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In December 2024, in the thread "Re: BRK: Why Not XOM?", BreckHutHigh asked the members: "What about the long road trips with kids?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Author: bighairymike   😊 😞
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Subject: Re: Hurricane Milton, Paradise Lost
Date: 10/08/24 8:20 PM
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WTF do you want? You're pissed that FEMA hasn't rebuilt these people's houses yet? FEMA doesn't do that. - CO

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First of all, I am glad to see all that relief you listed. It is not apparent that any of that was being used to construct new temporary housing that is needed now and which will remain occupied for the next year or two.

Pissed is the wrong word, I am concerned that many people will not have shelter when the the winter comes. And WTF is this fiction about me suggesting rebuilding peoples individual homes. That can't be done until after months and months of debris removal, road and bridge construction, and services like water and electricity are restored. I am not talking about the larger cities where most of the aid you list is being consumed. This is in the remote areas, small towns and communities spread all through the mountains.

Rebuilding peoples homes will come when it comes. But winter is coming real soon and many victims need something now, What comes to mind are the large migrant shelters that were put up on short notice in cities like NYC. If FEMA doesn't provide enough interim shelters for the next 1 or 2 years, then who does?

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