This should come as no surprise to either the makers or the residents. I bought a trailer several years ago, and I remember the warning stickers in the house about formaldehyde and fumes, and the side effects, and what to do about them. It seems to me that a bunch of people did not read (or heed) the warning stickers.
Albert Einstein - "It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity.
Was this a haunting vision of the future could he foresee the greed driven development and marketing of products in such a manner as not to give a *** about the effects on the American public. Let us continue to not repair the **** and allow our politicians and corporate America decide how and which leaks to poke their fingers in.
we pay taxes to the government to protect and to serve "we the people" The same reason we pay social security. It is like paying any other insurance company. When the people have a claim they should do their job and pay. They should be held responsible for their actions. If you pay someone to do something and they do not you expect them to be held responsible period. The government does not do what we pay them to do in many aspects, "we the people" have not been the masters as we should be for many years now. The government is like any other big corporation these days, pull in as much money as you can spend as little as you can in pay back and service and blow the rest on personal interest.
[The RV industry is NOT to blame for these FEMA units having problems, the units were built to code as established by FEMA. FEMA is the problem.] [Posted by Steve773834 at 12:35 PM : Jul 09, 2008]
based on the story ... they were doing particular things in advance of expected fema visits to the plant ... to shield from the view of fema reps.
if they knew what they were doing ... and what they were doing was not to the spec ... or would clearly represent an unsafe condition for those using the trailers ... then they are liable for their actions ... as they should be.
Whats the big deal?? The psychopaths running the company found a way to cut costs and increase their own bonus costs. It worked out great for them. So what if a bunch of people are sick because of the decisions that were made. Profit. Thats what matters.
I worked in a mobile home factory in Jacksonville, North Carolina in 1974 to 1975 and the formaldehyde that was built into each unit was not even considered to be a problem or a risk factor. Then just before Katrina hit my wife and I went looking for a new mobile home only because of the formaldehyde in the units we were forced not to buy one. One dealership promised us that their units didn''t have any formaldehyde and when we entered the first unit we could smell it. That was when we were told that there was no way to build a mobile home with out formaldehyde being in the isolation.
It is amazing that this discussion even extends beyond FEMA and Gulf Stream. FEMA contracted Gulf Stream to provide EMERGENCY shelter to citizens of this country (that is their job), and both parties failed to do so in a safe manner.
It is frightening that we can no longer trust this administration to protect us as citizens. And having the trailer executives questioned on Capitol Hill? We all know how well that worked with the oil guys...a dog and pony show at best.
It is amazing that this discussion even extends beyond FEMA and Gulf Stream. FEMA contracted Gulf Stream to provide EMERGENCY shelter to citizens of this country (that is their job), and both parties failed to do so in a safe manner.
It is frightening that we can no longer trust this administration to protect us as citizens. And having the trailer executives questioned on Capitol Hill? We all know how well that worked with the oil guys...a dog and pony show at best.
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Posted by alindgr1
What, they could read?
"It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity.
Was this a haunting vision of the future could he foresee the greed driven development and marketing of products in such a manner as not to give a *** about the effects on the American public. Let us continue to not repair the **** and allow our politicians and corporate America decide how and which leaks to poke their fingers in.
[Posted by mandylou4u at 12:15 PM : Jul 09, 2008]
what country does it work in? does it work in any country? why doesn''t it work?
[Posted by Steve773834 at 12:35 PM : Jul 09, 2008]
based on the story ... they were doing particular things in advance of expected fema visits to the plant ... to shield from the view of fema reps.
if they knew what they were doing ... and what they were doing was not to the spec ... or would clearly represent an unsafe condition for those using the trailers ... then they are liable for their actions ... as they should be.
It is frightening that we can no longer trust this administration to protect us as citizens. And having the trailer executives questioned on Capitol Hill? We all know how well that worked with the oil guys...a dog and pony show at best.
It is frightening that we can no longer trust this administration to protect us as citizens. And having the trailer executives questioned on Capitol Hill? We all know how well that worked with the oil guys...a dog and pony show at best.