FEMA aid for storm paid for too many funerals, figures show

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FEMA aid for storm paid for too many funerals, figures show

#1 Postby Derecho » Tue Apr 12, 2005 8:15 am

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/ ... ws-florida

"Florida officially recorded 123 fatalities from last year's hurricanes, but the federal government has paid funeral expenses for at least 315 deaths, including those of a man who shot himself and a stroke victim hospitalized more than a week before the last storm hit.

In one case, a Federal Emergency Management Agency worker tried unsuccessfully to persuade a coroner to count among the hurricane casualties a "morbidly obese" heart patient who purportedly was "scared to death."


ROFL....love how all the conspiracy kooks were convinced the feds were covering up mass casualties, and they were actually INFLATING death totals.
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#2 Postby Aquawind » Tue Apr 12, 2005 1:38 pm

LOL... Amazing.. Let the FEMA bashing begin..again..

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#3 Postby Brent » Tue Apr 12, 2005 1:44 pm

:roll:

Meanwhile... the budget deficit grows as I type.
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