“Extreme weather is growing deadlier and more destructive. But instead of strengthening the systems that help states respond, the Trump administration is gutting FEMA, banning climate change research and urging governors to go it alone. With less than two weeks until the start of Atlantic hurricane season, leaks from inside the government continue to suggest that FEMA is understaffed, underfunded and underprepared.”
Should be interesting given hurricanes largely hit Red States, the same Res States that voted overwhelmingly for Trump, not that the Red Hat Club in those areas would ever notice, they’ll eagerly swallow it’s Biden’s fault”
Wonder if Trump’s Hurricane marker has an eraser on it
- Acting FEMA head Cameron Hamilton was fired earlier this month after testifying to Congress that eliminating the agency — as Trump has called for — is not "in the best interests of the American people."
- His successor, David Richardson, has no experience managing natural disasters and acknowledged in private meetings that the agency doesn't yet have a fully formed hurricane response plan, the Wall Street Journal reported.
- Miami hurricane specialist John Morales warned that staffing cuts at FEMA are "yet another reason hurricane season 2025 has a greater chance of being the most tragic in memory. The FEMA cuts and reductions at the National Weather Service — as well as the elimination of disaster databases maintained by federal scientists — could potentially cost lives, he said.”
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Should be interesting given hurricanes largely hit Red States, the same Res States that voted overwhelmingly for Trump, not that the Red Hat Club in those areas would ever notice, they’ll eagerly swallow it’s Biden’s fault”
Wonder if Trump’s Hurricane marker has an eraser on it
