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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. A year and a half after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, FEMA is auctioning off at fire-sale prices thousands of trailers used by storm victims, port canaveral cruise ships transportation raising fears among mobile-home dealers that the government will flood the market and depress prices.
�People think they’re just going to get to buy them for nothing,� said Gale Crews, owner of Diamond State Mobile Home Sales in Hope, where FEMA is storing 20,000 trailers at the city’s airport. Some of the FEMA trailers will sell for less than half of what they cost new.
Some critics of the Federal Emergency Management Agency said the sale of emblematic of the way FEMA botched its handling of Katrina: FEMA ordered more trailers than it needed, it let many of them sit out in the open, exposed to the elements, and now, some fear, it is about to double-cross the trailer dealers.
FEMA spokeswoman Debbie Wing defended the agency, saying it �wanted to be prepared to house as many victims as possible� when it bought the trailers. She said the agency is now trying to lower its storage costs by reducing the number it is holding in reserve for the next disaster.
OK. FEMA is dumping their extra trailers. The hurricane season begins in 3 months starts getting as bad as it gets in 5. Sounds to me like FEMA is holding a fire sale so they can buy new trailers in a few months. What does it sound like to you?
WHAT can we do to stop this waste by our gov t ..the gov t spends the tax payer money like it s water these trailer should be given to familys that need them we spend billions of dollars helping other countries and do not help people who need help and homes in American ..
IT S time we see some good done for other in need STOP THIS WASTE OF TAX PAYER MONEY the gov t think everytime it wants more money we have to give give give no question asked maybe we need to vote on what they can buy an spend and take back our american right no one in Washington really cares about the people,just there fat pockets when will it stop
but are still spoiled port canaveral cruise ships transportation and rich. We bought these trailors, us, the American people, not any fema director , goverment offical, or Prsident of the United States. We bought these trailors for victims not for Hope Arkansas. I am again ashamed of a decision my goverment has made, in reference to Katrina.
I hear more folks complaining about FEMA and thier handling of the disasters in AL, MS, and LA nearly every day and it is astonishing to me. The US Government is not here to play wet nurse to a bunch of whining crybabies who can t do for themselves with the resources that they have.
Instead of complaining here about how FEMA is about to flood the market, how about getting in on that action. If these trailers will sell for less than half of their worth, then buy some and sell them on the open market at a profit. port canaveral cruise ships transportation You know capitalism? I m pretty sure that s how they work. I didn t hear the trailer manufacturers or retailers complaining when FEMA came around port canaveral cruise ships transportation willing to pay top dollar for these plain jane rolling homes.
It s never enough, is it? If FEMA was even 10 homes short from the last round of storms, then everyone would be up in arms that the Gov t wasn t doing enough, then because they bought more than needed, the Gov t isn t doing enough blah, blah, blah. I tell you what how about putting the shoe on the other foot. Katrina comes ashore, you are the President of the US. You must deal with a catastrophe of enormous proportions. The Gov. of LA and the mayor of New Orleans, as well was most of the politicos down there are dirty, cheating democrats hell bent on making you look like an imbecile, even though it was their failings that caused such a huge loss of life. Now, you have half the population screaming and crying that the Gov t isn t doing enough. All of those dems have trained thier constituents that they are due for just about everything they could possibly want or need. Now, you must make a decision. Over buy, and have some waste, maybe, or, under buy, and risk killing citizens due to exposure. I think they made the right choice, but will learn from the overruns.
port canaveral cruise ships transportation Joe, thousands of people lost everything they own. These are poor areas where people have little to no insurance, or can t even buy flood insurance because they re below sea level. So, capitalism actually CREATED a situation port canaveral cruise ships transportation where people have to ask for handouts, not the other way around.
I am going on a trrip to west virginia with my habitat group it s where we fix up under priveledged people s home and i was wondering if we could buy one of the FEMA trailers for a couple who s home we tried to fix last year but was severely damadged they have two kids to raise and living in this trailer is no way to live please respond.
Ya ll can purchase FEMA trailers online by bidding at GSA Auctions. The travel trailers are stored at different locations throughout the country. I would strongly suggest that ya ll take a close and personal look at these trailers prior to placing a bid buyer beware.
Most of all a lot of people in New Orleans are still homeless Why didn t these people get FEMA Trailors .Futhermore Lost of people that have been in tragities have been bought off through the the United States Govt The holocaust victims, the chinese that were held in concentration camps in the U.S. Oh, but when it come to helping the citizen right here at home, we have to wait until the Govt. feel ready to lend a hand. MY daughter wants here FEMA TRailor .
Sweet Home Missionary Baptist Church in rural White Springs, Florida of the poorest port canaveral cruise ships transportation county in the state would like to have an opportunity to purchase 2 trailers to be used as classrooms for our Youth Enrinch-ment Program.
I AM 46 YEAR OLD WITH A WIFE AND TWO GILRS. I AM ON DISABILITY DUE TO MY LEUKEMIA. I WAS IN LAW ENFORCEMENT port canaveral cruise ships transportation BUT HAD TO RESIGN. I DON T GET ENOUGH THROUGH SSDI BUT WE MAKE IT. I AM INTERESTED port canaveral cruise ships transportation IN PURCHASING A TRAILER, WHEN OR IF THEY COME AVAILABLY, HOPEFULLY BEFORE I DIE. THANKS AND GOD BLESS.
my name is robin and i am in need of a mobile home or something for me and my 3 month old daughter to live in..katrina damaged the trailer that my mother, younger sister and i were living in at the time..we are still in it but then i got pregnant and had a baby fema would not help us what so ever..nor would sba or anyone else..and since the trailer was damaged dhs came and took my baby girl..i live in south mississippi port canaveral cruise ships transportation and really need help i m only 20..so if anyone can help me please contact me at [email port canaveral cruise ships transportation protected]
THE PRICES THAT PEOPLE OR BIDDING ON THE FEMA TRAILER ARE CRAZY IF PEOLPLE WOULD USE A LITTLE MORE SENSE IF YOU ADD A FEW MORE DOLLARS TO WHAT THERE PAYING FOR THEM YOU COULD GET A BRAND NEW ONE .WITHOUT ALL OF THE WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE TO THEM AFTER YOU BUY YOUR PAYING THE SAME PRICE ..
IF PEOPLE JUST THINK .. IF THEY WERE TO ADD A FEW DOLLARS TO WHAT THERE ARE PAYING YOU COULD GET A NEW TRAILER BY THE TIME YOU SPEND THE MONEY TO GET THE DAMAGE FIXED YOU WOULD HAVE PURCHASED A NEW..WITH NO PROBLEMS AND A WARRANTY ..
Hello My Aunt Is Looking To Buy A Too Bedroom Trailer From Fema She Recently Lost her home and she is looking to buy another trailer for her and her son so he can finish the school year out with his friends instead of having to move to a new environment were he knows noone so if u can help we would really appericate that thank you a family in need!!!!!
I wont to buy a fema trailer to go hunting in. So if yall read this pleases call me or email me. And tail me how much yall wont for them. I really wont one so pleases call email me. 225-752-7885/ [email protected] port canaveral cruise ships transportation thinks. Tammy
Can someone please notify me of the contact information for purchasing a used Katrina FEMA trailer? You can reach me via email at [email protected] or calling 507-876-2755. Otherwise you can mail me information at 50357 287th Avenue, Elgin, MN 55932,
I have a 2006 cavilier handicap 3 bedroom 1 bath 14 70 mobile home in excellent condition that I recently bought from fema located. in pearl river county ms. about 45 min from n. orleans that I would like to sell. If anyone is interested they can contact me at [email protected]
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