Exactly WHO do you have to be to get FEMA help?

Q: We have lived in Southwest Central Louisiana for our whole lives and never asked for FEMA assistance until Hurricane Rita. We didn't evacuate, spent two weeks with no electricity, no running water, only MRE's to eat with two very small children. A huge tree limb fell through the back of our house, completely taking out our closed in back porch and leaving an exposed live electrical wire, ripping some of the siding off of the house, and making a fairly large hole in our roof over the kitchen. Guess what FEMA denied our claim stating that we didn't have enough damage. With Gustav, shingles came up on the roof and rain poured into the attic space causing the ceiling to crack and cave in about two inches in the middle of the living room. Same thing again "denied, not enough damage" During Gustav we did evacuate (it was mandatory) and spent $698 on hotel, food, and gas. According to FEMA we qualify for nothing. So what has to happen to you for FEMA to help? Do you have to have a tree hanging out of your *ss for them to assist you? What is the point of being declared a disaster area if you are going to get no help? Insurance??? that is a laugh! The only kind of insurance you can find here after katrina and rita is the kind no one can afford. And I don't concider MOLD growing in the attic of your home to be sanitary.

A: You can get FEMA aid, but each family may only get it once, ever. The area must be a federally declared emergency area, (like during Katrina, or Gustav) and the FEMA inspectors must approve the amount of damage as warranting federal financial assistance. If you house isn't there anymore, or is across the street, you have a good shot at a measly $2000. Once. FEMA is crap. I give them a rating of Horribly Epic Failure.

Related items