FEMA denies some storm help

Herald.com | 09/01/2005 | FEMA denies some storm help:

"The federal government will not help to pay lodging and repair expenses for South Floridians whose homes were destroyed or heavily damaged by Hurricane Katrina, officials said Wednesday.
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''I've reached the conclusion now that FEMA is essentially a political organization,'' said Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, a Weston Democrat who claimed the agency was more generous last year because the storms preceded an election. ``They had a standard that was basically fluid from storm to storm. And there are people in Broward and Miami-Dade who are going to be hurting badly.''"