Life in a FEMA trailer and much more from the NY Times

From the NY Times

"If you were to fly over rural Hancock County here, you would see more than 9,000 of them, white rectangles clumped in sun-bleached parks and scattered in piney woods like pieces of a trashed picket fence. Pick any one, and contained within that FEMA trailer are lives in claustrophobic suspension."

The story, which is part of a series on the rebuilding of the region, centers on the Shiyous from Laleshore MS but could be about any of the thousands still living in trailers (mind you the numbers way understate the true damage as many are living with other family members and friends and others have just moved on).

"Ms. Shiyou hurries through her family's FEMA trailer back story, which is extraordinary, but here, mundane: Returning to a home that was miles from shore but destroyed, then moving like nomads, from a gymnasium to a warehouse to a tent to a FEMA trailer encampment for five months. Then, finally, back to their property, into this FEMA trailer on their former front lawn, where they have lived since March."

"...they plan to start building next month, and with luck will be out of the trailer by Christmas..."

Reread that--"with luck"---wow. Sad but true.

For the previous articles of this series

June 7 about the difficulty in recovering boats (or anything else) that were blown inland.
June 11- A brightspot in MS--A fair in Biloxi!
Pictures of RT 90--with audio-

The series is by Dan Berry (who I am 99% sure is a SBU grad).

Thanks to Dr. Bob for pointing this one out to me.