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HorizonD7's avatar

This is the same as the approach that the government has taken in Lahaina, Maui. I suspect that it is also similar to what was done in East Palestine, Ohio. Anyone see a pattern?

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We went to Florida in '04 and Louisiana the following year in the aftermath of hurricanes Charlie and Katrina. We had state of the art drying equipment and generator to assure rapid moisture extraction from buildings that had gotten pummeled by the storms. Much of the time down there became an avoidance dance because private contractors like us who were conspicuous often had their equipment confiscated by FEMA in the name of a declared federal emergency. Compensation for their theft was paltry and then drove home the point with me, just like during 9/11, what a tyrannical, clubby and corrupt organization FEMA was/is. We might otherwise have stayed for weeks but about faced much sooner, returning home realizing we were in enemy territory..

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