ReutersBy Leah Douglas, Ted Hesson and Nathan LayneJune 3, 2025Summary
- Agency head Richardson made comment on second day of hurricane season
- Richardson said no changes to agency's disaster plan this year
- FEMA cuts have raised concern about agency capacity to respond to natural disasters
Staff of the Federal Emergency Management Agency were left baffled on Monday after the head of the U.S. disaster agency said he had not been aware the country has a hurricane season, according to four sources familiar with the situation.The remark was made during a briefing by David Richardson, who has led FEMA since early May. It was not clear to staff whether he meant it literally, as a joke, or in some other context.[...]The spokesperson said under Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and Richardson "FEMA is shifting from bloated, DC-centric dead weight to a lean, deployable disaster force that empowers state actors to provide relief for their citizens."
Yeah but there is one problem with that model... it doesn't work!
Why? I think that even an elementary student can figure it out.
For:
- You only need one set of staff to handle all fifty states.
- You can have a trained base of staff read to assist states with their disaster relief.
Against:
- You need fifty sets of staff trained to handle disaster relief
- You need fifty sets of disaster supplies ready to be used at a drop of a hat.
And we have already seen how Trump hands out disaster relief... only to Republican states. Remember the hurricane that hit Puerto Rico when Trump threw out rolls of paper towels?
It takes an idiot to hire an idiot.
On different note... almost no Congressmembers attended the parade Saturday! They fled town and went back to their districts.
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