I don´t know where they found the current idiot running FEMA but he makes Brownie look like a genius. The other thing I´m wondering about here is a shift to a central planning experiment being done in the area,especially with input from the UN housing guidelines.

This bureaucratic footdragging is pretty laughable in the face of Obama promising to cut red tape. But once again we see Limbaugh´s theory at work. No matte what government failure that happens,Obama never gets direct blame,even though he has his nose stuck in everything behind the scenes.

NY is so locked in to being dems,it doesn´t matter how much abuse they take,they´ll keep pulling the lever.Right smack dab in the middle of all this chaos,Wall St. billionaires go about their business,getting even richer.

It seems the NJ victims are upset, but what about their esteemed Gov. Christie? If I remember correctly, he was praising the efforts of Obama and his administration prior to the election.

It should be noted that the day after Secretary of State John Kerry gave Egypt more than 2.5 million US tax dollars, NJ Senator Menendez announced that FEMA funds might be slow in coming, due to the ´sequester.´

Maybe it´s time for O and Christie to take another hand-in-hand walk on the beach for the cameras - you know, to remind everyone that this isn´t Bush´s FEMA, and everything´s cool.

It is quite hard to feel sorry for New Jerseyites. They continue to vote for people who keep killing them. It´s a little like newspapers pushing agendas that result it them going out of business. So delicious.

Bingo #5. The well of sympathy has just about run dry for all the idiots, especially the liberal ones, who continue to be the willing instruments of their own misery, as well as the destruction of this once great country. They´ve made their beds, now they can lie in them. A pox on them all.
Was that too strong? Nah.

#5 & 6, many of the areas hit are filled with good solid republicans. Tea Party activity is big in south jersey. We´re stuck with the idiot Dems because of large inner city populations and immigrants, with no voter ID laws.

FEMA´s handling has been disgraceful. If the clientele affected had been similar to New Orleans, the press would be screaming racism. Because it´s seniors and people who can afford a beach house, this is just another way to screw the perceived rich.

I´m from the government and I´m here to help!

They don´t make a violin small enough for me to play for most people living on the NE , SW and NW coasts. I said most! What´s up with that? Is it the salt water?

They flatly turned me down. My shore house destroyed. Not my primary residence, even though I used it every week all year long, to escape my city apartment. Most annoying was the arrogant Fema woman, who I imagine was from Newark or Camden, and showed total indifference along with contempt, if you get my drift.

My favorite comment on FEMA is a photo of a sign that says "FEMA Center Closed Due to Weather" with a caption "Imagine what your healthcare is going to be like." I´ll see if I can´t post it on the connection wall.

I hate it when that happens!

I live in Florida and see people on the coast struggling with this kind of problem every time we have a Hurricane come to visit. I guess I have a hard time figuring out why people keep rebuilding and paying the huge insurance costs when they know it´s only a matter of time until the next hurricane comes along and destroys what they have. Why now have your vacation home inland, but in a nice place where there are activities that you enjoy? Why take the chance of another a Sandy, or whatever name the next storm has, comeing along and taking away everything you have saved for and treasure?

You deserve the government you elect.

I haven´t heard the state run media complaining about this. Obama has not been criticized. So everything must be ok.

I live in Louisiana, not in New Orleans and not close to the coast. After living in my present home for 18 years my home has now been declared to be in a flood zone. Regardless of the reasons given I suspect that this declaration was needed to increase funds to pay the know nothing multiplying FEMA employees.

FEMA is trying to fund itself off the backs of Sandy storm victims. They will drive people out of their homes because of unaffordable flood insurance premiums. This is very wrong. I also don´t recall seeing snarky comments when natural disasters strike red states. Everyone in NJ is not liberal, actually the shore area is quite conservative. So please keep the nasty comments to yourselves.

Read a theory posted recently by an Ldotter that maybe the Feds are in cahoots with developers who are just waiting the people out. There is a lot of valuable land ripe for the picking here.

If the poster who made the crack about people living on the NW coasts had a clue, they would know that normal flooding really isn´t a problem here. It would take an earthquake driven Tsunami of gigantic height to wipe out the Oregon coast.

Since the Feds have pretty much regulated the fishing industry nearly out of existance, tourism is the thing to bring in money on the coast. Lots and lots of small entreprenuers.

Barak Obama Hates White People. Duh!

#7 is fighting an unwinnable war. It matters not in the least that South Jersey has a lot of Republicans, when the rest of the state is absolutely hopeless. My family and I moved South 25 years ago and have not regretted it for even ONE second. Time to fold your tents and move to where your vote means something. The coming collapse will destroy those not prepared and/or surrounded by takers.