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I am wondering how FEMA decided what each homeowner would get? Some got the max of $31,900. others got nothing. I had a finished basement and got ten grand. Neighbors had unfinished basements an got 18g.
Then rapid repairs bought their boiler, hw heater ,elec. panels and installed for free. I paid 12g for that. I am just confused as to how FEMAS unequal distribution didn't get any news coverage.
If your going to help people get back on their feet, then why the wildly different numbers? I have seen huge numbers raised by donations, but where did the money go? Does anybody know?
I have paid into the system for forty years and never needed help before. I just want to know why some were more deserving than others. I was told this is a one shot deal and we are all on our own the next time, if and when we get 4 to 6 foot of ocean covering the rockaways again.
Anyone else in rockaway wonder where the money went and why the help was so wildly different?
If your going to help people get back on their feet, then why the wildly different numbers?
First, I am sorry for your loses...
Knowing the formula is pretty pointless if you don't know the numbers that were plugged in to equation. Just noting that your neighbor got more on the assumption, in part, that because they had an unfinished basement their losses were less than yours. Their are a number of criteria that go beyond your simple appraisal but without knowing the specifics of your neighbor's claim any discussion of FEMA' formulas in the context is rather pointless.
Well slick willy after the northridge quake just directed FEMA to mail checks to everybody in zip codes that the quake hit no matter if your home was damaged or not.
I am wondering how FEMA decided what each homeowner would get? Some got the max of $31,900. others got nothing. I had a finished basement and got ten grand. Neighbors had unfinished basements an got 18g.
Then rapid repairs bought their boiler, hw heater ,elec. panels and installed for free. I paid 12g for that. I am just confused as to how FEMAS unequal distribution didn't get any news coverage.
If your going to help people get back on their feet, then why the wildly different numbers? I have seen huge numbers raised by donations, but where did the money go? Does anybody know?
I have paid into the system for forty years and never needed help before. I just want to know why some were more deserving than others. I was told this is a one shot deal and we are all on our own the next time, if and when we get 4 to 6 foot of ocean covering the rockaways again.
Anyone else in rockaway wonder where the money went and why the help was so wildly different?
It's the government.
Do not expect ther decisions to be fair, just or moral.
They have no profit/loss motive driving decision-making.
Saw the same questions being asked after the flooding in my hometown after Lee. The neighbors started comparing notes and it really made no sense, no consistency.
I am wondering how FEMA decided what each homeowner would get? Some got the max of $31,900. others got nothing. I had a finished basement and got ten grand. Neighbors had unfinished basements an got 18g.
Then rapid repairs bought their boiler, hw heater ,elec. panels and installed for free. I paid 12g for that. I am just confused as to how FEMAS unequal distribution didn't get any news coverage.
If your going to help people get back on their feet, then why the wildly different numbers? I have seen huge numbers raised by donations, but where did the money go? Does anybody know?
I have paid into the system for forty years and never needed help before. I just want to know why some were more deserving than others. I was told this is a one shot deal and we are all on our own the next time, if and when we get 4 to 6 foot of ocean covering the rockaways again.
Anyone else in rockaway wonder where the money went and why the help was so wildly different?
File a FOIL request and they will give you exactly in detail how they came to that figure and if there is errors you can appeal it. The deadline to appeal has passed.
Also it is a one shot deal. You need flood insurance now. And it is a one shot deal for life of house. 50 years from now if owner is flooded and does not have flood insurance you used up the once in a lifetime FEMA payment on the house
Knowing the formula is pretty pointless if you don't know the numbers that were plugged in to equation. Just noting that your neighbor got more on the assumption, in part, that because they had an unfinished basement their losses were less than yours. Their are a number of criteria that go beyond your simple appraisal but without knowing the specifics of your neighbor's claim any discussion of FEMA' formulas in the context is rather pointless.
Finished basements are not covered, So finished or unfinshed would not alter forumula much
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