Aside from the obvious reasons to prepare for a natural disaster or manmade catastrophe-such as saving your life or the lives of your loved ones, there could be yet another important reason to prepare?
This could turn out to be a trend nationwide, but New York State is warning Superstorm Sandy victims that they might have to pay back $59 million dollars worth of disaster relief funding. The New York Governor’s Office began sending out debt collection notices to applicants the agency believes were ineligible for housing rehabilitation and other disaster related funding. The amounts range from $4,500 to $180,000.
(FEMA) is also working to recapture money it believes was improperly spent in the aftermath of the October 2012 Storm. The agency handed out $1.4 billion in aid to residents in New York & New Jersey to cover emergency needs, and said a fraction of those cases were improperly paid.
So now there is yet another great reason for resilience & preparation in the face of a disaster event. If you do receive disaster relief money from the federal or state government-you might be asked to pay it back.
