Desperate Moms and Grand Moms From MD to FL Plead to Laura Bush, Oprah and Montel for Help as Homeland Security Failure Leaves Flood Victims High & Dry; ?They have failed us and our children miserably.?
Flood victims, many trapped in tiny FEMA campers - some for more than a year, are making a last ditch appeal to Laura Bush, Oprah Winfrey and Montel Williams for help. They hope the First Lady and TV hosts can do what the President and Congress have been unable to do ? shine the light on wrongdoing within FEMA and help victims receive past due compensation.FEMA reneged on its agreement to conduct an independent review of victims' flood insurance settlements written by FEMA's business partners - private giants like Omaha, Nationwide, Travelers and nearly one hundred others.
The Senate found the insurers as well as Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC), the company that runs the privatized National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), approved low-ball settlements which resulted after the companies used artificially low numbers for settling the victims' flood claims. Some were shorted more than one hundred thousand dollars. The women say the settlements "have resulted in personal financial ruin, stress related problems and single parent households when couples were unable to survive having as many as six people crammed into campers that fit in a single car garage.
They wrote, "As you know, FEMA is now part of Homeland Security.
They seem to have missed the point ? the most fundamental aspect of their mission is securing our homes.
They have failed us and our children miserably." In March, the Senate directed FEMA to "reach out" and conduct an independent review of more than 24,000 flood claims after it learned their insurance partners and CSC had used the wrong data and regulations in adjusting the claims.
The insurance is sold as full replacement cost coverage and premiums are fully paid by the policyholders without government subsidy.
FEMA responded by quietly assembling a team of reviewers comprised of many of the same adjusters and adjusting firms associated with the mishandled claims.
Many victims say they were never notified, others were told their insurance was only "a form of assistance."In a recent report requested by Baltimore County, MD, fraud detection expert Steve Kanstoroom found conflicts of interest between the insurers, FEMA and the DHS Inspector General's office. It also referred to missing FEMA funds and an abruptly terminated audit inside FEMA being conducted by Price Waterhouse Coopers.
Last week the Washington Post reported US Senators called for Attorney General John Ashcroft to "take every appropriate action" to address the allegations in the report and called on DHS Secretary Tom Ridge to personally intercede.
President Bush signed into law a directive for the GAO to issue a report, well after the election.
The report and underlying documents are available at www.femainfo.us .The women asked Mrs.
Bush for help overcoming FEMA's refusal to comply with federal law and regulations and intervene on their behalf.
They said, "We believe you may be our last hope. We desperately need your help.
Winter is coming again.
Please help us.".
Honda Jazz: The Most Reliable Car
A survey claims that sleek and inexpensive cars are more reliable compared to expensive models. Do you want to know the details? Well, read on.
For some, cheap cars may not be worth the attention. Mainly, this is because people have this state of mind that when you go cheap, you are also buying low quality products. However, a recent survey has proven that car owners who desire reliable automobiles should stick with small and inexpensive cars rather than huge and costly car models.
"Which?'s" has made a recent dependable survey about the most reliable car in the market. The survey crowned the Honda Jazz as the most reliable car of Britain.
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Purchasing coffee products and the insurance question
On how many accessions have you visited an a coffee warehouse or food and drink merchant so you could obtain a product such as a italian coffee machine or italian coffee grinder only to be asked by the salesperson "would you like insurance with your merchandise"? this is a question that most people acquiring coffee products either can't bear or have grown used to, some folk would possibly be puzzled if the employee working in a food and drink business or coffee warehouse didn't ask them this as they obtained their goods.
Before I launched my own modest coffee store I recall visiting a food and drink store and purchasing a office coffee blender and a large amount of coffee merchandise and extra's, I made my way to the checkout counter to give them the money for my food and drink products and was indeed asked if I required some extra cover. Now as it turned out I turned down the assistants offer and just a few weeks later my precious coffee purchases were robbed...
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Do Your Car?s Carpets Need Cleaning?
You may not notice it but the carpets in your car's interior seem to be one of the dirtiest parts of your vehicle. Just imagine how many pairs of feet trudge on it everyday. Just count how many times they did become the location of food bits and food wrappers. Also keep in mind how many times did these carpets become the target of spilled drinks.
It is not surprising if you would find your carpet all dirty.
Dirty is not quite an issue. The difficult thing to attend to would be if your car's carpets have become stained because of everything that has come in contact with it. If you consider this to be quite a difficult task, remember that the more you keep the task of cleaning them aside, the more difficult it would be to take the stains out. All it takes are a couple of easy steps to clean your carpets and make them stain-free.
You should first remove the floor mat of your vehicle.
Sometimes, stains also dwell here. Blot and scrape...
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Car Hire
Suppose you have reached a town which you were never seen before.You want to attend a very important meeting there and thus looking for "car hire" to reach the destination as soon as possible.You see one car for hire and immediately rush inside a car and ordered the driver to go to your destination place. Driver,after a long travel about an hour through the town,stops at a place and asks you the exact address of the place.
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