The Monster celebrates his killing of three thousand brown-skinned Puerto Ricans last year.
Celebrates.
Thatâs six and a half bleeping hours each way. Apparently not only for him but for his staff. All so he wouldnât have to rub shoulders with ordinary folks on a short plane ride (oh, and maybe pay for it himself).
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Brock, what would vaguely indicate to you that this is ok? Brock, want the high powered job thatâs running FEMAâmove to DC where your goddamn headquarters is. And Brock, I even grant that youâre marginally competent at your jobâmore so than folks like Betsy, Ben, and Ryan Z.âbut FFS, was being driven worth throwing your career and integrity out the window?
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That (2975) is likely an undercount as well.
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Long should have taken James Taylorâs advice.
Grifters gottaâ grift.
This guy is an grifting, incompetent nincompoop. FEMA certainly didnât do its job in Puerto Rico. I saw this story yesterday.
(Reuters) - About 20,000 pallets of water bottles shipped to Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria devastated the island last year went unused and eventually became too contaminated to drink, officials from the U.S. territory said on Wednesday.
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The IG began investigating his conduct after one of the vehicles got into an accident, an official told Politico.
Finally, Paul Ryan will demand answers from someone involved with a Trump Administration scandal. The only question now is when he will demand the vehicle to come before congress.
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âOnce the transfer of water took place, the water became property of the government of Puerto Rico,â FEMA said.
Wow, so PR screwed up.
Oh, wait.
Officials from the federal government and Puerto Rico, in emails to
Reuters, on Wednesday could not say when exactly the 20,000 pallets of
water arrived on the island.
How can FEMA claim they turned it over to the PR govât when they canât even figure out when they delivered it? Did they scrawl a note saying âNot itâ on a napkin and drop it out of an airplane somewhere over San Juan?
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Military top-down models work well for response but very poorly for recovery ( the months to years after all the television crews bugger off before things are ânormalâ). For the recovery you need to rely on civic organizations to both donate a lot of unpaid labor doing âminorâ repairs like shoveling silt out of peoples driveways and cleaning up all the playgrounds but also advocating for and directing resources towards households in need. The trick is, you wonât know which groups are actually effective at this until after the event occurs. My personal observation has been that hierarchical organizations are very bad at forming ad hoc partnerships and letting each partner play to their strength. Also one of the critical roles of civic organizations is to tell you where the gaps in your recovery plan are and where youâve screwed up the execution. Hierarchical organizations donât do great with that either.
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Reminds me of Bush, after being briefed on 8/6/2001 about a serious terrorist threat:
âOkay. You covered your ass, now.â
FEMA did the bare minimum after the natural disaster.
It was NOT enough.
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The Magic 8 Ball will answer, once it stops laughing.
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Not that Iâve seen, but I did see the report on Rachel last night.
it is appalling and disgusting how this badministration is diverting funds that should be helping citizens in order to hurt immigrants
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Iâve seen fire and Iâve rain?
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I havenât seen anything other than what I saw on Rachel last night too, but I did hear the host of the Take Away mention it in passing.
Iâm assuming this was a joke, but just in case (and also maybe JTâs finger-picking will calm someone else besides me down):
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Sweet Home North Carolina
His use of a car led to warrants,
And prompted, in most folks, abhorrence.
If the IGâs review,
Turns up nothing undue,
Then perhaps heâll get justice from Florence.
If the FEMA Director is a white evangelical christian conservative, he should allowed to do anything with government property and taxpayer money.
I donât disagree. But, what we need is a well-crafted response.
Response is the initial 12-72 hours of life saving and restoration of the lifesaving and critical infrastructure processes. Lifesaving is always first, but that includes getting medical, police and fire back in place. This includes trained assessment teams to not only determine damage, but to help prioritize which services are restored and in what order. Power to hospitals, water systems, etc. before restoring to less critical locations.
However, recovery begins at the same time. A well-structured operation divides the two, but works in parallel. As the situation stabilizes, the initial first responders pull back and transition to the recovery teams, who then pull back and hand over to the locals.
Actually, this is all clearly described in training provided by FEMA, USACE (Corps of Engineers, etc). It just isnât done well.
And, you are correct. The ad hoc partnerships donât work well. That is why all parties need to practice table top exercises together so they can all learn the processes, and get to know and respect each other.
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Planning for disaster recovery should be handled at the state and city level in order to make critical decisions how much to invest mitigation strategies rather than recovery. The Federal government should be backstopping the states in responding to disasters rather than being a lead agency. The Federal government also should apply its power of persuasion to make sure states are preparing for higher sea levels and harsher weather. The government needs to significantly increase the cost for Federal flood insurance program