Katrina survivors still struggling in Seattle (FEMA unresponsive)

[flamingyouth]

Seven months ago, Paul Pelts was running pipes and laying roofs for Carter & Sons in New Orleans. Then Hurricane Katrina blew his work, house and life away.

The Louisiana native spent the weeks after the natural disaster retrieving bodies and helping neighbors. With little of his own home left but the front steps, Pelts eventually landed in Seattle, where he can't find work and doesn't know how he'll pay his rent in the coming months.

Since Katrina hit, public attention largely focused on whom to blame for the botched response, but far less on those like Pelts scattered across the country by the storm.

King County alone is home to more than 2,000 evacuees, according to a Federal Emergency Management Agency estimate.

These families often fled with little more than a few bags of clothes and belongings. Initially, Seattle welcomed them with food, clothes and shelter. Now that the disaster is rarely front-page news, these families are rebuilding their lives in a state of confusion. more
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/263743_katrina21.html

[400Years]

1. Nobody should expect help from FEMA

It's a waste of time to even try.

[MadMaddie]

2. And Fema treats them worse than welfare recipients...

These people want to work and are unable to find jobs......

This is a travesty.....one that will go down in history as the biggest blunder of any sitting president!!