to be able to help the victims in our county where we received 64" of rain from Harvey, an all time world record for a storm. Many of us are flood victims too!
What we learned is that FEMA flood aid is minimal at best, but the documentation and the wait in monumental.
TWIA, the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association was the beneficiary of all of the favorable rule changes last Spring that are going to demonstrate just how little coverage people have compared to what they thought they had, especially for the counties one county over from the coast.
Propaganda by powerful interests have been great at perpetuating lawyers as evil and crooked, not to be trusted. Granted we are human and not all of us live up to the deals of our profession, but the majority do just like in any other profession or trade.
The man in the cartoon was re-building his home so he has no need of attorneys. Show an example of the majority of the flood victims in stripped out homes begging for anyone to help them get the insurance company to pay, that is more realistic. What we learned in the seminar is that there is very little we will be able to do but to wade through the minefield of short time deadlines, appeals etc., to attempt to get them something to help start over.
Playing to false stereotypes is easy, actually learning what is going on to place blame where it belongs involves a little effort!
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