[StBernard] FEMA - MISINFORMATION

[Westley Annis]

I don't know hun, its really abomanable. There seems to be no rhyme or
reason to any of this runaround. At least we are not alone, but who is
accountable? We gave up on FEMA and finally bought our own trailer and hired
our own electriction but our lease in Mississippi is going to run out March
1st, then what? I can't work online without phonelines and who knows if they
will be working in SB by then? My husband is 55, a civilian at the NSA in
Algiers, and is killing himself working 10 hour days and commuting 800 miles
a week and trying to repair our house and now they want to kick him out of
his room on base! Nice way to treat a purple heart vet, huh? Since when did
we become slaves to the system? I believe since King George stepped in. At
least we still have freedom of speech. God Bless us everyone, Mudpie 



	----- Original Message -----
	
	I wondered if anyone else had this problem with FEMA: 
	We had gone to several FEMA offices, Poplarville, MS and Chalmette.
In 
	September we had an opportunity to rent a house (small, small house,
but a 
	house) not in a very good neighborhood but it was a roof. We had to
sign a 
	1 year lease. I took a copy of the unsigned lease to the FEMA
office. 
	Explained to them that we had lost our jobs in STB and that without
rental 
	assiatance we would not be able to meet the 1200.00 rent. We were
told that 
	once the funds (2000 + 2358) were exhausted, even thought it went
over the 
	amount (since it was supposed to be for 3 months) that all we had to
do was 
	fax over this for (which they provided to us) along with the lease
EACH 
	month and since we had been approved for the rental assistance it
would be 
	continued to us. We signed the lease (I also want to note that they
made 
	many, many promises via telephone and in person at both of the above

	locations) regarding assisting us in keeping our new car that we
purchased 1 
	month before the storm (when we could very well afford it). I of
course, 
	thought this was crazy but was assured that they would provide some
sort of 
	assistance (also assistance for the uninsured car that was left
behind). I 
	was not worried about that, we would certainly be able to find new
jobs and 
	take care of that ourself so that idea was dropped. Anyway, I have
been 
	calling and calling about the rental assistance. Of course I am
still 
	getting the runaround. The paperwork was faxed Nov. 7 AND brought to
the 
	Chalmette site - just in case. I am still getting the runaround.
Lovely 
	stories on how they will help to my face (and my husbands - we have
gone and 
	called on separate occasions). Now the last few phone calls I have
made 
	this week I am getting different stories on what they told me. Now
this 
	woman is reading notes on the computer that on 11/3 they told me, to
my face 
	that they did not guarantee any assistance when I went in - BS! She
pretty 
	much called me a liar without saying those words. I was so
hysterical - 
	they are the BOLD FACE LIARS - I had to hang up before I started
getting 
	crazy. What is up with our Federal government??? I have never asked
for or 
	had the overnment give me one red cent, even when my husband was
laid off 
	several years ago and we almost lost everything then. We managed it
on OUR 
	OWN! Now this is what we get? Slapped in the face by a bunch of
liars that 
	don't know what the other is doing? I mean really, they sit at the
laptops 
	and type while they are talking to you, entering opposite
information from 
	what they are telling you! I say we DEMAND that we read whatever is 
	submitted to our files. There needs to be some sort of prosecution
that 
	these people should face when altering our informati on, submitted
to OUR 
	government in OUR personal files! Where does it stop? 
	
	Cathi