Comments on: Shirley Franklin: Put flood damage at $1 billion, not a paltry $250 million

By: Wade in the Water « Kind of Red

Wade in the Water « Kind of Red — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 03:26:23 +0000

[...] to a U.S. Geological Survey, the flood were a “once in 500 years flood.” Georgia State Insurance Commissioner John Oxedine estimated the cost of the flood damage had reached $250 million,…. Regardless of the actual dollar figure lost to the city and surrounding area, one thing is [...]

By: t

Sat, 26 Sep 2009 15:54:20 +0000

I don’t think anybody hardest hit by the Georgia floods ever supported the current administration. Now, they’re crying to the feds for help. Maybe they couldn’t board up their homes in time to prevent the floodig because they were teabagging in DC on 9-12. I think Glenn & Rush & Fox have sufficient coin for your bailout. Also pray for sun. Nah, not really, I hope you do receive financial support – and then I pray that you begin to realize how very important it is for all of us to help each other in times of need. My son has cancer. We’re about to hit our “lifetime maximum benefit cap” under our insurance policy. Maybe now you can support healthcare reform so that my son doesn’t have to beg for medication when our insurance company dumps him.

By: jerath

jerath — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 09:24:34 +0000

Enter your comments here The federal Government is always the cash cow for these so called emergencies that politicians just cook up to fatten their pet projects. As usual if New Orleans is and guide, most of everything will be eaten up by the big buddy buddy good old boy contractors and the conservative republican hacks who run the state. Major Franklin on the other hand is trying her tricks for the city get as much Federal Aid as she can and not deal with the conservative republicans at the state level, who will divert much of the so called assistance money to the areas that where they bond why driving with their head lights on at high noon.

By: e. willingham

e. willingham — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 00:06:56 +0000

Enter your comments here I’ve never seen so many evil, hateful, uncaring people in my life. The ajc should not feed into this hatred, when people are out there needing help, or any other time. It should be a law against some of the things the ajc print, especially about our President. There is NO respect! The President is offering help and all you can print is negatives comments. We all need to be rolling up our sleeves and helping. Those unkind and hateful people are miserable. Why not just let them waller in their hate, because someday they will be needing help!

By: thetruth

thetruth — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 22:01:32 +0000

The damage estimate is at 250 million as most of the damaged homes and such were of working middle class Americans.

By: It's war

It's war — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 21:28:44 +0000

I say don’t fix the wastewater treatment plants. Let Alabama, Florida, and south Georgia suck on our poop for awhile. Then maybe they’ll stop trying to destroy our economy by messing with Lake Lanier.

By: leon

leon — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 18:13:29 +0000

Enter your comments here

Does anyone think this may be punishment for overbuilding and urban sprawl.??

By: DouglasCoMan

DouglasCoMan — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 15:20:05 +0000

TMW,

Thank you. While we did have damage, there are others who lost much more. At least we have power and water. I didn’t live in a flood plain, still don’t. Anyone who wasn’t there can’t understand the massive amount of water that was involved. And if you did have damage, it isn’t political, it’s personal. So if all you are going to do is gripe about people using the government services that, God willing, you never have to use, move aside. We need help, not your “expert” advice.

By: WELL,WELL,WELL !!!!!

WELL,WELL,WELL !!!!! — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 14:55:59 +0000

What do we have here???? I’ve lived in The ATL 32yrs and this has to be one of the worst floods I have seen!!! Building in a flood plane area is ALWAYS cheaper, cooler (nearer to water), and in many cases more private! You know, for example if you have large pets or even horses! In other words you can get more BANG for your $$BUCK$$!!!

INSURANCE $$$$$$$$$$$$$$ Now that’t the problem!

Remember 1994 ?? ALBANY’s Flood. It washed out Bridges, Roards, Large Buildings, and most of all several hundred graves!!!! Some were very old and could not be identified. They were buried in mass graves with headstones that read “UNKNOWN”.

Many, many areas would not,and some could not be rebuilt, because they could not get INSURANCE on their property. Lesson Learned, its all about the FLOOD INSURANCE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

If, a FLOOD does one thing; that is its lets us know our limitations and it also cause the feel very sad for our fellow man and woman!!!!!! GOOD LUCK ALL AND GOD BLESS!!!

By: Cat

Cat — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 13:20:50 +0000

Oxendine shoud’ve been pushing flood insurance all along but didn’t because it’s a (gasp) government program. Private companies grudgingly administer it but it’s a (gasp) government program. No big profits for insurance companies = no advocacy from insurance commish who is in pocket of insurers.