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PANAMA CITY, Fla. A small village of the forgotten has popped up in Diahnn "Shelly" Summers' backyard outside Panama City. Where there once was empty grass abutting almost 5 acres (2 hectares) of woods, 10 tents now encircle a fir tree with Christmas lights.
The tents shelter those still homeless more than four months after Hurricane Michael screamed ashore with 155-mph (250-kph) winds, flattening, blowing away or rendering uninhabitable thousands of houses.
"There is nowhere for them to go," Summers said. "When you don't have a home, you have no sense of safety, no sense of belonging, no security. You don't even know where you're going to sleep without getting into trouble. It's the worst feeling."
Of all the Florida Panhandle areas affected by Michael, Bay County was hardest hit: Officials said almost three-quarters of its 68,000 households were affected. Former Florida House Speaker Allan Bense, who is leading a hurricane recovery initiative, estimated about 20,000 people were homeless in the weeks after the October storm.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/its-pure-hell-hurricane-michael-leaves-housing-crisis/ar-BBUl3BC?li=BBnbcA1
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Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)How many more areas are in this same boat. North Carolina,Texas,P.R.,and others.
csziggy
(34,136 posts)And even though there was some damage to the house it is still habitable. Unfortunately my husband has not been able to get his siblings to list the house for sale. It should sell quickly - It now has a new roof and working bathrooms. The kitchen needs to be gutted and re-done but that needed to be done anyway since it still has the original 1962 cabinets.
At Christmas we were told that even WalMart had limited hours because they simply cannot find people to work all the shifts since there is not enough housing.
shraby
(21,946 posts)world county as well as try to institute a dictatorship.
Many more disasters like hurricanes, tornadoes, fires, floods that fema doesn't help out with, and we will be totally rag-tagged.
onethatcares
(16,172 posts)from the Panhandle to the wall?
A quick search shows nothing.
malaise
(269,054 posts)from 2017. Kakistocracies are not good for disasters - they are about enriching themselves.
ITTMF!!
peekaloo
(22,977 posts)I'm sure this situation will be at the top of his priorities.
He rode Thump's coattails to victory and now is the time for him to emerge from the Ass Cave.
Not holding my breath.