge.
From the last line paragraph posted above:
“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.”
Perhaps FEMA asked NSA to check out the political leanings of West residents and there was too much Tea?
Yes, thank you, I read that.
What kind of community doesn’t have insurance for public repairs or damages to schools?
FUFEMA
I think Texas should do it without FEMA. And to make sure everyone knows it, put up billboards across the state informing the public that Texas and the City of West don’t have to kiss King Obama’s a$$!
The free people should donate to the Baptist Emergency group or other religious groups—Obama will pay for his political slash and burn—we are seeing the end of him and his progs. He is just a few more scandals from impeachment.
Indeed, the old black hook up thing is not just an affinity love thing as gays would have it, but a full blown hate based activity of hypocrisy, racism and nazism.
Guilty for being a conservative town in Texas. Obama and his minions only know the Chicago way. If they are your enemies, they don’t get help.
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