Posted On: March 14, 2006, 10:09 pm CST

Posted By: Jerri

Diane Alden; May God have mercy on you! I hope you NEVER have to go through what we have been through. I have lived in Pensacola, FL all my life. I was born here. My entire family is here. We were hit HARD with Hurricane Ivan. The roof was peeled off my home, the ceiling collapased and my personal belongings were ruined. I had and still have Allstate Insurance. They paid me $6500.00. There was no way this would ever pay for my damages. My husband and myself are hard working people. We proudly pay our taxes every year and NEVER complain about it. Now let me tell you what FEMA did for me. Because I have insurance (HA HA) they allowed me a one time cash assistance of $450.00 because we were displaced from our home. I am soooo sorry if that offends you. Never mind that I or We paid taxes too Diane. However, we were able to take out an SBA LOAN and rebuild. We are greatful for that and have begun our mortgage payments to REPAY the loan. Therefore, I would like to thank every other hard working American who realizes that stuff happens to even good people and do not begrudge us for a LOAN. We do not live in a flood area. We live in the highest point of NW Florida. It was the high wind that took our roof. So tell me Diane....How much did you pay in taxes this year? Did you receive EARNED INCOME CREDIT? I didn't. I paid, then paid again. I don't begrudge you, why should you begrudge me. It's hard not to take it personally when people judge so harshly.