robomatic:

Sorry for the belated response ~ I haven't checked this thread (or anyting in BS section) for a few days.

You say you "hope [to] merit a FEMA trailer when [your] turn comes," and I appreciate that you're joking, but perhaps you haven't heard the latest FEMA-trailer news, which would certainly give you reason to hesitate:

The travel trailers distributed by FEMA as temporary housing have been found to contain dangerously high levels of formalydehyde. These units were never designed for continued human habitation round the clock, day and and day out, for month and months, now going on two years. Presumably, when used for the occasional vacation trip, the risk of formaldehyde poisoning is minimal, but among the Gulf Coast population risiding full-time in these trailers, there has been an epidemic of mysterious illnesses, including cancer, and at least one death.

It has come to light that FEMA administrators became aware of a potential problem well over a year ago, but federal lawyers (i.e., the Cheney/Bush Justice Department) insisted that no public disclosure be made. Apparently, if people learned about the danger, they might demand safer housing and/or sue for damages. Avoiding any risk to administration policies and policymakers was apparently more importnat than alleviating the risk to citizens' lives and health.