FEMA And Hurricane Ike
Well, anyone who reads my blog regularly knows that my family and I had to evacuate our homes last month because of stupid Ike. We were told that FEMA would reimburse for the cost of hotels to those individuals that were in evacuation areas. That would be us. However, my mother received a letter yesterday stating she was not eligible for FEMA assistance. When she called, and it’s a miracle she even got through because their phones are always so busy, the lady told her that she had never heard of any such of a program like that and FEMA does not reimburse for hotel stays. They better, because I’m out roughly $700 for hotel accommodations, and I don’t think I’ll get it all back because one of the hotels I stayed at was not in FEMA’s hotel list, but the other was. So by my calculations they owe me roughly $540. My parents didn’t spend as much because I ended up paying for part of their hotel stay. I fully expect to get this money back.
Now I’m worried though, because if they got rejected then I probably will also and I need the money back. I do realize that a lot of other people have it way worse than I do. I had a home to come back to, but I’m not rich either. I have a kid to feed and take care of, and I simply don’t have extra money to be throwing around due to a natural disaster. That’s what FEMA is there for anyway, right? 
