What's the deal with FEMA?

[Tango589]

Can anyone explain to me what FEMA is all about? I gather it is/was some sort of Govt. aid agency, but what is is with this talk of FEMA death camps, FEMA dentists etc? It's leaving this poor clueless limey stumped!

[Betonov]

From what I gathered during my interwebz yeary, it seems some crackpots saw FEMA stocking up on bodybags and coffins, because why should you have a way to remove victims from a disaster, bodies only bring in disease and further sorrow so no reason to keep them away from the living.

So they naturally thought that FEMA is a government way to kill off those that don't agree with the government in FEMA death camps, like nazi concentration camps.

The thing is so ridiculous that it became a meme when someone is trying to be sarcastic to a ''truther'' or any other conspiracy nut.

[u crank]

Can anyone explain to me what FEMA is all about?

You already know to much ........run! :O:

[Jimbuna]

Not sure if your being serious here but I be a watching should events unfold like threads of a similar topic in the past.

[Tango589]

Not sure if your being serious here but I be a watching should events unfold like threads of a similar topic in the past.
Nope, not trying to start any trouble, just a genuine question.:up:

From what I gathered during my interwebz yeary, it seems some crackpots saw FEMA stocking up on bodybags and coffins, because why should you have a way to remove victims from a disaster, bodies only bring in disease and further sorrow so no reason to keep them away from the living.

So they naturally thought that FEMA is a government way to kill off those that don't agree with the government in FEMA death camps, like nazi concentration camps.

The thing is so ridiculous that it became a meme when someone is trying to be sarcastic to a ''truther'' or any other conspiracy nut.Cheers Betenov, that would make some strange sense.

[Oberon]

It's a bit of an in-joke really.

In regards to the camps, there's a belief amongst Americans and people of other nationalities too that the US government is moving to become a dictatorship and/or Obama is going to become President-for-life/Fuhrer/General-Secretary/Anti-christ/Ayatollah [delete as appropriate] of America by use of force, and that anyone who opposes him will end up in a concentration camp run by FEMA.

Here's a link to read:
http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/FEMA_concentration_camps

Here's some conspiracy theories at work:
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=207224
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=205143
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=195804
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=207235
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=202379
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=203587

I think the Nazi Dentists/FEMA Dentists are first referred to here:
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?p=1837161&highlight=FEMA+dentists#post1837161

And never forgotten by Tribesman whenever a good conspiracy theory comes up.

Have a read of the links, they're good for a laugh and a cry. :yep:

[Tango589]

Ok, thanks Oberon. I remember having a brief look at these conspiracy threads, but I exited pretty early on as the inevitable tidal wave of 'troofers', conspiracy wingnuts and proponents of WTC demolition inside-jobs rose to a screaming crescendo which made my teeth itch. (Maybe it's time to see a FEMA dentist about this.)

[Catfish]

I do not know either, what the FEMA is.
The picture i have (from a lot of discussions) is, that

a) is an emergency helping organisation, that helps people in case of a catastrophy like hurricane Catrina

b) Provide electrical and medical support in case of power-outs etc.

c) is an evil organisation just because it belongs to the government (only exception when republicans are in charge of the latter, then at least no one talks about it)

d) Runs so-called "death-camps" similar to concentration camps, in which unspeakable things happen (like taking away guns from citizens)

e) They have an own branch of sadistic Nazi dentists


One of them or all can apply, or be plain wrong ..

[Wolferz]

Not even FEMA knows what the deal is with FEMA.:hmmm:

You can bet your sweet bippy that if the Federal government has their fingers in it, it's FUBAR from one end to the other.

All I know about these so called camps is that they are former military bases that are no longer used and have been given over to FEMA to be prepared for something.

[Tango589]

Right, so if you take off the tin foil hat, FEMA is a Govt agency to help manage disasters, humanitarian crises an other eventualities, using what is available such as disused army bases etc. If you put the tin foil hat on, they are an evil Govt dept designed to imprison honest joe Americans who should have the temerity to criticise the government of the day.

All cleared up, I'm now getting out of here before the conspiracy theorists turn up and send this to hell in a hand cart before you can say 'dentist'.

[ikalugin]

I wonder if FEMA ever went and shared experience and know hows with the MChS of Russia, that would probably lead to a good deal of conspiracy fuel.

[Eichhörnchen]

They have an own branch of sadistic Nazi dentists

I misread that as "sarcastic Nazi dentists"... what a brilliant idea for a comic-strip

[fireftr18]

FEMA, Federal Emergency Management Agency, is a civilian agency to help local areas plan for potential large scale natural disasters. It is a federal agency simply because the event scale is often over multiple jurisdictions and states. It is meant to help all these jurisdictions coordinate with each other to plan, respond, clean up, and restore. The agency keeps stock piles of supplies and equipment ready to be moved and used. It also has on going contracts with private companies to be ready to respond immediately. The "FEMA camps" are real, they are decommissioned military bases, warehouses, etc located in different areas of the country. They are being maintained to hold the fore mentioned supplies and equipment, and double as refugee shelters in the rare cases that people are displaced from their homes for an extended period. Yes, they are fenced in with barbed wire around them. If I had a facility that is normally kept unstaffed, I would do the same. FEMA itself is not meant to respond immediately to emergencies, that is what the local agencies are for. FEMA itself is meant to provide the additional resources to help restore the area. I have had several opportunities to work with FEMA. As a federal agency, it may be one of the best. The people were great to work with. I did stay in a temporary FEMA camp, it was about as secure as my neighborhood (actually, even less secure. Nobody wanted to hurt the alligators).
The stock piling of body bags and coffins. Well, unfortunately, death is a part of a disaster. They also stock pile MREs, water, fuel, cots, tents, RV's, house trailers, medicine, first aid supplies, tools, generators, the list goes on. Most of this, even if it's "durable equipment," will be worn out by the time the event is mitigated and things are back as normal as can be.

[Betonov]

Listen to the firefighter kids.
he be talking sence

[August]

It's a bit of an in-joke really.

In regards to the camps, there's a belief amongst Americans and people of other nationalities too that the US government is moving to become a dictatorship and/or Obama is going to become President-for-life/Fuhrer/General-Secretary/Anti-christ/Ayatollah [delete as appropriate] of America by use of force, and that anyone who opposes him will end up in a concentration camp run by FEMA.

It's funny that as administrations change it doesn't shake their beliefs one little bit. Every incoming administration is viewed the same way. Remember that Bush was slated to become the God King too but when he left office on schedule they just transferred the object of their attention to Obama. I expect that when he leaves office in 2017 they'll have no trouble applying their theory to his successor.

[Sailor Steve]

You can bet your sweet bippy...
Topical references to jokes from a time before most of our members were born are strictly encouraged. :D

[Oberon]

It's funny that as administrations change it doesn't shake their beliefs one little bit. Every incoming administration is viewed the same way. Remember that Bush was slated to become the God King too but when he left office on schedule they just transferred the object of their attention to Obama. I expect that when he leaves office in 2017 they'll have no trouble applying their theory to his successor.

Yeah, I guess you have got to give it to them, they are bipartisan. :yep::haha:

[August]

Yeah, I guess you have got to give it to them, they are bipartisan. :yep::haha:

That's why I see them as a separate political entity all together. Not Left, Right or Center but "Opposite" as in "Opposite to Whoever is Currently in Power" "The Man" (whoever that might be this week) is out to get them and nobody can convince them otherwise.

[Catfish]

And thanks Firefighter :up:, i thought it would be something like that.

While in some situations the military is asked to help (e.g. flooding or major catastrophes), the civilian organisation for such matters in Germany is the THW, or "Technisches Hilfswerk" ("Technical Helping .. err Works" ?).
It has own grounds for storing machinery and emergency stuff, also canned food and medicine, but firefighter and decontaminating eqipment only for real bad situations, like a nuclear facility blowing up, energy plants or chemical pollution.
Normal Fires are being dealt with local firefighting units, which certainly can be quite big, like around airports etc.

Seems like the FEMA does similar things.

[Wolferz]

FEMA, Federal Emergency Management Agency, is a civilian agency to help local areas plan for potential large scale natural disasters. It is a federal agency simply because the event scale is often over multiple jurisdictions and states. It is meant to help all these jurisdictions coordinate with each other to plan, respond, clean up, and restore. The agency keeps stock piles of supplies and equipment ready to be moved and used. It also has on going contracts with private companies to be ready to respond immediately. The "FEMA camps" are real, they are decommissioned military bases, warehouses, etc located in different areas of the country. They are being maintained to hold the fore mentioned supplies and equipment, and double as refugee shelters in the rare cases that people are displaced from their homes for an extended period. Yes, they are fenced in with barbed wire around them. If I had a facility that is normally kept unstaffed, I would do the same. FEMA itself is not meant to respond immediately to emergencies, that is what the local agencies are for. FEMA itself is meant to provide the additional resources to help restore the area. I have had several opportunities to work with FEMA. As a federal agency, it may be one of the best. The people were great to work with. I did stay in a temporary FEMA camp, it was about as secure as my neighborhood (actually, even less secure. Nobody wanted to hurt the alligators).
The stock piling of body bags and coffins. Well, unfortunately, death is a part of a disaster. They also stock pile MREs, water, fuel, cots, tents, RV's, house trailers, medicine, first aid supplies, tools, generators, the list goes on. Most of this, even if it's "durable equipment," will be worn out by the time the event is mitigated and things are back as normal as can be.
The really odd thing regarding the barbed wire on those fences...

It's on the top of the fence and slanted inwards as if to keep someone inside, rather than canted outward to prevent intrusions.

I have also read that the stockpiling of MRE's was cancelled. Detainees won't need to be fed after their heads get lopped off with all the guillotines they bought.:huh: This will also make it easier for the Dentists.:O::haha:

I've got some prime real estate for sale if anyone is interested.:shifty:
It's in District twelve.

[Jimbuna]

Topical references to jokes from a time before most of our members were born are strictly encouraged. :D

Yeah, you two are welcome to remain in the dark ages....we now have electric lighting you know, the age of gas lamps is now long gone :know:

[Oberon]

Yeah, you two are welcome to remain in the dark ages....we now have electric lighting you know, the age of gas lamps is now long gone :know:

Wait...you mean to say I've been walking around the streets at dawn and dusk with this bloody great stick for nothing?! :o

https://img0.etsystatic.com/041/0/6286057/il_570xN.612721752_95xd.jpg

:nope:

It'll never catch on.

[Catfish]

With a litle work, you could still use it as a remote bottle-opener.

And proven, already electric light in the 60ies:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-P-f1mssUeI&feature=youtu.be

[Jimbuna]

Wait...you mean to say I've been walking around the streets at dawn and dusk with this bloody great stick for nothing?! :o

https://img0.etsystatic.com/041/0/6286057/il_570xN.612721752_95xd.jpg

:nope:

It'll never catch on.

Best utilised for picking up rubbish nowadays :)

[Aktungbby]

Wait...you mean to say I've been walking around the streets at dawn and dusk with this bloody great stick for nothing?! :o

https://img0.etsystatic.com/041/0/6286057/il_570xN.612721752_95xd.jpg

:nope:

It'll never catch on.
Good lord! so to speak I actually used one those in my acolyte days when I sought salvation while mom prepared the communion vino and sang in the choir; when the skies darkened and a voice said to me "Save it bub; you ain't gettin' in no how!" talk about an epiphany in reverse! Too bad...I liked wearing the gown! http://www.trinitylimerock.org/images/history/archives/acolytes_1950s.jpg
And then rejected I turned to the darkside:03:http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/picture.php?pictureid=7048&albumid=815&dl=1381536131&thumb=1 (http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/album.php?albumid=815)

[August]

The really odd thing regarding the barbed wire on those fences...

It's on the top of the fence and slanted inwards as if to keep someone inside, rather than canted outward to prevent intrusions.

I'm using Steves Salt Lake City building code for an example here but I imagine it's similar to other jurisdictions.

slcilp.ci.slc.ut.us... (http://slcilp.ci.slc.ut.us/CityCode/lpext.dll/Code%20of%20Salt%20Lake%20City/1/4316/4dcc/4f2e/4ff0?fn=document-frame.htm&f=templates&2.0)
4. Special Design Regulations: No strand of barbed wire shall be permitted less than six feet (6') high. No more than three (3) strands of barbed wire are permitted. The barbed wire strands shall not slant outward from the fence more than sixty degrees (60o) from a vertical line. No barbed wire strand shall project over public property. If the barbed wire proposed slants outward over adjoining private property the applicant must submit written consent from adjoining property owner agreeing to such a projection over the property line.

Besides, three little strands of regular barbed wire isn't much of an obstacle regardless of which way it's facing. That's why prisons (places actually designed to keep people in) look like this
http://www.358meshfence.com/img/concertina-wire-358-fence.jpg

[mapuc]

You have an opinion until you have a new or you have different opinion reliant on who's the author of the thread.

Markus

[Wolferz]

I'm using Steves Salt Lake City building code for an example here but I imagine it's similar to other jurisdictions.

slcilp.ci.slc.ut.us... (http://slcilp.ci.slc.ut.us/CityCode/lpext.dll/Code%20of%20Salt%20Lake%20City/1/4316/4dcc/4f2e/4ff0?fn=document-frame.htm&f=templates&2.0)
4. Special Design Regulations: No strand of barbed wire shall be permitted less than six feet (6') high. No more than three (3) strands of barbed wire are permitted. The barbed wire strands shall not slant outward from the fence more than sixty degrees (60o) from a vertical line. No barbed wire strand shall project over public property. If the barbed wire proposed slants outward over adjoining private property the applicant must submit written consent from adjoining property owner agreeing to such a projection over the property line.

Besides, three little strands of regular barbed wire isn't much of an obstacle regardless of which way it's facing. That's why prisons (places actually designed to keep people in) look like this
http://www.358meshfence.com/img/concertina-wire-358-fence.jpg

We're talking Federal property here that isn't really subject to any local building codes. Most military bases consist of property owned solely by the government. Usually any sensitive areas that require fencing will not border on private property. I can cite the ammo dump on Fort Knox as an example. It is deep within the base and it has the type of fencing pictured above surrounding it and guards armed with sawed off shotguns loaded with deer slugs. The guards have standing orders to shoot and kill anyone found in an area they are not authorized to be in. No questions asked.:huh:

FEMA being tasked with upgrading these old military bases, for whatever unknown purpose, seems a bit shady in my book.
If you read HR 645 and the criteria laid out for those bases it will kind of blow your mind.

Those plastic coffins that have been referred to...
are not of the single person variety. They're large enough to hold six adult bodies. So, if you're going to die in some natural disaster, I hope you don't mind sharing your final resting place with a few strangers. Or maybe it's the most efficient method of disposing of entire families at once. Who knows?:hmmm:

[August]

Again three little strands of wire do not pose much of an obstacle for anyone regardless of which way they angle and FEMA using federal property is certainly to be expected.

[FaithB]

Federal Emergency Management Agency (http://www.newsytype.com/6407-fema-21-million-repayment/) is an agency in our country. They are under the United States Department of Homeland Security. Anyway, over the last few years, the FEMA hasn't made several friends. Federal Emergency Management Agency has sent out letters insisting that 5,560 individuals repay $21 million in emergency funds. One senator has recently floated a bill that would stop these payments.

[Aktungbby]

FaithB! :Kaleun_Salute:

[Jimbuna]

Federal Emergency Management Agency (http://www.newsytype.com/6407-fema-21-million-repayment/) is an agency in our country. They are under the United States Department of Homeland Security. Anyway, over the last few years, the FEMA hasn't made several friends. Federal Emergency Management Agency has sent out letters insisting that 5,560 individuals repay $21 million in emergency funds. One senator has recently floated a bill that would stop these payments.

Welcome to SubSim :sunny:

[Wolferz]

Federal Emergency Management Agency (http://www.newsytype.com/6407-fema-21-million-repayment/) is an agency in our country. They are under the United States Department of Homeland Security. Anyway, over the last few years, the FEMA hasn't made several friends. Federal Emergency Management Agency has sent out letters insisting that 5,560 individuals repay $21 million in emergency funds. One senator has recently floated a bill that would stop these payments.

Yup, that's what government agencies are good for. Helping you back to your feet, only to knock you down again.:-?
The Social Security Administration has been doing the same thing in trying to collect alleged overpayments from recipients children. They're a little bit nastier about it by going through the IRS and seizing tax refunds from these unfortunate children who had little to do with drawing these benefits.

Ten most frightening words in the English language...


"We're from the government and we're here to help you"

~Ronald Reagan

PS: Welcome to the boat FaithB :salute:

[Oberon]

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-6tXkqbSOX78/U2PQf4cEJoI/AAAAAAAAAu8/ogyULYGz--0/facepalm.jpg

[Dowly]

Those plastic coffins that have been referred to...
are not of the single person variety. They're large enough to hold six adult bodies. So, if you're going to die in some natural disaster, I hope you don't mind sharing your final resting place with a few strangers. Or maybe it's the most efficient method of disposing of entire families at once. Who knows?:hmmm:
I wonder, has anyone actually seen these alleged coffins?

[Schroeder]

I wonder, has anyone actually seen these alleged coffins?
Well, they are definitely not doing a good job in preparing for the "hostile take over". Nazi Germany could secretly erect the infrastructure for full scale genocide within a couple of months while FEMA has been preparing for decades (and through several changing presidencies, which of course just proves that they all puppets who are just obeying the reptile master race anyway) and is obviously still not prepared to deal with the undesirables in the new world order or they would have taken over already.:O:

[Platapus]

They're large enough to hold six adult bodies. So, if you're going to die in some natural disaster, I hope you don't mind sharing your final resting place with a few strangers.


I could be wrong, but I am pretty sure that these coffins are meant for dead people and when you are dead you won't know much about where you are or who you are with.... and care even less.

[fireftr18]

Ten most frightening words in the English language...


"We're from the government and we're here to help you"

~Ronald Reagan



A phrase I wanted to use for 23 years. Never did because of the risk of causing trouble.

[Tango589]

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-6tXkqbSOX78/U2PQf4cEJoI/AAAAAAAAAu8/ogyULYGz--0/facepalm.jpg
Can someone please tell me what this is a picture of, only I've been looking at it for 5 mins and still can't figure it out.

[Schroeder]

Can someone please tell me what this is a picture of, only I've been looking at it for 5 mins and still can't figure it out.
Double face palm to the max.:yep:

[Tango589]

Gotcha.:)

[mapuc]

Have been reading my old thread FEMA Deathcamp

as some wrote these camps was real but not in USA, but from NK.

In another thread some one wrote that these coffins was not made for dead people but to some kind of support-can't remember the exact phrase(something about road construction)
( remember it but can't find it)

Markus

[Wolferz]

I wonder, has anyone actually seen these alleged coffins?


Yes. Numerous huge stacks of the things. Once they were exposed on national TV by Jesse Ventura, FEMA hastily moved them somewhere out of sight.:huh:

[Dowly]

Yes. Numerous huge stacks of the things. Once they were exposed on national TV by Jesse Ventura, FEMA hastily moved them somewhere out of sight.:huh:
Oh those things? They are not coffins, but coffin liners. The actual coffin goes inside the thing.
http://www.vantageproducts.com/airseal.html

[Betonov]

They don't want to show those coffins (liners) because showing people: that's how many of you will mostly die, in the next emergency does not do well for morale

[Oberon]

https://scontent-b-lhr.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfp1/v/t1.0-9/1393545_784783458260899_7344008634201687677_n.jpg? oh=1588d5028ab04a22fd35bdae75c4b655&oe=5546913A

[mapuc]

Is it wrong to say that FEMA has become a powerful organization inside the US-government or as a part of the Government ?

Markus

[August]

Yes. Numerous huge stacks of the things. Once they were exposed on national TV by Jesse Ventura, FEMA hastily moved them somewhere out of sight.:huh:

It seems to me that these coffins are fairly strong evidence that FEMA intends to use them for actual disaster victims rather than concentration camp inmates like the conspiracy theorists claim.

Tyrants and oppressors don't bother with coffins. A slit trench and some quick lime is more their style.

[Wolferz]

It seems to me that these coffins are fairly strong evidence that FEMA intends to use them for actual disaster victims rather than concentration camp inmates like the conspiracy theorists claim.

Tyrants and oppressors don't bother with coffins. A slit trench and some quick lime is more their style.

They have their victims dig their own holes too.

After doing some searching on these grave liners let me tell you that I found a lot of weird stuff in picture and meme formats. Some of it totally conspiratorial.

All that can really be assessed at present is...
Maybe these odd purchases are actually going to be used for a disaster. Which begs the question, are we talking natural or manmade?:hmmm:

http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb295/Wolferz_2007/fsmbdtdr.jpg
http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb295/Wolferz_2007/FEMA-Coffins.jpg

http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb295/Wolferz_2007/0-1.jpg
http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb295/Wolferz_2007/fema_camps.jpg

As long as they get those Pastafarians first, it's all good.:yeah:
http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb295/Wolferz_2007/pastafarian.jpg

[Oberon]

This thread is now entering Ron Paul.

http://img.4plebs.org/boards/pol/image/1386/53/1386532770701.jpg

[Aktungbby]

http://www.vantageproducts.com/Images/vaults_standard.gif
The Vantage Standard offers simplicity and protection that is unrivaled in its value. Innovative design and space age materials combine to create a burial vault with protection and quality at an affordable price, giving you lasting peace of mind.:rock:


Environmentally Friendly - Black Unit is Constructed of Recycled Materials:up:
Color-Through White for an Enhanced Appearance:yeah:
Molded of Non-Biodegradable Polypropylene for Performance:know:
Non-porous and completely water resistant:woot:
Meets or exceeds Cemetery regulations:smug:
Seamless Construction:huh:
Clip lock system:stare:
Personalization Options are available:hmmm:



50 Year Warranty What's shown in the photos displayed with the "FEMA camp" story are not "plastic coffins," but rather what's known as burial vaults or grave liners. These liners don't hold human remains in themselves; they're a protective shellhttp://ums.adtechus.com/mapuser?providerid=1039;userid=0;getuser=http://pix04.revsci.net/D08734/a1/0/0/0.gif?DM_LOC=http%3A%2F%2Faol.com%2F0.gif%3Fid%3D$ UID that coffins are placed into before interment in areas where water seepage or ground subsidence is an issue.:o

As the Morgan County Citizen reported (http://web.archive.org/web/20120521010322/http://www.morgancountycitizen.com/?q=node/7524) in 2008, tens of thousands of these liners were stored on leased land in Madison, Georgia, back in the 1990s by their manufacturer, the nearby Vantage Products (http://www.vantageproducts.com/standard.html) Corporation (based in Covington, Georgia), for distribution to other areas on an as-needed basis. Since the coffin liners are made to withstand the elements, there was no need for Vantage to store them indoors, so they simply leased a large, unused outdoor field for use as a warehouse. The "coffins" aren't coffins at all, according to Lacey. Instead, they are burial vaults, "the outer container for caskets," Lacey said, placed in the ground before the coffin to protect the coffin and maintain level ground above.:sunny:

There are currently 50,000 of these burial vaults on the property, according to Lacey. As the vaults were placed on the site around 1997 or 1998, there may have been as many as 70,000 or 80,000 to begin with.
"It's nowhere near the quantity they talk about on the Internet," :-?http://www.snopes.com/politics/conspiracy/femacoffins.asp#bkxRbTiYEyXyv3gk.99 (http://www.snopes.com/politics/conspiracy/femacoffins.asp#bkxRbTiYEyXyv3gk.99)

[Dowly]

Maybe they're canoes? :hmmm:
http://i.imgur.com/LdHu5BW.jpg

[Wolferz]

Maybe they're canoes? :hmmm:
http://i.imgur.com/LdHu5BW.jpg

Housing for the homeless maybe?

[Schroeder]

Maybe these odd purchases are actually going to be used for a disaster. Which begs the question, are we talking natural or manmade?:hmmm:

Both. I think it would also be FEMAS' responsibility to take care of the deceased in case of a nuclear strike which could very well fill your 1/2 million coffins. It might not be extremely likely to happen but they probably have to prepare for something like that too.

[Wolferz]

From the Snopes.com article...
Images from Google Maps (https://maps.google.com/maps?q=33.5657680,+-83.4848390&ie=UTF8&ll=33.565393,-83.484936&spn=0.008752,0.010278&hnear=0x88f686e98a412b2d:0xb839c6d85852efa2,%2B33% C2%B0+33%27+49.85%22,+-83%C2%B0+29%27+2.83%22&gl=us&t=h&z=17) show that the liners are now gone from the Madison location; the last of them was apparently removed sometime around 2010
Read more at http://www.snopes.com/politics/conspiracy/femacoffins.asp#wcqmX5motM0TBJcW.99


All gone to FEMA camps?:arrgh!:

[ikalugin]

Housing for the homeless maybe?
The rather permanent kind?

[Jimbuna]

http://i.imgur.com/nj6zSOe.jpg

[Betonov]

I prefer this one over the little star with guns

[Jimbuna]

I prefer this one over the little star with guns

Often dependant on wind direction and the odd mood swing :)

[Betonov]

Often dependant on wind direction and the odd mood swing :)

Now you got public opinion and community feedback to consider :03:

[Oberon]

Both. I think it would also be FEMAS' responsibility to take care of the deceased in case of a nuclear strike which could very well fill your 1/2 million coffins. It might not be extremely likely to happen but they probably have to prepare for something like that too.

Exactly, heck there are a million and one natural or man-made disasters that could result in 1/2 million deaths in the US alone.
If Yellowstone went up then that would probably fill a few of those coffins immediately and quite a few of the others after the crop failures, food shortages and riots.

Of course, FEMA is a tad optimistic if they think that they'll actually find a lot of the bodies before they've undergone hefty decomposition or have been buried by other people. However in the event of something like a mass viral outbreak, then having those coffins on hand would be pretty useful, although one would question whether they would be more effective than quick-lime.
Of course, again, whether FEMA would actually have enough people to achieve its goals is another matter entirely. Given that part of the workforce will die, and another part will desert depending on the seriousness of the situation. :hmmm:

[Wolferz]

Exactly, heck there are a million and one natural or man-made disasters that could result in 1/2 million deaths in the US alone.
If Yellowstone went up then that would probably fill a few of those coffins immediately and quite a few of the others after the crop failures, food shortages and riots.

Of course, FEMA is a tad optimistic if they think that they'll actually find a lot of the bodies before they've undergone hefty decomposition or have been buried by other people. However in the event of something like a mass viral outbreak, then having those coffins on hand would be pretty useful, although one would question whether they would be more effective than quick-lime.

They would work well for disease contaminated corpses, being hermetically sealed and all. The ye olde blast furnace will negate the need for lime and insure destruction of any contagion or re-infection caused by grave robbers.
Though I wouldn't want to be the scullery technician.:huh:

[August]

From Wolferz snopes articleL

As the Morgan County Citizen reported (http://web.archive.org/web/20120521010322/http://www.morgancountycitizen.com/?q=node/7524) in 2008, tens of thousands of these liners were stored on leased land in Madison, Georgia, back in the 1990s by their manufacturer, the nearby Vantage Products (http://www.vantageproducts.com/standard.html) Corporation (based in Covington, Georgia), for distribution to other areas on an as-needed basis. Since the coffin liners are made to withstand the elements, there was no need for Vantage to store them indoors, so they simply leased a large, unused outdoor field for use as a warehouse.

Nonetheless, Vantage's storage situation eventually gave rise to wild conspiracy theories which flared up in 2008, rumors that claimed some half million of the liners (about ten times the actual number being stored in Georgia) were the property of the U.S. government and were being stockpiled in anticipation of a biological disaster, the implementation of martial law, or the imprisonment of thousands of U.S. citizens in FEMA-run concentration camps: