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Strategies & Market Trends : The Residential Real Estate Crash Index
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To: Mick Mørmøny who wrote (31438)5/18/2005 9:51:43 AM
From: Jim McMannisRead Replies (2) of 306849
 
RE:"But in Miami-Dade County, where the National Hurricane Center clocked wind gusts at only 59 miles per hour — well short of a hurricane — more than 12,000 residents still applied to FEMA for emergency money. And investigators say without even checking all the claims, FEMA handed out more than $31 million.

Internal FEMA documents obtained by NBC News show inspectors' notes, including more than $18,000 paid to one Miami-Dade resident for "excessive damage to clothing" and "excessive damage to furnishings." The note reads, "replace all and bedroom." But on that same report the inspector notes the level of damage as "none.""

This has been a big deal down here. Seems FEMA didn't want to have to give up their detailed records about Dade.
Obviously there was fraud. After all it blew maybe 45 mph at best and there were reports that people were putting stuff out in their yards to be rained on.
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