Diogenes
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Having lived through one major disaster- the January 1994 earthquake in the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles, recovery take time. FEMA was not much help there. They did have a loan program through the SBA to retrofit foundation anchor bolts. Ought to make all the difference in the next big quake:lol: It took about one year to clear all of the collapsed homes in my old neighborhood. Some were rebuilt. Others reverted to grass and shrubs. Most of that work was paid for by insurance companies and/or the homeowners. I do not recall any FEMA involvement in site clearance. FEMA may have transfered money to the City of LA. I do not know how much FEMA can really do for these folks in NY. One of the big problems in that quake clean-up was landfill locations to receive all the debris of collapsed houses. Perhaps FEMA can reduce some of the restrictions on opening new dump sites offshore. That might be more efficient that trying to truck it in-land.
Good points. The federal government does best at writing checks and waiving the routine chickensh!t regulations for the duration of the emergency. They do not do well as first responders.