CDC Tests Confirm FEMA Trailers Toxic

[skylark]

Originally Posted by UGAalum94

Who was ignored for weeks or months? It's bad enough that exaggerating really isn't necessary.

Wow. I thought everyone heard about the extreme delays:
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/09/na...gewanted=print

And as far as leaving them in tents, no, of course not. I think that the federal government had a hand in deciding the type of trailers that were purchased and/or built and shouldn't have cut costs by putting people in trailers made out of risky materials that they themselves wouldn't feel safe in. At some point you have to ask yourself, if the government was helping out individuals from a more wealthy area of the country, would the government have put them in such housing (and took so long to get it there)? I sincerely don't think so.

[UGAalum94]

Originally Posted by skylark

Wow. I thought everyone heard about the extreme delays, but maybe Fox News ignored it altogether:
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/09/na...gewanted=print

And as far as leaving them in tents, no, of course not. I think that the federal government had a hand in deciding the type of trailers that were purchased and/or built and shouldn't have cut costs by putting people in trailers made out of risky materials that they themselves wouldn't feel safe in. At some point you have to ask yourself, if the government was helping out individuals from a more wealthy area of the country, would the government have put them in such housing (and took so long to get it there)? I sincerely don't think so.

Yes. Not everyone affected by the hurricane was poor.


I don't think there was any effort to spare expense in this case.

There's NO way you can say that the people affected by Katrina were IGNORED for weeks or months, which is what you said.

ETA: Did you read the article? Did you note the issues with state and local governments? Did you note the contrast between residents in Louisiana and Mississippi? You think Mississippi is that much richer?

[UGAalum94]

Originally Posted by skylark

Did you not read the article? Or do you just think the New York Times is an unreliable source?

Read the article. Much of the breakdown was a levels below the federal. ETA: have you read it? And you're still trying to argue that the Feds ignored the problem?

Plenty of trailers in Mississippi. Interesting.