Adan Salazar
Infowars.com
November 9, 2012
Residents of New Jersey, whose homes were ravaged by superstorm Sandy and are now having to endure yet another wintery storm, are revealing through first-hand accounts that camps FEMA is providing are more like prisons.
Photos taken by Brian Sotelo of the tent city set up at Monmouth Park in Oceanport by FEMA for victims of Sandy.“At (Pine Belt) the Red Cross made an announcement that they were sending us to permanent structures up here that had just been redone, that had washing machines and hot showers and steady electric, and they sent us to tent city. We got (expletive),” distraught Oceanport camp resident Brian Sotelo said.
As if adding insult to injury, the camp is referred to as “Camp Freedom,” however, Sotelo says camp residents feel more like they’re imprisoned: “Everybody is angry over here. It’s like being prison [sic].”
As no media is allowed beyond the fences of the camp, what little news has managed to escape the area is disturbing. Angered residents are revealing that they are intentionally being kept quiet, being denied electricity to charge their phones and suspect surveillance by roving vehicle patrols.
Sotelo also noted that several members of the camp had tried to contact the media regarding the horrendous living conditions, but were met with opposition: “After everyone started complaining and they found out we were contacting the press, they brought people in. Every time we plugged in an iPhone or something, the cops would come and unplug them.”
“As Sotelo tells it, when it became clear that the residents were less than enamored with their new accommodations Wednesday night and were letting the outside world know about it, officials tried to stop them from taking pictures, turned off the WiFi and said they couldn’t charge their smart phones because there wasn’t enough power,” reports Stephen Edelson of the Asbury Park Press.
According to Sotelo, victims are not being allowed to return to their homes, even though, as part of a relief crew, he’s passed his own rented home several times, noting it had only sustained about a foot’s worth of water damage.
A FEMA spokesperson refuted Sotelo’s claims, saying that “staff at the micro-city are providing for the needs of all the evacuees.”
Reportedly, several FEMA centers in New Jersey and Staten Island were also closed to due to the inclement weather anticipated from yesterday’s nor’easter.
Yesterday, NJ Gov. Chris Christie expressed confidence in his ability to “re-evaluate” the gas rationing system put in place about a week ago after residents were having to wait 3 to 4 hours for gas.
Today, Christie tried to salvage FEMA’s reputation and deflect negative criticism by praising utility crews and labeling the storm as the main perpetrator of all the suffering: “The villain in this case is Hurricane Sandy.”
Also today, FEMA announced that it would grant Governor Christie’s request to provide Disaster unemployment assistance to those unable to work “as a direct result of the damages caused by the storm.”
This article was posted: Friday, November 9, 2012 at 12:46 pm
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Meanwhile, FEMA "high government officials" are requiring at least three star hotel accommodations. Welcome to communism, America.
ReplyDeleteThis story along with Katrina & the horrors of the Superdome have taught me to NEVER depend upon the government and more importantly to NEVER allow myself to be transported, removed from my home or "housed" in any FEMA facility.
ReplyDeleteI would rather live in the Everglades (I have a cabin & all the necessary supplies to do so) before moving under the control of,and dependent upon the government.
Once you move in, they disarm you & will eventually imprison you behind barbed wire.
The 20th century should tell us to avoid camps at all costs.
you ever notice how the only catastrophes the government is able to respond to effectivly, or the ones that it creates? And as for the fema camps, what did you expect?
ReplyDeleteIt's all just a test run to see how Americans respond to being treated like criminals when they are not. It's a fluoride test. Fail it, and they will triple your dose.
ReplyDeleteNice test run for the FEMA camps that will need to be established after the Federal Reserve's massive con games fall apart.
ReplyDeleteAgreed. Sounds like a test run.
DeleteHMMMMMMM....why are these centers not being utilized for exactly what the govt says that they were established for after Katrina?...perhaps the militias throughout the USA are onto something....
ReplyDeletehttp://rense.com/general17/statebystate.htm
NEW JERSEY Ft. Dix / McGuire AFB - Possible deportation point for detainees. Lots of pictures taken of detention compounds and posted on Internet, this camp is well-known. Facility is now complete and ready for occupancy.