Sorry to here about your troubles with Wilma.
I live in Lafayette, LA, almost exactly in the middle of where Katrina and Rita hit. I work for in offshore oil and gas industry,and we had/have facilities in Theodore, AL; Pascagoula, MS; and Venice, Fourchon, and Cameron, LA, as well as a few others that didn't sustain much damage along the Louisiana coast.
We currently have about 80 homeless families in our company as a result of the two storms. I think one of the reasons you don't see much news coverage is that you aren't complaining about your misery as those from New Orleans did. Plaquemines Parish in Louisiana was the hardest hit of any area in Louisiana. There is not a livable structure for about 30 miles from the mouth of the Mississippi River north. The same holds true for areas like Waveland, MS, that were virtually removed from the map in terms of housing.
After Hurricane Rita, the news media showed a few fly-over videos, and that was about it. The entire city of Cameron will be bull-dozed to the ground by the Army Corps of Engineers except for one building and the water tower.
You didn't hear any complaining from the people affected. They simply pulled up their sleeves and started cleaning up, unlike many of those in the New Orleans area.
Once suggestion that you may want to consider. If there is financial assistance available through either the Red Cross or FEMA, apply for it online if possible. You can track the history or it later. If the sites are hard to get onto, the easiest time to get through the internet traffic on their websites are between 2-4 AM.
Don't wait for FEMA to do anything for you. For that matter, any government agency. The insurance company claims adjusters have been better if you had/have proper coverage. Don't settle a claim online if they give you crap. Make them come to see the actual damage if it is significant for you. It may take longer but the claim will be more acceptable to you.
Good luck, and God Bless
