Thank you FEMA and Redcross

[ballmode]

As you may or may not know, or care... my house has been hit by floodwaters in the midwest.

I am doing a semi PSA/thank you to everybody who helped clean up the 9 feet of water in our basement and helped pull the flooring on our main floor. The food that has been donated to us is godsend and we can concentrate on cleaning rather than cooking.

To give a summary of what happened to us, within 30 minutes on June 7th, 2008, our house was hit by flood waters from all the creeks in town. Since they are creeks they rise quick but go down quick. So within 24 hours we came back to the house to start the clean up for the water had gone down.

I was able to save most the items downstairs, especially perishable ones and electronics, but it was not enough time within that half hour to save everything.

Red Cross helped us out first by giving us several hundred dollars so we could replace the beds, lost clothes, and food. FEMA came within the next week and we got several thousands of dollars to replace our furnace, flooring, drywall, and electrical systems. It might not cover it all but it helps!

Lastly, from Mormons to Lutherans, to random acts of kindness from friends/family, we have been able to clean up just about everything in the past three weeks and are in purchase mode to start moving back in.

Luckily we only got 1 inch of water on the main floor but our neighbors had several feet. There are many houses in town that are condemned or deemed unsafe to walk upon so we are so lucky compared to neighboring streets.

So to sum this up, thanks for everything and the next time I see Red Cross I will donate at least $5 bucks.

FEMA btw is great, quick and prompt

 

[George P Burdell]

Good to hear. :thumbsup:

 

[ICRS]

Originally posted by: ballmode
As you may or may not know, or care... my house has been hit by floodwaters in the midwest.

I am doing a semi PSA/thank you to everybody who helped clean up the 9 feet of water in our basement and helped pull the flooring on our main floor. The food that has been donated to us is godsend and we can concentrate on cleaning rather than cooking.

To give a summary of what happened to us, within 30 minutes on June 7th, 2008, our house was hit by flood waters from all the creeks in town. Since they are creeks they rise quick but go down quick. So within 24 hours we came back to the house to start the clean up for the water had gone down.

I was able to save most the items downstairs, especially perishable ones and electronics, but it was not enough time within that half hour to save everything.

Red Cross helped us out first by giving us several hundred dollars so we could replace the beds, lost clothes, and food. FEMA came within the next week and we got several thousands of dollars to replace our furnace, flooring, drywall, and electrical systems. It might not cover it all but it helps!

Lastly, from Mormons to Lutherans, to random acts of kindness from friends/family, we have been able to clean up just about everything in the past three weeks and are in purchase mode to start moving back in.

Luckily we only got 1 inch of water on the main floor but our neighbors had several feet. There are many houses in town that are condemned or deemed unsafe to walk upon so we are so lucky compared to neighboring streets.

So to sum this up, thanks for everything and the next time I see Red Cross I will donate at least $5 bucks.

FEMA btw is great, quick and prompt

Please dont be upset by this question, but do you live in a mostly WASP area?

This thread was intended to be a thank you for everyone that helped. Keep crap like this out.

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[QED]

Originally posted by: ICRS

Originally posted by: ballmode
As you may or may not know, or care... my house has been hit by floodwaters in the midwest.

I am doing a semi PSA/thank you to everybody who helped clean up the 9 feet of water in our basement and helped pull the flooring on our main floor. The food that has been donated to us is godsend and we can concentrate on cleaning rather than cooking.

To give a summary of what happened to us, within 30 minutes on June 7th, 2008, our house was hit by flood waters from all the creeks in town. Since they are creeks they rise quick but go down quick. So within 24 hours we came back to the house to start the clean up for the water had gone down.

I was able to save most the items downstairs, especially perishable ones and electronics, but it was not enough time within that half hour to save everything.

Red Cross helped us out first by giving us several hundred dollars so we could replace the beds, lost clothes, and food. FEMA came within the next week and we got several thousands of dollars to replace our furnace, flooring, drywall, and electrical systems. It might not cover it all but it helps!

Lastly, from Mormons to Lutherans, to random acts of kindness from friends/family, we have been able to clean up just about everything in the past three weeks and are in purchase mode to start moving back in.

Luckily we only got 1 inch of water on the main floor but our neighbors had several feet. There are many houses in town that are condemned or deemed unsafe to walk upon so we are so lucky compared to neighboring streets.

So to sum this up, thanks for everything and the next time I see Red Cross I will donate at least $5 bucks.

FEMA btw is great, quick and prompt

Please dont be upset by this question, but do you live in a mostly WASP area?

Of course he does... noticed he didn't mention anything about looters or people shooting rescue helicopters.

:roll:

 

[ICRS]

Originally posted by: QED

Originally posted by: ICRS

Originally posted by: ballmode
As you may or may not know, or care... my house has been hit by floodwaters in the midwest.

I am doing a semi PSA/thank you to everybody who helped clean up the 9 feet of water in our basement and helped pull the flooring on our main floor. The food that has been donated to us is godsend and we can concentrate on cleaning rather than cooking.

To give a summary of what happened to us, within 30 minutes on June 7th, 2008, our house was hit by flood waters from all the creeks in town. Since they are creeks they rise quick but go down quick. So within 24 hours we came back to the house to start the clean up for the water had gone down.

I was able to save most the items downstairs, especially perishable ones and electronics, but it was not enough time within that half hour to save everything.

Red Cross helped us out first by giving us several hundred dollars so we could replace the beds, lost clothes, and food. FEMA came within the next week and we got several thousands of dollars to replace our furnace, flooring, drywall, and electrical systems. It might not cover it all but it helps!

Lastly, from Mormons to Lutherans, to random acts of kindness from friends/family, we have been able to clean up just about everything in the past three weeks and are in purchase mode to start moving back in.

Luckily we only got 1 inch of water on the main floor but our neighbors had several feet. There are many houses in town that are condemned or deemed unsafe to walk upon so we are so lucky compared to neighboring streets.

So to sum this up, thanks for everything and the next time I see Red Cross I will donate at least $5 bucks.

FEMA btw is great, quick and prompt

Please dont be upset by this question, but do you live in a mostly WASP area?

Of course he does... noticed he didn't mention anything about looters or people shooting rescue helicopters.

:roll:

Please don't be racist.
WASP are just as likely to do those things as anyone else.

 

[QED]

Originally posted by: ICRS
Please don't be racist.
WASP are just as likely to do those things as anyone else.

Did you forget to check the batteries in your sarcasm meter recently?

You seem to be implying that the OP is a WASP (or lives in a WASP area) simply because he makes a post appreciative of the assistance he has received from others. How is that not racist?

 

[buck]

Glad to hear things are getting better OP.

 

[buck]

Glad to hear things are getting better OP.

 

[mattgyver]

Originally posted by: ICRS

Originally posted by: QED

Originally posted by: ICRS

Originally posted by: ballmode
As you may or may not know, or care... my house has been hit by floodwaters in the midwest.

I am doing a semi PSA/thank you to everybody who helped clean up the 9 feet of water in our basement and helped pull the flooring on our main floor. The food that has been donated to us is godsend and we can concentrate on cleaning rather than cooking.

To give a summary of what happened to us, within 30 minutes on June 7th, 2008, our house was hit by flood waters from all the creeks in town. Since they are creeks they rise quick but go down quick. So within 24 hours we came back to the house to start the clean up for the water had gone down.

I was able to save most the items downstairs, especially perishable ones and electronics, but it was not enough time within that half hour to save everything.

Red Cross helped us out first by giving us several hundred dollars so we could replace the beds, lost clothes, and food. FEMA came within the next week and we got several thousands of dollars to replace our furnace, flooring, drywall, and electrical systems. It might not cover it all but it helps!

Lastly, from Mormons to Lutherans, to random acts of kindness from friends/family, we have been able to clean up just about everything in the past three weeks and are in purchase mode to start moving back in.

Luckily we only got 1 inch of water on the main floor but our neighbors had several feet. There are many houses in town that are condemned or deemed unsafe to walk upon so we are so lucky compared to neighboring streets.

So to sum this up, thanks for everything and the next time I see Red Cross I will donate at least $5 bucks.

FEMA btw is great, quick and prompt

Please dont be upset by this question, but do you live in a mostly WASP area?

Of course he does... noticed he didn't mention anything about looters or people shooting rescue helicopters.

:roll:

Please don't be racist.
WASP are just as likely to do those things as anyone else.

Wasps are bad, but not near as bad as hornets. Or yellow jackets.

 

[ICRS]

Originally posted by: QED

Originally posted by: ICRS
Please don't be racist.
WASP are just as likely to do those things as anyone else.

Did you forget to check the batteries in your sarcasm meter recently?

You seem to be implying that the OP is a WASP (or lives in a WASP area) simply because he makes a post appreciative of the assistance he has received from others. How is that not racist?

Losts of proof to show the people at FEMA respond quicker if it a WASP area. Look at NOLA and the horrible response of FEMA. It it was a WASP area they would have care about those people.

 

[dartworth]

I didn't realize there was such a bee problem due to flooding...

 

[yankeesfan]

Originally posted by: ICRS

Originally posted by: QED

Originally posted by: ICRS
Please don't be racist.
WASP are just as likely to do those things as anyone else.

Did you forget to check the batteries in your sarcasm meter recently?

You seem to be implying that the OP is a WASP (or lives in a WASP area) simply because he makes a post appreciative of the assistance he has received from others. How is that not racist?

Losts of proof to show the people at FEMA respond quicker if it a WASP area. Look at NOLA and the horrible response of FEMA. It it was a WASP area they would have care about those people.

Stop feeling bad for yourself.

 

[buck]

Originally posted by: ICRS

Originally posted by: QED

Originally posted by: ICRS
Please don't be racist.
WASP are just as likely to do those things as anyone else.

Did you forget to check the batteries in your sarcasm meter recently?

You seem to be implying that the OP is a WASP (or lives in a WASP area) simply because he makes a post appreciative of the assistance he has received from others. How is that not racist?

Losts of proof to show the people at FEMA respond quicker if it a WASP area. Look at NOLA and the horrible response of FEMA. It it was a WASP area they would have care about those people.

I know I would have donated if there were more white people involved.

 

[QED]

Originally posted by: ICRS

Originally posted by: QED

Originally posted by: ICRS
Please don't be racist.
WASP are just as likely to do those things as anyone else.

Did you forget to check the batteries in your sarcasm meter recently?

You seem to be implying that the OP is a WASP (or lives in a WASP area) simply because he makes a post appreciative of the assistance he has received from others. How is that not racist?

Losts of proof to show the people at FEMA respond quicker if it a WASP area. Look at NOLA and the horrible response of FEMA. It it was a WASP area they would have care about those people.

Bullshit. But thanks for showing your true racist colors.

You do realize that Hurrican Katrina hit more than just downtown New Orleans, right? It left a trail of destruction covering hundreds of square miles, including a boatload of predominantly white people in the Southern Mississipi area. The FEMA and Red Cross response for them was no better and no worse than it was for those in downtown New Orleans.

Yet here we are 3 years later and the people most loudly complaining are the people who lived in metro New Orleans, still wanting their handouts while re-electing the mayor who decided not to evacuate the city in the first place.

 

[ICRS]

Originally posted by: QED

Originally posted by: ICRS

Originally posted by: QED

Originally posted by: ICRS
Please don't be racist.
WASP are just as likely to do those things as anyone else.

Did you forget to check the batteries in your sarcasm meter recently?

You seem to be implying that the OP is a WASP (or lives in a WASP area) simply because he makes a post appreciative of the assistance he has received from others. How is that not racist?

Losts of proof to show the people at FEMA respond quicker if it a WASP area. Look at NOLA and the horrible response of FEMA. It it was a WASP area they would have care about those people.

Bullshit. But thanks for showing your true racist colors.

You do realize that Hurrican Katrina hit more than just downtown New Orleans, right? It left a trail of destruction covering hundreds of square miles, including a boatload of predominantly white people in the Southern Mississipi area. The FEMA and Red Cross response for them was no better and no worse than it was for those in downtown New Orleans.

Yet here we are 3 years later and the people most loudly complaining are the people who lived in metro New Orleans, still wanting their handouts while re-electing the mayor who decided not to evacuate the city in the first place.

My criticism isn't with the people in the disaster area but with FEMA and the WASP that run it.

 

[ballmode]

Please dont be upset by this question, but do you live in a mostly WASP area?



Yes I do, but if you look at the majority of Red Cross/FEMA workers they were either older retired whites, blacks, gays, or a mixture of the above. It seemed that the majority of FEMA workers were in fact minorities.


As for the people that came to help our ASIAN family, it was 75% white, 25% black.

The only color I hated during this whole ordeal was the brown water that rose in our town.

 

[PricklyPete]

It is nice to hear someone actually give praise when these services come through rather than just complain when they screw up. Bravo! I'm glad to hear everything went through properly.

 

[montypythizzle]

GEORGE BUSH HATES MIDWESTERNERS!!!! :rollseyes:

 

[Specop 007]

Wow ICRS, you're an idiot. Goes to show racism is alive and well in minorities. They looove to play the victim card every chance they can.

 

[Howard]

Originally posted by: ICRS

Originally posted by: QED

Originally posted by: ICRS

Originally posted by: ballmode
As you may or may not know, or care... my house has been hit by floodwaters in the midwest.

I am doing a semi PSA/thank you to everybody who helped clean up the 9 feet of water in our basement and helped pull the flooring on our main floor. The food that has been donated to us is godsend and we can concentrate on cleaning rather than cooking.

To give a summary of what happened to us, within 30 minutes on June 7th, 2008, our house was hit by flood waters from all the creeks in town. Since they are creeks they rise quick but go down quick. So within 24 hours we came back to the house to start the clean up for the water had gone down.

I was able to save most the items downstairs, especially perishable ones and electronics, but it was not enough time within that half hour to save everything.

Red Cross helped us out first by giving us several hundred dollars so we could replace the beds, lost clothes, and food. FEMA came within the next week and we got several thousands of dollars to replace our furnace, flooring, drywall, and electrical systems. It might not cover it all but it helps!

Lastly, from Mormons to Lutherans, to random acts of kindness from friends/family, we have been able to clean up just about everything in the past three weeks and are in purchase mode to start moving back in.

Luckily we only got 1 inch of water on the main floor but our neighbors had several feet. There are many houses in town that are condemned or deemed unsafe to walk upon so we are so lucky compared to neighboring streets.

So to sum this up, thanks for everything and the next time I see Red Cross I will donate at least $5 bucks.

FEMA btw is great, quick and prompt

Please dont be upset by this question, but do you live in a mostly WASP area?

Of course he does... noticed he didn't mention anything about looters or people shooting rescue helicopters.

:roll:

Please don't be racist.
WASP are just as likely to do those things as anyone else.

Really?

 

[CPA]

Originally posted by: ICRS

Originally posted by: QED

Originally posted by: ICRS

Originally posted by: ballmode
As you may or may not know, or care... my house has been hit by floodwaters in the midwest.

I am doing a semi PSA/thank you to everybody who helped clean up the 9 feet of water in our basement and helped pull the flooring on our main floor. The food that has been donated to us is godsend and we can concentrate on cleaning rather than cooking.

To give a summary of what happened to us, within 30 minutes on June 7th, 2008, our house was hit by flood waters from all the creeks in town. Since they are creeks they rise quick but go down quick. So within 24 hours we came back to the house to start the clean up for the water had gone down.

I was able to save most the items downstairs, especially perishable ones and electronics, but it was not enough time within that half hour to save everything.

Red Cross helped us out first by giving us several hundred dollars so we could replace the beds, lost clothes, and food. FEMA came within the next week and we got several thousands of dollars to replace our furnace, flooring, drywall, and electrical systems. It might not cover it all but it helps!

Lastly, from Mormons to Lutherans, to random acts of kindness from friends/family, we have been able to clean up just about everything in the past three weeks and are in purchase mode to start moving back in.

Luckily we only got 1 inch of water on the main floor but our neighbors had several feet. There are many houses in town that are condemned or deemed unsafe to walk upon so we are so lucky compared to neighboring streets.

So to sum this up, thanks for everything and the next time I see Red Cross I will donate at least $5 bucks.

FEMA btw is great, quick and prompt

Please dont be upset by this question, but do you live in a mostly WASP area?

Of course he does... noticed he didn't mention anything about looters or people shooting rescue helicopters.

:roll:

Please don't be racist.
WASP are just as likely to do those things as anyone else.

They are? Then please tell us why they didn't.

 

[CPA]

Originally posted by: ICRS

Originally posted by: QED

Originally posted by: ICRS
Please don't be racist.
WASP are just as likely to do those things as anyone else.

Did you forget to check the batteries in your sarcasm meter recently?

You seem to be implying that the OP is a WASP (or lives in a WASP area) simply because he makes a post appreciative of the assistance he has received from others. How is that not racist?

Losts of proof to show the people at FEMA respond quicker if it a WASP area. Look at NOLA and the horrible response of FEMA. It it was a WASP area they would have care about those people.

Okay you have just been added to my 'Dumbasses of dumbasses list". Population 1.

 

[Injury]

Originally posted by: ICRS

My criticism isn't with the people in the disaster area but with FEMA and the WASP that run it.

:roll:







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