Two men in Texas discovered documents belonging to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) when they purchased the contents of a self-storage unit at an auction.
The unit at West Bay Self Storage in Leelanau County had been rented to a man who worked for FEMA as a subcontractor in 2005. The man currently works for a car dealership.
The abandoned unit contained claims filed with FEMA following 2005s Hurricane Rita, a laptop registered to FEMA and car loan applications.
The buyers, Lawrence Betz and William Petersen, purchased the contents of the unit for $500 in October. FEMA is investigating why the documents were in the unit.
Sources:
- Detroit Free Press: Docs Filed With FEMA Turn Up in Michigan's Storage Unit
