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Has anyone any more information on the thousands of Winnebagos bought by FEMA for the New Orleans project? It seems that unless they (FEMA) destroys them, the RVs could flood the market and sell so cheap that Winnebago Industries itself could be threatened. Watch for Winnebago to come out with pull-trailers and fifth-wheelers in order to cope. > Has anyone any more information on the thousands of Winnebagos bought by > FEMA for the New Orleans project? I was not aware that FEMA's Katrina relief included motorhomes. I am skeptical that it did/does.  Signature:) JR > I was not aware that FEMA's Katrina relief included motorhomes. I am > skeptical that it did/does. Skepticism is good, but it is true. >> I was not aware that FEMA's Katrina relief included motorhomes. I am >> skeptical that it did/does. > > Skepticism is good, Yes it is. > but it is true. No it's not. Signature"You can say any foolish thing to a dog, and the dog will give you a look that says, 'My God, you're right! I never would've thought of that!'" --Dave Barry http://www.bobhatch.com http://www.tdsrvresort.com > I was not aware that FEMA's Katrina relief included motorhomes. I am > skeptical that it did/does. Sure it does...just look at this picture: http://www.katrinadestruction.com/images/v/national+guard+photos/levee+break+tha t+caused+massive+flooding.html <G> Anyway, I suspect that if one company supplied a crapload of RVs for Katrina relief, they could wind up on the market and influence prices; but in that case, the company that supplied them would have already made a decent bundle on them, and may have had the foresight to stuff some of it away against the future reduction in demand. Actually, from http://www.rvia.org/Media/newsreleases/breakingnews/p0545.htm : : There is a tremendous need for the Federal Emergency Management : Agency (FEMA) to provide temporary housing for the hurricane victims, : as well as for government and relief organization officials trying to operate : in the hurricane-devastated areas. RVs ranging from motorhomes to travel : trailers, as well as specially built "Emergency Living Units," are meeting : this need. ... : FEMA has purchased existing inventories of RVs from many RV dealers : across the country. In addition, RV dealers and manufacturers have : entered into contracts with FEMA (or third parties who have such contracts) : to deliver and/or build specialized Emergency Living Units. FEMA made : similar arrangements with manufacturers and dealers in 2004 to provide : Emergency Living Units for Florida's hurricane recovery efforts. Looks like some motorhomes were involved. I'd guess it would not be described as a "glut", however. FEMA probably bought a few off of lots, but I imagine it was mostly trailers. On the same page, specifically addressing Winnebago: : Winnebago Industries has provided use of a motorhome to be used as a : support vehicle by the Iowa Jaycees as they delivered three truckloads of : relief supplies. In addition, a Winnebago Industries factory tour bus was : provided for a Mercy Hospital medical team to travel to the Gulf Coast region. : Winnebago Industries is currently working with a number of companies and : agencies on a variety of vehicles for temporary/mobile offices and command : centers. The company has also prioritized motorhome production schedules : to provide more immediate production of RVs designated for dealers to be used : for short-term housing needs. > Anyway, I suspect that if one company supplied a crapload of RVs for > Katrina relief, they could wind up on the market and influence prices; > but in that case, the company that supplied them would have already > made a decent bundle on them, and may have had the foresight to stuff > some of it away against the future reduction in demand. That's not the way it works. The DEALERS made money, and fast. The manufacturer had already been paid. It's good to sell out all one's stock, but not necessarily in one location and all at once and in a situation where all of it will come back on the market at the same time, without being traded back into the RV economy. These things are going to be sold outright. Cheap. Many of the non RV trailer houses are now being shredded. You might have to wait for the news to hit, if the media cares enough to tell you. > Sure it does...just look at this picture: > http://www.katrinadestruction.com/images/v/national+guard+photos/levee+break+tha t+caused+massive+flooding.html > > <G> That MH looks a little like someone leaned it on the house to drain. <g> Mary <http://www.katrinadestruction.com/images/v/national+guard+photos/levee+break+t hat+caused+massive+flooding.html> > That MH looks a little like someone leaned it on the house to drain. HA! They'd better learn WHICH END to raise to fully drain the tanks! Signature:) JR >> Sure it does...just look at this picture: >> http://www.katrinadestruction.com/images/v/national+guard+photos/levee+break+tha t+caused+massive+flooding.html [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Mary Nah that's Brownie doing a heck of a job parking one of the rigs himself! Rudy > > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >skeptical that it did/does. > Our local rv dealer prepped several hundred units for FEMA and I dont think there was any thing but TT rigs. I dont know what all they did to them other than installing the batteries, filling the propane tanks and checking for leaks. But I dont think there was any MH rigs involved, but they did not tell me that. SignatureBILL P. Just Me & DOG -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com > I dont think there was any thing but TT rigs. Well, *IF* FEMA did commandeer new MOTORHOMES, I will be even more cynical about government waste that I already am. Signature<sigh> JR -- :) JR > Has anyone any more information on the thousands of Winnebagos bought by > FEMA for the New Orleans project? It seems that unless they (FEMA) destroys > them, the RVs could flood the market and sell so cheap that Winnebago > Industries itself could be threatened. Watch for Winnebago to come out with > pull-trailers and fifth-wheelers in order to cope. How about a cite for this nutty information? Hugh >HD in NY <error@error.com> wrote: >> Has anyone any more information on the thousands of Winnebagos bought by >> FEMA for the New Orleans project? It seems that unless they (FEMA) destroys [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >How about a cite for this nutty information? >Hugh The source of the story is at: http://tinyurl.com/hud36 Enjoy. SignatureDD > The source of the story is at: http://tinyurl.com/hud36 :) Self-reference. Funny! The source of my information is the QC manager for Winnebago Industries, Iowa. Man I can just see em now. Spinners on the wheels,hydraulics bouncing the units up and down and think of the bass speakers you could put in one of those. Imagine one of those booming all night in the site next to you. >> The source of the story is at: http://tinyurl.com/hud36 > > :) Self-reference. Funny! > > The source of my information is the QC manager for Winnebago Industries, > Iowa. >>The source of the story is at: http://tinyurl.com/hud36 > > :) Self-reference. Funny! > > The source of my information is the QC manager for Winnebago Industries, > Iowa. Well, he may know something we don't but I still strongly doubt this story. Hugh > > The source of the story is at: http://tinyurl.com/hud36 > :) Self-reference. Funny! The link points to my message where I posted clippings from http://www.rvia.org/Media/newsreleases/breakingnews/p0545.htm which is the RV Industry Association's description of the whole FEMA/Katrina thing. >>> The source of the story is at: http://tinyurl.com/hud36 >> :) Self-reference. Funny! [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > the RV Industry Association's description of the whole FEMA/Katrina > thing. Well, it really points to a Google search of news groups, with the search words being "Glut on the market after". Your reply is included in the search because it's part of the thread. Dave is kind of implying that the source of the story is the OP. :-) Signature"You can say any foolish thing to a dog, and the dog will give you a look that says, 'My God, you're right! I never would've thought of that!'" --Dave Barry http://www.bobhatch.com http://www.tdsrvresort.com > "Rick Onanian" <groups.theholycow@xoxy.net> wrote in message > >>> The source of the story is at: http://tinyurl.com/hud36 [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > words being "Glut on the market after". Your reply is included in the search > because it's part of the thread. It goes straight to my message, at least when I try it (even in a browser that I don't use and doesn't have my google groups cookies). I figured that Dave was pointing out the RVIA info as the source. For the record, the TinyURL expands to http://groups.google.com/group/alt.rv/browse_frm/thread/c9ec157ecca627ba/c43c56c 77b30e60c?q=Winnebago+GLUT+on+the+market+afte&lnk=gst&rnum=1 If you trim it back to http://groups.google.com/group/alt.rv/browse_frm/thread/c9ec157ecca627ba then it goes to the first post in the thread. > Dave is kind of implying that the source of the story is the OP. :-) If he did mean to point to the OP, that would be funny, as demonstrated. I think he wasn't attempting a funny, though. Dave? Comments? :) >> "Rick Onanian" <groups.theholycow@xoxy.net> wrote in message >>>>> The source of the story is at: http://tinyurl.com/hud36 [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > > Dave? Comments? :) Read the first URL. After the q= it says: Winnebago+GLUT+on+the+market+afte, etc. The search resolved to the center of the thread, because it found some of those words in your post, the OP's post, Jims post, but not my post. If your browser highlights the words, it hits your because you type Winnebago several times. It would not surprise me to see it change as/if the thread grows. Winnebago GLUT on the market afte Winnebago GLUT on the market afte Winnebago GLUT on the market afte Wait a bit and see where it lands. Signature"You can say any foolish thing to a dog, and the dog will give you a look that says, 'My God, you're right! I never would've thought of that!'" --Dave Barry http://www.bobhatch.com http://www.tdsrvresort.com > "Rick Onanian" <groups.theholycow@xoxy.net> wrote in message > >> "Rick Onanian" <groups.theholycow@xoxy.net> wrote in message [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > several times. It would not surprise me to see it change as/if the thread > grows. I'm afraid not. If you trim out that stuff and just have http://groups.google.com/group/alt.rv/browse_frm/thread/c9ec157ecca627ba/c43c56c 77b30e60c that goes straight to my post. The first ugly pile of letters and numbers (c9ec157ecca627ba) refers to the thread, and the second ungly pile of letters and numbers (c43c56c77b30e60c) refers to the particular reply which was last clicked on. The stuff after the ? is only to specify which words to highlight. It doesn't really matter, since everybody has seen all the info in the thread either way...but the message with the RVIA info in it was definitely the one whose URL was posted, not the thread in general. Now, Dave's intent is still in question, but only Dave can answer that. In other news, you have some really beautiful photos on your site, Bob. :) >"Rick Onanian" <groups.theholycow@xoxy.net> wrote: >> "Rick Onanian" <groups.theholycow@xoxy.net> wrote in message >> >>> The source of the story is at: http://tinyurl.com/hud36 [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > >Dave? Comments? :) Bob's right. It was humor on my part. I was apparently too lazy to point to the beginning of the thread. I simply did the Google search and pointed to the result. I apologize for pointing to your post rather than the OP's. (BTW, I have no opinion on whether the original post was based in fact.) SignatureDD > Bob's right. It was humor on my part. I was apparently too lazy to point > to the beginning of the thread. I simply did the Google search and > pointed to the result. It's good to clear it up. I actually prefer it as humor versus the vaguely informative style it would be if you meant my post. > I apologize for pointing to your post rather than the OP's. NP. :) > (BTW, I have no opinion on whether the original post was based in fact.) Didn't you see the picture in the first link in my post? <G> >> The source of the story is at: http://tinyurl.com/hud36 > > :) Self-reference. Funny! > > The source of my information is the QC manager for Winnebago > Industries, Iowa. According to an email I got from Winnebago, they did not sell any rigs to FEMA. FEMA purchased only tow type RV's, and Winnebago does not make any tow type RV's. I've asked for permission to post the email here, and if granted will post the email and headers from Winnebago. Maybe you can give me the name of the QC manager for Winnebago, and I'll give him a call tomorrow. :-| Signature"You can say any foolish thing to a dog, and the dog will give you a look that says, 'My God, you're right! I never would've thought of that!'" --Dave Barry http://www.bobhatch.com http://www.tdsrvresort.com > According to an email I got from Winnebago, they did not sell any rigs to > FEMA. FEMA purchased only tow type RV's, and Winnebago does not make any > tow type RV's. Never said they did. I said FEMA bought them from dealers. It could be the guy I met was a world-class BSer. I don't care enough to go further, and I don't care to embarrass a guy. You can call the Iowa plant and ask for him if you dare. It's on your head. :() >> According to an email I got from Winnebago, they did not sell any >> rigs to FEMA. FEMA purchased only tow type RV's, and Winnebago does >> not make any tow type RV's. > > Never said they did. I said FEMA bought them from dealers. Thousands, from dealers. Right. > It could be the guy I met was a world-class BSer. I don't care enough > to go further, and I don't care to embarrass a guy. You can call the > Iowa plant and ask for him if you dare. It's on your head. :() Hell yes I dare. Give me his name. Signature"You can say any foolish thing to a dog, and the dog will give you a look that says, 'My God, you're right! I never would've thought of that!'" --Dave Barry http://www.bobhatch.com http://www.tdsrvresort.com > Hell yes I dare. Give me his name. Never got his name. He never got my name, either, and I don't want an embarrassed or angry guy searching me out so I won't send you a traceable email, either. I'm too old for that stuff. Ask for the guy in the Iowa plant in R&D, or QC, something like that who was in Bayfield, Wisconsin watching their 4th of July fireworks from the corner near his late grandmother's house. He was sitting on a wall with a daughter on his left side, his wife on a bench in front of him. He was talking to me, the balding guy sitting with his wife just left of his daughter. Let us know how it goes, eh? > Never got his name. He never got my name, either, and I don't want an > embarrassed or angry guy searching me out so I won't send you a [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > just left of his daughter. > Let us know how it goes, eh? Uh hu. I'm trying to imagine it now. Winnebago Industries, how may I direct your call? Well, I need to talk to a guy in R&D, or QC, or something like that. Which department please? Like I said, R&D, or QC, or something like that. Well, we don't have a "something like that" department. Is this a joke. No, a guy who wouldn't give me his name, told me to call a guy whose name he didn't know, that worked in R&D, or QC, or something like that, could you just connect me please. Click. Ya, that would work. Of course the problem could be solved if I'd just say, "Hey, would you let me talk to the guy who was in Bayfield, WI, watching fireworks on the 4th of July? He's the one that was sitting on a wall." Click. Right. Signature"You can say any foolish thing to a dog, and the dog will give you a look that says, 'My God, you're right! I never would've thought of that!'" --Dave Barry http://www.bobhatch.com http://www.tdsrvresort.com > Uh hu. I'm trying to imagine it now. Do your own detective work if you care so much. Now you know as much as I do. If it turns out that the information regarding FEMA and thousands of Winnebagos, stock influences and you lose, well too bad. >> Uh hu. I'm trying to imagine it now. > > Do your own detective work if you care so much. Now you know as much > as I do. If it turns out that the information regarding FEMA and > thousands of Winnebagos, stock influences and you lose, well too bad. Uh hu. OK, how about this detective work. From March 15th thru April 15th I was on the Gulf Coast. Traveled along US 98 all the way to Pensacola. Spent close to three weeks in the Foley, AL area where I drove by 1 of the FEMA storage lots. We took a trip, and drove from Biloxi to just beyond Gulf Port. Then we spent a few days in a state park north of Lake Pontchartrain. From there we drove into New Orleans, Garden District and Ninth Ward. After that took a route back Northeast, then up through Alabama. During that leg of your trip we passed at least 3 more FEMA storage lots. We saw, and got lots of pictures of the housing set up by FEMA. Some of it in RV parks, some of it set up like little neighborhoods, and lots of it set up in front of houses being repaired. There were no motorhomes. Not Winnebago. Not Fleetwood. Not Prevost. None. Zero. Zip. Nada. Not tens of them. Not hundreds of them. Not thousands of them. I've been there, and seen that. You either got took, or made up a story to try and cover your a.s. Signature"You can say any foolish thing to a dog, and the dog will give you a look that says, 'My God, you're right! I never would've thought of that!'" --Dave Barry http://www.bobhatch.com http://www.tdsrvresort.com >>> Uh hu. I'm trying to imagine it now. >> [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > Uh hu. OK, how about this detective work. From March 15th thru April 15th > [...] Thanks for the information. > You either got took, or made up a story to try and cover your a.s. I take huge offense at the later. I don't mind admitting I got conned, but I do not lie. If I may close on this thread, I find it humbling that I was taken in by this stranger who seemed so believable, due largely to the fact that his family listened without reaction, which I took to be affirmation. After all these years I should know better. > If I may close on this thread, You may not. <G> How about this idea: if the FEMA trailer purchases really mess up the supply/demand cycle of the trailer RV market, the effect will have to ripple into the MH market too. If there's a glut of cheap TTs and fivers, then some who might have bought a MH will be swayed by price and buy a trailer instead. Granted, I wouldn't go digging Winnebago's grave based on that idea...it wouldn't be a huge effect. I see where "john j" <john@stafford.net> contributed: >Never got his name. He never got my name, either, and I don't want an >embarrassed or angry guy searching me out so I won't send you a traceable [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > >Let us know how it goes, eh? Ummmmm. . . . it is pretty obvious how it goes. You've been had. Big time. Winnebago doesn't make trailers. FEMA bought only trailers. The entire tale is completely bogus. You need to recognize that you've been had. Will Sill The Curmudgeon of Sill Hill > Ummmmm. . . . it is pretty obvious how it goes. You've been had. > Big time. Winnebago doesn't make trailers. FEMA bought only > trailers. If we can verify that FEMA did not buy Winnie motor homes from dealers, then you are right. But how do we know you are right? In any event, I find it interesting that a man would go on at length with lies in front of his wife, mother-in-law (possibly mother) and children. Could be. But let's get the facts. I see where "john j" <john@stafford.net> contributed: >If we can verify that FEMA did not buy Winnie motor homes from dealers, then >you are right. But how do we know you are right? You have it backwards. It is YOU who have passed along an unproven story that is clearly not factual. Even if it can be established (which I doubt) that some FEMA official somewhere sometime bought a MH from a dealer, there remains NO SUBSTANCE to the tale you have propagated. >In any event, I find it interesting that a man would go on at length with >lies in front of his wife, mother-in-law (possibly mother) and children. >Could be. But let's get the facts. Since you are the one with an apparent desire to obtain acceptance of a cockamamie tale told to you by an anonymous individual, I suggest it is now up to you to "get the facts". I repeat: all the evidence suggests you've been had. Will Sill The Curmudgeon of Sill Hill > Since you are the one with an apparent desire to obtain acceptance of > a cockamamie tale told to you by an anonymous individual, I suggest it > is now up to you to "get the facts". > > I repeat: all the evidence suggests you've been had. Look at it from a less hostile perspective. I had no desire to persuade the group. I was as interested in the truth as the most skeptical of you. The questions I posed regarding credibility were necessary in this process. > > [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > OH! Now we are looking at that word "credibility", if that along with the word FEMA, I would say the possibility that some MH rigs were purchased from dealers in quite high. But doubt that they would go to flood victims, unless they were connected. Have no proof of this, but considering other things that were purchased that I heard rumors of. SignatureBILL P. Just Me & DOG -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com I see where "john j" <john@stafford.net> contributed: Will: >> Since you are the one with an apparent desire to obtain acceptance of >> a cockamamie tale told to you by an anonymous individual, I suggest it >> is now up to you to "get the facts". >> >> I repeat: all the evidence suggests you've been had. jj: >Look at it from a less hostile perspective. I had no desire to persuade the >group. I was as interested in the truth as the most skeptical of you. The >questions I posed regarding credibility were necessary in this process. You need to check your mirror to locate the "hostility". You posted BS, you kept insisting it must be valid because of the claimed connection of your unknown informant, and all you've been told is that the FACTS show you've been had. If you think THAT is a hostile response to BS, you must be very new to usenet. Will Sill The Curmudgeon of Sill Hill >I see where "john j" <john@stafford.net> contributed: > [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] >The Curmudgeon of Sill Hill > There will not be a GLUT on the rv market. The feds will either park all that FEMA bought in storage lots awaiting the next emergency use requirement or donate them to another disaster country for housing, of which there is no shortage of. SignatureBILL P. Just Me & DOG -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com > There will not be a GLUT on the rv market. The feds will either park all > that FEMA bought in storage lots awaiting the next emergency use > requirement or donate them to another disaster country for housing [...] That's a good bar bet. Let's hope we remember it when the time comes about to check. >I see where "john j" <john@stafford.net> contributed: > You need to check your mirror to locate the "hostility". You can't let it go, can you. > If you think THAT is a hostile > response to BS, you must be very new to usenet. I helped invent the net, you f.cking dimwit. I see where "john j" <john@stafford.net> contributed: Will: >> You need to check your mirror to locate the "hostility". >> If you think THAT is a hostile >> response to BS, you must be very new to usenet. jj: >I helped invent the net, you f.cking dimwit. hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha You and Al Gore???????? Will Sill The Curmudgeon of Sill Hill >I see where "john j" <john@stafford.net> contributed: >>I helped invent the net, you f.cking dimwit. >You and Al Gore???????? <g> From a guy who didn't know he was sending his e-mail address in his message headers! I guess you learn more about something by using it, than by inventing it. SignatureDon Bradner donb (not don) at arcatapet dot com www.arcatapet.net > I see where "john j" <john@stafford.net> contributed: > >I helped invent the net, you f.cking dimwit. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > You and Al Gore???????? Will, I think he means that he IS Al Gore... Aw crap. I just noticed that my email is clear-text in the headers. So you know my address. Well, let's see how it goes. You got all the information I could have sent by email anyway. Good luck! >> Industries, Iowa. > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > email here, and if granted will post the email and headers from > Winnebago. Here is the email from Sheila Davis, at Winnebago Industries. She gave me permission to post it, but I told her I would remove her email address from the postings. It's easy to find Winnebago's phone number, if you want to call them, and ask for her. Bob: FEMA purchased towable products and manufactured houses as emergency living units, neither of which are manufactured by Winnebago Industries. Sheila Davis Public Relations/Investor Relations Manager Winnebago Industries, Inc. 641-585-6803 Return-path: <@winnebagoind.com> Envelope-to: bobhatch@bobhatch.com Delivery-date: Wed, 19 Jul 2006 18:16:50 -0400 Received: from lnxsrvu.winnebagoind.com ([65.116.39.243]:34101) by excalibur.rtsdns.net with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1G3KLY-0002Hj-A8 for bobhatch@bobhatch.com; Wed, 19 Jul 2006 18:16:48 -0400 Received: by lnxsrvu.winnebagoind.com (Postfix, from userid 100) id 73AC3C3E04; Wed, 19 Jul 2006 17:16:45 -0500 (CDT) Received: from lnxsrvu.winnebagoind.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by lnxsrvu.winnebagoind.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4F5DEC3E01 for <bobhatch@bobhatch.com>; Wed, 19 Jul 2006 17:16:45 -0500 (CDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by lnxsrvu.winnebagoind.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id F0735BBEB7 for <bobhatch@bobhatch.com>; Wed, 19 Jul 2006 17:16:44 -0500 (CDT) Received: from lnxsrvu.winnebagoind.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (lnxsrvu [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 12920-01 for <bobhatch@bobhatch.com>; Wed, 19 Jul 2006 17:16:44 -0500 (CDT) Received: from davisw (davisw.dhcp.forestcity.winnebagoind.com [10.10.206.144]) by lnxsrvu.winnebagoind.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3A846BBE6C for <bobhatch@bobhatch.com>; Wed, 19 Jul 2006 17:16:44 -0500 (CDT) From: "Sheila Davis" <@winnebagoind.com> To: <bobhatch@bobhatch.com> Subject: FW: From Info Request Form Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2006 17:18:08 -0500 Message-ID: <002101c6ab81$36c949d0$99ce0a0a@davisw> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1807 Thread-Index: AcarWjDBu93Au56IQZeWmFOB53VUXwABT5gAAAC4mCAABukSwAAAuEDw X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new on lnxsrvu at winnebagoind.com X-Copyrighted-Material: Please visit http://www.company.com/privacy.htm X-HMDNSGroup-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-HMDNSGroup-MailScanner-SpamCheck: X-HMDNSGroup-MailScanner-From: @winnebagoind.com Signature"You can say any foolish thing to a dog, and the dog will give you a look that says, 'My God, you're right! I never would've thought of that!'" --Dave Barry http://www.bobhatch.com http://www.tdsrvresort.com > FEMA purchased towable products and manufactured houses as emergency > living units, neither of which are manufactured by Winnebago Industries. That could be a half-truth. Was she referring to purchases made by FEMA from Winnebago direct, or to ALL of FEMAs purchases to include dealers? > > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > I just came back from our local RV dealer after having a discussion with them about this. They said FEMA bought from the dealers, stock that was in the lots, all of their's were TT rigs. They also took delivery of many more and prepped them and sold them the same way as those in their initial inventory. They said some MH were bought by FEMA, but were for use as field offices of support agencies, none for emergency living. They said they knew there were some 5th wheel units but very few. As for the impact of the rv industry, the dealers around the coastal area might have some problems. It is rumored that those living in the FEMA rigs will be given the option to buy the unit at a price quoted to be $2,000 per unit. I thought it would be unethical to ask how many units they sold and they did not mention it. They are the Winnebago dealer for this area. SignatureBILL P. Just Me & DOG >> Has anyone any more information on the thousands of Winnebagos bought >> by FEMA for the New Orleans project? It seems that unless they [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > How about a cite for this nutty information? > Hugh http://www.taxpayer.net/budget/katrinaspending/femacontracts10-3.pdf There should be more contract records out there because I know some rv sales lots that processed TT for sale to FEMA. Also there is one sale of Coachman MHs for 7,980,000. SignatureBILL P. Just Me & DOG -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com |
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