Those FEMA stories just keep rolling in

Yesterday, a woman reported that, so far, she had amassed $8,700 worth of invoices for severe Ktarina-related damage to her house. A FEMA representative arrived at the house to assess the damage and refused to go into the attic because it was "too hot" up there. Then she refused to look at the owner's pre-repair photographs. Her assessment? That the house had "no damage."

The confused and irate house owner called FEMA from a cell phone and was told to go to the agency's website. Only she has no cable connection and no land lines.

Another woman reported that when she ran out of money, she had to return from her evacuation destination. Her refrigerator was gone, and a FEMA representative offered her perishable food. The representative then said the woman was not eligible for FEMA money because "she was home."

FEMA has definitely outdone the IRS in idiocy, disorganization, and sadism. Depending on how corrupt it turns out to be, it may even surpass the Orleans Parish School Board as the most dysfunctional organization on the face of the Earth.