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OK, I don’t even really know that this is 100% fact although I have some faith in macnn.com, where I found this:

FEMA relief services Windows-only
Hurricane survivors using Mac and Linux computers have been unable to use Federal disaster relief claim services online, reports Macworld UK. The service, created by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), only works with Windows and Internet Explorer 6. It is unclear if there is a reason the FEMA site blocks non-Internet Explorer browsers. Some Mac users have managed to gain access to the site using Opera — which can identify itself as Internet Explorer 6 — without problems. Ars Technica claims many relief workers have been forced to spend precious aid money on Windows OS licenses as they set up terminals to help hurricane victims initiate the claims process. The controversy is the latest in an ongoing struggle with FEMA, which has been criticized for not doing enough following the disaster

Yeah, that about sums it up for me. Total losers. We need to realize that WE’RE the ones in charge here and take back the power, and subsequently, the money.