Posted On: October 25, 2007, 11:37 am CDT

Posted By: concerned agent

What you are seeing on TV is exactly what is happening. The people of So. Calif have been hit by this catastrophe and have bounced back the way we do out here. We simply roll up our sleeves and move forward. Politicians stand before the TV cameras and pat themselves on the back, saying FEMA has learned and is responding well. Out here FEMA is doing what FEMA should do in every emergency-stand by and help if it is needed, otherwise, just stay out of our way. The people in California do not need FEMA. We know, as private citizens, what needs to be done. Had we waited for FEMA we would have suffered like Louisiana did. In contrast to that state, we IMMEDIATELY went to work. Private citizens should never have to wait for our government to come along and give us handouts. We will recover because we have faith in ourselves. The politicians will say how well the government did but don't believe them. This was private citizens banding together for the common good. It is our hope the government stays the hell out of our way. We will not have planeloads of attorneys flying in to file lawsuits, either. We know that, in order to live in paradise, we must protect our investments so we insure ourselves properly. The vast majority of losses are insured and we have enough faith in the language of the policies to know that we are insured properly. This I can quarantee, the insurance claims will be paid because we paid the premium needed to live here. We did not gamble and say it would not happen. We knew it would happen and we protected ourselves.