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- From: snorthc@relay.nswc.navy.mil (Stephen Northcutt - K31)
- Newsgroups: misc.invest
- Subject: South Fla
- Keywords: where do all the dollars go?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov17.134409.14813@relay.nswc.navy.mil>
- Date: 17 Nov 92 13:44:09 GMT
- Sender: news@relay.nswc.navy.mil
- Reply-To: snorthc@relay.nswc.navy.mil
- Distribution: usa
- Organization: Naval Surface Warfare Center
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- When the hurricane decimated south Fla recently, I remember
- seeing the pictures in the newspapers and all. Then there was
- the relief efforts. red cross, this or that church, and so forth
- collecting blankets, food, and flashlights. I also remember
- Mr. Bush making this a disaster area or whatever and appropriating
- some amount of money to fix things up. Does anyone remember
- how much?
-
- I also remember, seeing the pictures of how the insurance adjusters
- were spray painting data on the sides of the damaged homes. And
- some fairly large number of $$$ were going to be paid out by the
- insurance company.
- And I remember that the price of building material esp. plywood
- surged in my own area (VA).
-
- So what? Where is all this money going? Say you bought a house
- in FLA 5 years ago for $80K and a year ago it was supposedly
- worth $120k and you have accumlated $30k or so of clothing, furniture,
- and other junk and the hurricane blows the top off your house.
- What happens to you financially? It seems like you couldn't possibly
- come out of this smelling like a rose, the question is how bad
- to you get hurt. And if this happens to you AND most of your
- neighbors, what happens to this area of the country 1 year from
- now and 5 years from now?
-
- Jobs esp. in the construction industry are scarce right now and
- a couple acquaintances of mine just went down to FLA where they
- were told there is plenty of work. They just called back. One
- of them is leaving to return home this morning. They said that
- there is no law and order down there, everyone lives and sleeps
- by the shotgun. Can this be? They also said building material
- is very scarce. They describe the area as totally decimated and
- out of control. Is this true? Do we have any net.readers who
- live or have recently visited down there?
-
- So, all this money is earmarked for southern FLA. Where does
- it really go? Does the place ever get rebuilt and back on its
- feet? When there are that many millions somebody is getting
- rich, who is it?
-
- Stephen
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