Cliffy
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Wouldn't it be nice if FEMA-
Wouldn't be nice if FEMA got rid of all those old trailers they stored after Katrina by barging them to BAJA and giving them to the folks in need?
There's got to be lots of them stored somewhere.
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Whale-ista
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It would be a wonderful humanitarian effort, but I can't imagine the protests and clamor if anything like that was proposed.
Also many of those trailers were substandard to begin with. If they've been used for any length of time they would be in pretty bad shape by now.
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bajadogs
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I don't think a barge full of old trailers would be a smart long term solution for Baja. Or anywhere.
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larryC
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Whale-ista
It would be a wonderful humanitarian effort, but I can't imagine the protests and clamor if anything like that was proposed.
Also many of those trailers were substandard to begin with. If they've been used for any length of time they would be in pretty bad shape by now.
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yeah, imagine having old trailers in Baja. 
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chuckie
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Is this a joke? Or what? FEMA involved in anything, would be like another Odile.
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willardguy
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sancho
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| Quote: | Originally posted by larryC
yeah, imagine having old trailers in Baja |
That's funny, who in their right mind would even think of
old trailers in Baja? What's next, don't tell me some Gringos
are going to build a room/living quarters around the trailer?
I remember some sort of contamination of the Katrina trailers, some sort of toxin from the plastic was making the occupants sick, as I remember the US
Govt paid out some claims, the Govt
ended up storing some trailers for yrs., like paying $50,000
for storing a $10,000 trailer
[Edited on 9-22-2014 by sancho]
[Edited on 9-23-2014 by sancho]
[Edited on 9-23-2014 by sancho]
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dtbushpilot
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They will need to get the people still living in them to move out first...
"Life is tough".....It's even tougher if you're stupid.....
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windgrrl
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The toxin is formaldehyde, yup, the embalming chemical:
http://abcnews.go.com/US/Health/story?id=3240532&page=1
The thought had crossed my mind that my RV could be commandeered. They will have come to tin city and pry it from my cold, dead...WHOA, I got lost
there for a moment.
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