FEMA is busy painting stove knobs red

[donsu]

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/F/FEMA_RED_KNOBS?SITE=FLTAL&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT


Trying to prevent deadly explosions, the Federal Emergency Management Agency has sent contractors to more than 100,000 government-issue trailers on the Gulf Coast to paint stove knobs a distinctive red.

FEMA spokesman Aaron Walker said the change will help trailer residents tell the difference between the knobs that control the igniters and those that operate the burners on propane stoves.

Walker said four gas- or stove-related fires in FEMA trailers have been reported in Louisiana, including one in April that killed a man in Slidell. He said FEMA has had no reports of gas or stove fires in Mississippi.Walker said workers in Mississippi have painted the knobs on about 85 percent of the 30,000 to 40,000 trailers there. In Louisiana, around 20 percent of the knobs in 70,000 trailers have been painted red.

The task is time-consuming because trailer occupants must be home for the work to be done, Walker said.

He had no estimate on how much it will cost FEMA.

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sigh

[KyndCulture]

1. it just doesn't end today....

:nuke:

[Rosemary2205]

2. Perfect

More news about what complete retards Katrina victims are. (too stoooopit to operate a gas stove).

What fun........

[KyndCulture]

3. Ok class how many grownups know...

a gas stove makes fire?



sigh

[liberal N proud]

4. This is what living in George Bu$h's Amerika is going to be like.

Just plain weird and absurd

[DaveJ]

5. I wonder if these stoves were bought when Brown was in charge....

...and how is painting the knob red going to help? Which is red, the igniter or the gas knob? Anyway, if someone blows up again I guess FEMA thinks their asses are covered.

[KyndCulture]

6. If it were actually realistic to use logic associated with FEMA,

one would ask why they are shipping trailers with gas appliances and no fire extinguishers...


but screw logic, this is FEMA for fuckssake

[DemoTex]

7. I'm surprised they don't just buy Wolf ranges. The knobs are already red.

[Mist]

8. Even FEMA has to look like they're doing something every once in a

while. Would this be called "gold-bricking" or "feather-bedding"?

[hedgehog]

9. What if you're red/green color blind?

Then all the knobs will still look black.

[Oilwellian]

10. Oh Goody

Many in Slidell have requested FEMA to remove the trailer they no longer use. My sister-inlaw has a FEMA trailer that's been sitting in her front yard and is no longer used. She's called FEMA several times for the past 4 months to come and pick up the trailer. They've YET to remove it. And if my sister-inlaw had it removed, she'd be committing a felony. In the meantime, there are still many who are on a waiting list in need of a trailer. Perhaps when they come to paint the knob on her no longer used trailer, she can convince them it's not really necessary since it's no longer being used.