Typical government bureaucracy at work, penalizing those who take care of themselves and giving the proceeds to anybody who asks.
I remember the Northridge earthquake in ’94 FEMA came in & started writing $5000 checks-to illegal alien renter families, many shared several families in one apartment. Many promptly went out and got FNM laons to buy new homes, the banks even included state rent subsidies in their loan payments!
The people who inspect FEMA claims are not adjusters, they are independent contractor inspectors,they fill out a form, get some forms signed by the person making the request and turn it in … they do not approve or dis approve any grants … they only do a field inspection… FEMA staff is the break down and the record keeping responsible agency …
This may sound far-fetched, but…. I wonder if Jeb & Dubya had any influence in declaring what areas/counties are considered disaster-struck, thereby making its residents eligible for FEMA funds. Sure would be a nice way to secure some votes if the residents got some free money from the Feds. (before anyone starts accusing me of being a sore-loser-democrat, I can assure that I am not. I’m just your ordinary cynic.)
No one here in Maryland is surprised about this and anyone who reads a newspaper shouldn’t be either.
Our house is demolished thanks to Isabel which occured over 15 months ago.
I want to thank Omaha insurance for the hell they put us through over our flood insurance coverage that we paid for and are still trying to collect.
So, during this happy holiday season, think about all of the torture you put families through and remember that in the end, we all have to answer to a “higher power”. Will greed be your defense?
So we sit for another year in trailers and temporary housing while you collect our premiums and rob us of our coverage.
Enjoy your holidays!
As a contracted FEMA inspector, I must say the Miami thing has more than just me bothered. In speaking with a few other inspectors, we are all appalled at what appears to be happening in Miami Dade. We take this job very seriously, but I think there are a few who might not be up to speed on looking at possible fraud, or perhaps they just didnt understand how serious it was to take a little more time to look for obvious fraud. I can understand that a keystroke error would show ice/snow as a possible cause. I have acidentally done that one myself. There is alos a reason why we list tornado wind for damages outside the home, as this indicates damage caused by wind, rather than by windblown rain which is a category of damage used for interior damages. Its just semantics. FEMA does a great job, as well as the two companies responsible for getting us contract employees into the field. As I said in the Sun-Sentinel article, “we walk a fine line between seeing, and believing…” most of us know enough to flag inspections for possible fraud. Yes, there is some, and those people who attempt to fraud the FEMA system should be severely punished! Good Luck everyone. By the way, the single biggest complaint against the insurance companies while I was down there inspecting was double deductables, and a general lack of caring by the adjusters when it came to visiting the damaged homes. Just thought I’d mention that
we sustained major roof damage thanks to charley, fences blown out to an angle, trees down,shingles and plants through the pool cage, power out 8 days- all food lost. then, a roof leak during francis shorted out the a/c in attic, AND MY INSURANCE company (poe financial) said it would have to meet ANOTHER 3,000 DEDUCTIBLE-BUT since water caused the problem and water was sitting on top of the a/c, then they would consider it flood damage.
YEAH- RIGHT- how could you consider an a/c unit in my attic as flood damage?and just last week i got my new, increased homeowners policy.
meanwhile- my neighbor who had NO DAMAGE from either charley or francis- has committed insurance fraud and gotten more than 10,000$ to fix a roof that was crappy when he bought the house!!!!!!!that sat vacant for several years-you bet i want to report him-so tell me how
AND- my husband is 100% disabled viet nam vet- per veterans administration-
we cant even get help from the veterans administration-
we re-financed last FEB.04 to pay for maintenance, including ROOF REPAIRS.
veterans administration guardian has kept ALL THAT 14,000$ AND never re-imbursed one cent .I have maxed credit cards trying to fix things around here-
and people in miami are getting disaster assistance for what??
It’s digusting isnt it. We’re STILL waiting for fema. Each time we call the helpline to check the status, we’re told it’s still pending. So all the hype over Miami-Dade’s fraud claims has done is give them cash and actual legit people with damages delays. (Two disabled people living here).
There will be absolutely NO Christmas in this falling down house. No money for gifts, no money for feast, no refrig. to store it, no stove to cook it, and no furniture.
I understand we need fema but we also need checks and balances fema paid money to reimburse people who bought generators to the people who could afford to buy them after some of the storms that hit our area we were only witout power for a max of 10 days but the poor people who were hit the hardest and 3 time no less were without power for over 4 weeks and did fema buy generators for them NO!!!!!! if fema buys them for people who can afford them why not buy they for those who truely cant or pick up the ones fema pays for and issue them to the next disater victims.
Thanks for letting me vent
Leah
Fema bought many generators for private individuals. These generators should have been picked up after the emergency and stored for future emergencies. It’s a crying shame that money intended for emergencies are so foolishly given away.
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Typical government bureaucracy at work, penalizing those who take care of themselves and giving the proceeds to anybody who asks.
I remember the Northridge earthquake in ’94 FEMA came in & started writing $5000 checks-to illegal alien renter families, many shared several families in one apartment. Many promptly went out and got FNM laons to buy new homes, the banks even included state rent subsidies in their loan payments!
Ain’t Socialism grand!
The people who inspect FEMA claims are not adjusters, they are independent contractor inspectors,they fill out a form, get some forms signed by the person making the request and turn it in … they do not approve or dis approve any grants … they only do a field inspection… FEMA staff is the break down and the record keeping responsible agency …
This may sound far-fetched, but…. I wonder if Jeb & Dubya had any influence in declaring what areas/counties are considered disaster-struck, thereby making its residents eligible for FEMA funds. Sure would be a nice way to secure some votes if the residents got some free money from the Feds. (before anyone starts accusing me of being a sore-loser-democrat, I can assure that I am not. I’m just your ordinary cynic.)
No one here in Maryland is surprised about this and anyone who reads a newspaper shouldn’t be either.
Our house is demolished thanks to Isabel which occured over 15 months ago.
I want to thank Omaha insurance for the hell they put us through over our flood insurance coverage that we paid for and are still trying to collect.
So, during this happy holiday season, think about all of the torture you put families through and remember that in the end, we all have to answer to a “higher power”. Will greed be your defense?
So we sit for another year in trailers and temporary housing while you collect our premiums and rob us of our coverage.
Enjoy your holidays!
As a contracted FEMA inspector, I must say the Miami thing has more than just me bothered. In speaking with a few other inspectors, we are all appalled at what appears to be happening in Miami Dade. We take this job very seriously, but I think there are a few who might not be up to speed on looking at possible fraud, or perhaps they just didnt understand how serious it was to take a little more time to look for obvious fraud. I can understand that a keystroke error would show ice/snow as a possible cause. I have acidentally done that one myself. There is alos a reason why we list tornado wind for damages outside the home, as this indicates damage caused by wind, rather than by windblown rain which is a category of damage used for interior damages. Its just semantics. FEMA does a great job, as well as the two companies responsible for getting us contract employees into the field. As I said in the Sun-Sentinel article, “we walk a fine line between seeing, and believing…” most of us know enough to flag inspections for possible fraud. Yes, there is some, and those people who attempt to fraud the FEMA system should be severely punished! Good Luck everyone. By the way, the single biggest complaint against the insurance companies while I was down there inspecting was double deductables, and a general lack of caring by the adjusters when it came to visiting the damaged homes. Just thought I’d mention that
we sustained major roof damage thanks to charley, fences blown out to an angle, trees down,shingles and plants through the pool cage, power out 8 days- all food lost. then, a roof leak during francis shorted out the a/c in attic, AND MY INSURANCE company (poe financial) said it would have to meet ANOTHER 3,000 DEDUCTIBLE-BUT since water caused the problem and water was sitting on top of the a/c, then they would consider it flood damage.
YEAH- RIGHT- how could you consider an a/c unit in my attic as flood damage?and just last week i got my new, increased homeowners policy.
meanwhile- my neighbor who had NO DAMAGE from either charley or francis- has committed insurance fraud and gotten more than 10,000$ to fix a roof that was crappy when he bought the house!!!!!!!that sat vacant for several years-you bet i want to report him-so tell me how
AND- my husband is 100% disabled viet nam vet- per veterans administration-
we cant even get help from the veterans administration-
we re-financed last FEB.04 to pay for maintenance, including ROOF REPAIRS.
veterans administration guardian has kept ALL THAT 14,000$ AND never re-imbursed one cent .I have maxed credit cards trying to fix things around here-
and people in miami are getting disaster assistance for what??
It’s digusting isnt it. We’re STILL waiting for fema. Each time we call the helpline to check the status, we’re told it’s still pending. So all the hype over Miami-Dade’s fraud claims has done is give them cash and actual legit people with damages delays. (Two disabled people living here).
There will be absolutely NO Christmas in this falling down house. No money for gifts, no money for feast, no refrig. to store it, no stove to cook it, and no furniture.
Bah humbug Miami Dade & FEMA.
I understand we need fema but we also need checks and balances fema paid money to reimburse people who bought generators to the people who could afford to buy them after some of the storms that hit our area we were only witout power for a max of 10 days but the poor people who were hit the hardest and 3 time no less were without power for over 4 weeks and did fema buy generators for them NO!!!!!! if fema buys them for people who can afford them why not buy they for those who truely cant or pick up the ones fema pays for and issue them to the next disater victims.
Thanks for letting me vent
Leah
Fema bought many generators for private individuals. These generators should have been picked up after the emergency and stored for future emergencies. It’s a crying shame that money intended for emergencies are so foolishly given away.