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Hurricane misinformation festers, revealing a new side to the climate fight
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this post was submitted on 10 Oct 2024
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FEMA taking your house over $750 sounds ridiculous. The kind if people that believe and are not going to check are not well.
Checking is hard when phones and electricity are out.
Very valid point. I guess I'm confused. I'm assume you have to sign something?
FEMA is in fact offering people up to $750 in immediate aid if they've lost wages or housing in the hurricane, so people have the ability to accept that. They're not taking peoples' houses or anything; it's pretty much no-strings-attached for Americans taking it.
BUT this isn't too farfetched, if you conflate things. Remember that there were people being offered like $2500 for "damages" from the East Palestine train derailment a few years ago (by the rail company) in exchange for waiving their right to sue.
This is a key difference between government programs and corporate self-dealing: the terms are well-known and not hidden in fine print