The Katrina Mess continues...

[Rex Kickass]

http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/12/13/katrina.trailers/index.html

 

We got a serious situation in St. Bernard Parish," its president, Henry "Junior" Rodriguez, told CNN on Tuesday.

 

"We got people living in tents and automobiles. We got people living in barns. We got people living in their houses -- in tents," he said on "American Morning."

 

"This is the beginning of winter. This is unacceptable."

 

Adding to Rodriguez's frustration is the fact that 1,400 trailers are sitting unused in St. Bernard Parish. The parish ordered them from a private contractor days after the hurricane hit on August 29, but the Federal Emergency Management Agency has not agreed to pay for them.

 

There are also more than 5,000 FEMA mobile homes in Arkansas sitting unused, CNN has learned.

 

FEMA responded Tuesday, telling CNN it is ready to deliver 125,000 trailers to the area but that parish officials "still have to identify places to put them."

 

The agency said that St. Bernard Parish "has identified 1,000 sites for trailers ... 500 of them have already been installed, and the rest are in the works."

 

"It is understandable that the process can be frustrating, given that basic services, including electricity, were just recently restored," FEMA's statement read.

[southsider2k5]

No big surprise here... this is a continuation of the pissing contest that started the day Katrina hit land. The locals don't want the trailers because they are afraid they will become permanent to semi-permanent, and the feds want the trailers to give them sometime for the private sector to be able to rebuild. So the locals drag their feet giving the feds places to put the trailers and nothing gets done. Once again net loser is the people stuck in the middle. Just once I wish something could get done without the crap.