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# FEMA Bill
- URL: https://thedailyeudemon.com/2923/
- Published: 2005-11-04T16:22:25.000Z
- Updated: 2005-11-04T16:22:25.000Z
- Author: Eric Scheske
- Tags: TWE, #wpChunk

[Maybe this is why Blanco didn't call FEMA promptly when Katrina hit](http://news.yahoo.com/s/usatoday/20051104/ts%5Fusatoday/louisianacantpaykatrinaritabills?ref=thedailyeudemon.com):

> Flood-ravaged Louisiana can't pay the $3.7 billion that the U.S. government says is its share of hurricane relief, a spokeswoman for Gov. Kathleen Blanco said Thursday.

> "You can't squeeze $3.7 billion out of this state to pay this bill. Period. That would be difficult for us on a good day," the spokeswoman, Denise Bottcher, told USA TODAY.

> Staffers for the governor "about fell over" Wednesday night when they received the Federal Emergency Management Agency's estimate of the state's costs for hurricanes Katrina and Rita, said Mark Merritt, a consultant working for Blanco.

> FEMA projects that it will spend a total of $41.4 billion in Louisiana, about $9,000 per resident. Federal law requires state and local governments to pay a portion of disaster relief costs. That share can be as much as 25%. The $3.7 billion estimate is roughly 9% of FEMA's projected costs in Louisiana.