Climate collapse is upon us, and we're talking about dissolving the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration or holding FEMA budget hostage to advance partisan goals. I think that one Mayor...
The number of disasters FEMA actively managed during the height of the last hurricane season more than doubled to 71 from 2016, according to the Government Accountability Office. After 2017, its daily deployment jumped to about 7,100 workers from about 3,300 before then, the GAO said. And FEMA has been about 6,000 workers short of staffing goals, according to most recent estimates.
Climate collapse is upon us, and we're talking about dissolving the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration or holding FEMA budget hostage to advance partisan goals.
I think that one Mayor is right: "Practice self reliance. If you are waiting for the federal government to help, lower those expectations.”
(Note that "self" doesn't necessarily mean one man or even one family. I think self reliance works best with a small local community)
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