Ron Paul: No Federal Relief for Tornado Victims

[k0liverbby]

Standing by his libertarian principles, Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul reiterated his opposition to the Federal Emergency Management Agency when he said victims of the deadly tornadoes that hit Kentucky should not receive federal aid.Last week, a series of storms across the South and Midwest caused injury, property damage and killed

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[nina_vendredi]

Because you know, insurance pays out instantly. If you've got no address for them to send the check to, and didn't have food and water in your emergency supplies, well it's your own fault for not having a second home.

[tiger0range]

Actually, most insurance companies arrange a place to stay while you wait for your home to be rebuilt. They even pay the rent for you in some cases. Which does and doesn't matter as you are still on the hook for your house payments, but it's still nice to not have to worry about that aspect.

[k0liverbby]

it depends on how bad the damage is in that area for a particular insurance company. usually if it's say as big as katrina, you can't bet that they'll provide a different place to stay bc when they anticipate that big of a loss, theyll do whatever they can to get out of it ahead of time

[tiger0range]

I also suppose my perspective is colored by the fact that we had relatively high value accounts for a relatively high value house.

Also, only a small part of the town was hit so it was less likely to overwhelm the system.

BTW interesting anecdote: Whether a place gets FEMA disaster area designation is not related to the severity of damage, but the percentage of uninsured people affected. Ours was hit hard with a lot of damage, but since the area was mostly affluent, everyone was insured and hence it wasn't designated.

[nina_vendredi]

True. Although, I imagine you'd have faster results with your insurance placing you somewhere temporary if you're making a claim as an individual, than if you're one of many that all trying to contact their rep at the same time.

[tiger0range]

All systems can be overwhelmed including FEMA. The insurance companies actually have all their available agents fly in from around the country. They have rolling task centers that set up shop wherever disasters happen.

Sure they still have a wiff of brimstone, but on the whole they are helpful little devils.

[zeitgeistic]

God this so much.