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Posted on 6/11/25 at 1:25 pm to SallysHuman
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My governor seems to be up to the task, I'm not worried.
Same for my governor(Kemp) but that doesn't mean that it's a good idea.
Posted on 6/11/25 at 1:26 pm to PureBlood
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FEMA is the greatest waste of tax payer funds domestically.
Ever heard of the IRS?
Posted on 6/11/25 at 1:29 pm to PureBlood
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You must've not paid attention to FEMA workers skipping North Carolinians devastated homes because they had flags hanging from their eaves or certain political signs in their yards.
That is some dedication to flying the flag and having signs in your yard, having extras on hand to put out in the aftermath of a natural disaster which has you shut off from the rest of the world except by helicopter. Unless of course the flags and signs were there before the storm and survived which would suggest your needs might not be as great as someone whose home is floating down the river....just saying. Couldn't possibly have had anything to do with a triage type situation, had to be the flags and yard signs....
Posted on 6/11/25 at 1:32 pm to SallysHuman
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My governor seems to be up to the task, I'm not worried.
I've been mostly happy with DeSantis as governor. But a multi-billion dollar hurricane requires top down cohesion from people who do this kind of thing as their full time job, and not as part of a shite ton of other stuff they have to do.
State governments and even local state agencies, businesses, and utilities have a lot on their plate as is during a large storm event.
If FEMA is dissolved and we get a big Cat 5 that year, the fallout from it will be catastrophic.
Posted on 6/11/25 at 1:34 pm to El Segundo Guy
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Good. Im tired of my taxes paying for someone's 3rd chainsaw.
Seriously if you are dumb enough to build a city in an area where wildfires are an annual fact of life or build one below sea level why in the pluperfect hell should the rest of us help a brother out, especially a second time. Maybe the first time your home is destroyed by a flood, hurricane, wildfire or some other natural disaster was an accident...but the second time you chose to re-build there....that's on you.
Obviously, I am joking. It's obviously in the national interest for those who haven't had their lives destroyed to help those who have, and someone needs to be a central command center for it.
Posted on 6/11/25 at 1:35 pm to Shexter
I think a lot of this stuff is just Trump being the old negotiator and starting from a position of maximum leverage then working down towards a reasonable goal that was always the intended target. He knows they are going to attack and vilify anything he says or promotes so why not start big and work backwards?
What he really wants for these alphabet soup agencies is more efficiency, fiscal responsibility and accountability - basic tenets of the private sector. But in order to get there he has to start with giant proclamations and draconian threats.
It's kind of like when a fancy store wants to sell a little leather purse for $500. They put a price tag of $1000 on it and then a week later it's marked on sale for 50% off.
When he "relents" and compromises on certain things, the other side will get to claim a political victory for "stopping Trump" and "saving X" and he will get what he wanted all along.
Posted on 6/11/25 at 1:36 pm to Shexter
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“A governor should be able to handle it, and frankly, if they can’t handle it, the aftermath, then maybe they shouldn’t be governor.”
Not many in the US will be able to handle
Posted on 6/11/25 at 1:38 pm to Shexter
Great, hurricane clean up and assistance will be run by our state government that can’t govern its way out of a paper bag.
Posted on 6/11/25 at 1:44 pm to Jimbeaux
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Trump added that the federal government will start distributing less federal aid for disaster recovery and that the funding will come directly from the president’s office.
Would that this were so....that the office of the President was directly responsible for funding disaster relief efforts. It will be a windfall LOL for a high profile ELECTED official to answer directly to voters about where their money is and who the state voted for in the last election....now that is about as America as America gets.
Posted on 6/11/25 at 1:48 pm to Jimbeaux
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Trump added that the federal government will start distributing less federal aid for disaster recovery
Now this is what I voted for by god....damn a bunch of handouts to parasites who are too stupid not to build a city below sea level or in an area where wildfires are an annual fact of life. frick 'em. Should cut out ALL funding for disaster recovery. Starting somewhere is a good idea though, damn a bunch of welfare recipients living in areas where they ought to know better....
Posted on 6/11/25 at 1:53 pm to EZE Tiger Fan
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Correct. I live in hurricane country and this does not move me in the slightest. Local "leadership" should handle this. Funny thing is, everyone knows what "leadership" will fail you ever single time, yet if that is pointed out.... PS - I voted for one of the past failed leaders. At least I can admit that (Kathleen Bimbo Blockhead). I won't make that mistake again
Also FEMA isn’t going to rescue you during a hurricane.
Their job is to hand out money after the damage has been assessed.
Not save you from flood waters.
I really have no love for FEMA and have survived hurricanes in LA, FL and GA without them.
This post was edited on 6/11/25 at 1:56 pm
Posted on 6/11/25 at 1:57 pm to Shexter
The organization known as FEMA is going away. Essentially the name is changing. Responsibilities will be shrunk. States will not be left in the lurch. It will be better in the long run.
FEMA is a bloated and poorly run agency. It needs to be overhauled.
FEMA is a bloated and poorly run agency. It needs to be overhauled.
Posted on 6/11/25 at 2:16 pm to TooFyeToFly
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Am absolutely dreadful decision. If you live in the south, this should piss you off.
I’m not. Have you dealt with fema?
Local municipalities know better than anyone how to address needs in their communities. Being involved with my father in Katrina and then personally after Laura, Ida and Francine, I couldn’t give two shits what FEMA was saying. I did care about the local parish presidents.
Ask the people in LP about fema after the 16 floods, or especially the people in North Carolina after the floods last year.
Posted on 6/11/25 at 2:17 pm to Shexter
I can't wait to see all the posters here cheering for this to lose their houses then blame Biden when they get no relief from FEMA. Love seeing the poor people root for this.
Posted on 6/11/25 at 2:18 pm to Mushroom1968
I live in Florida and work in local government. FEMA has made things harder, not easier, for our disaster preparation.
Posted on 6/11/25 at 2:23 pm to terriblegreen
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The organization known as FEMA is going away. Essentially the name is changing. Responsibilities will be shrunk. States will not be left in the lurch. It will be better in the long run.
That's the hope, and hope springs eternal.
Posted on 6/11/25 at 2:29 pm to Pfft
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Good, that shite turned into a money grift with a quickness after it was formed. Government fricked it up with a quickness.
FEMA is either completely incompetent or corrupt.
Posted on 6/11/25 at 2:33 pm to AtlantaLSUfan
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FEMA is either completely incompetent or corrupt.
The Federal government needs to be downsized.
Posted on 6/11/25 at 2:40 pm to Shexter
Nice, maybe we can get a department that's not so fricking racist.
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