Fema
these guys shared laughter, tears and bootie shaking when times were rough!
this morning on the way to boutte, the sun bright and yesterday’s clouds scattered and forced to the fringes of the sky, we followed a caravan of trucks hauling cages of would-be-garbage if… “there goes someone’s house.” lee danced with the truth on that one. each truck was an assortment of carpet and foundation debris, […]
today i smiled at people again. not the smile i paste up because i don’t want them to see me looking sad when they already have so much to deal with…but the real smile. anyone who knows me knows the one i’m referring to…all 187 teeth (big as they are) exposed to the whole world. […]
Spell bananas b-a-n-a-n-a-s…I never realized what the heck dear gwen was saying in that song. Having heard it all night and day yesterday I’m even less sure what she means. But then how much does meaning mean when you are busy dancing your heart out in the middle of the always foul-smelling but bordering on […]
so today i’ll try to talk about something different. something wonderful. like how when we evacuated for rita a friend and i went to a restaurant to have drinks (a favorite of mine from when i used to recruit there). the rain was coming down in torrents, the sky a forboding gray, and even in […]
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They brought in puppies the other day and now they are pushing counseling. We look a bout a haggard bunch. For my part, I am in need of a quiet room with no one else in it and a comfortable bed where I can cry for a few hours. I think I need to […]
Committee on Homeland Security Democrats Bennie G. Thompson, Ranking Member www.house.gov/ hsc-democrats.house.gov For Immediate Release: Contact: Jennifer Porter Gore September 30, 2005 Nadra Harrison 202.226.2616 FEMA Cuts off Expedited Assistance for Hurricane Katrina Victims Decision Leaves Potentially Thousands of Victims Without Survival Funds WASHINGTON–As Hurricane Rita struck the Texas-Louisiana border, the Federal Emergency Management Agency […]
the days are not filled with much noise. mostly quiet desperation. eyes not really focusing on anything until i tell them there is no money coming. fema lied. and then they see me clearly for a moment before stoicism or weeping takes over. for most it is a dazed and quiet walking away. for others […]
the government giveth and the government screws you over. people are NOT getting their $2000 and people think that is normal and what has been happening all along. IT HAS NOT. i need SOMEONE, ANYONE to make a stink about this. i need fema to be shamed into doing the right thing. for the love […]
for my part – stupidity played it’s part. my cell phone is gone. i’d like to think i simply misplaced it but i have a sinking suspicion that it was stolen from the office today. i had it out trying to get everyone’s attention about my second rant… fema has STOPPED giving the $2000 the […]
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