The infamous FEMA camps are open! At least one might conclude that from this article by Chuck Norris in World Nut Daily. (links to Free Republic re-post).

Norris could well be right when he decries conditions at FEMA’s relief camp in New Jersey, but he gives more than a passing nod to the moth-eaten kookatarian conspiracy theories in the process:

Right now, homeless Americans are literally freezing, wrapped in blankets and trash bags as they struggle to survive in FEMA tent cities such as New Jersey’s “Camp Freedom,” which reportedly “resembles a prison camp.”

“Sitting there last night you could see your breath,” displaced resident Brian Sotelo told the Asbury Park Press. “At (Pine Belt) the Red Cross made an announcement that they were sending us to permanent structures up here that had just been redone, that had washing machines and hot showers and steady electric, and they sent us to tent city. We got (expletived).”

Sotelo said Blackhawk helicopters patrol the skies “all day and night” and a black car with tinted windows surveys the camp while the government moves heavy equipment past the tents at night. According to the story, reporters aren’t even allowed in the fenced complex, where lines of displaced residents form outside portable toilets. Security guards are posted at every door, and residents can’t even use the toilet or shower without first presenting I.D.

“They treat us like we’re prisoners,” Ashley Sabol told Reuters. “It’s bad to say, but we honestly feel like we’re in a concentration camp.”

Snow and icy slush seep into living areas through the bottoms of the government tents.

Meanwhile, officials are said to be banning residents from taking pictures and even cutting off WiFi and power access.

“After everyone started complaining and they found out we were contacting the press, they brought people in,” Sotelo said. “Every time we plugged in an iPhone or something, the cops would come and unplug them.”

He added, “Everybody is angry over here. It’s like being in prison.” (emphasis added)

To say the least, I am skeptical of these lurid descriptions. Note that this is based on an interview with one person who could well be a nutcase. No other residents, no administrators, no politicians, no volunteers, were interviewed about conditions in the camp. Cutting off access to the outside world would bring the instant attention of lawyers and law enforcement for one thing. Blackhawk helicopters would not be used for this kind of job even if the place were a concentration camp. They just aren’t made or equipped for that, but their name certainly has an ominous ring in the kook world.