Claims: $3,014,170,389,176,410
When you really mess stuff up people get pissed. When there appears to be clear neglect on the part of the Federal government and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers people are going to want to be reimbursed for both their property and pain and suffering. According to MSNBC:
Hurricane Katrina’s victims have put a price tag on their suffering and it is staggering—including one plaintiff seeking the unlikely sum of $3 quadrillion.
The total number—$3,014,170,389,176,410—is the dollar figure so far sought from some 489,000 claims filed against the federal government over damage from the failure of levees and flood walls following the Aug. 29, 2005, hurricane.
Of the total number of claims, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said it has received 247 for at least $1 billion apiece, including the one for $3 quadrillion.
The article is well worth a read, but what I found most interesting is that the City of New Orleans has filed their own claim for $77 billion claim as well as a dozen plus insurance companies.
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