Hurricane season starts with nobody in charge at FEMA or NOAA

[babylonsister]

http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/the-buzz-florida-politics/hurricane-season-starts-with-nobody-in-charge-at-fema-or-noaa/2325887

Hurricane season starts with nobody in charge at FEMA or NOAA

Craig Pittman, Times Staff Writer

Thursday, June 1, 2017 3:21pm



This year marks the 25th anniversary of Hurricane Andrew, the last Category 5 storm to hit Florida

The 2017 hurricane season started Thursday without anyone in charge at the two federal agencies most involved in dealing with hurricanes, National Public Radio notes.

Five months after Donald J. Trump was sworn in as president, no one has taken the reins at the Federal Emergency Management Agency, which is in charge of preparing for and then dealing with the aftermath of a hurricane. The last FEMA boss was a Florida man, W. Craig Fugate, who departed in January after seven years on the job. Fugate previously served as the head of the Florida Division of Emergency Management. Trump finally nominated someone at the end of April, but he has yet to be confirmed.

Trump meanwhile has made no move to appoint a new boss at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the agency in charge of the National Hurricane Center and the National Weather Service, which provide hurricane forecasts and hurricane warnings in advance of a storm.

Incidentally, NOAA Is predicting an above-average hurricane season this year. Trump's proposed budget has targeted both agencies for cuts.

[lpbk2713]

1. "And Trumpie, you're doing a heck of a job."

His usual level of incompetence.

[Solly Mack]

2. People are going to die and Trump does not care.

The GOP does not care.

[Matthew28]

3. The GOP wants to turn America into a third world nation

that only the rich has anything at all and everyone else can eat shit.

The party is evil and a stain on humanity.

[justiceischeap]

4. May a hurricane directly hit Mar-a-Lago

Just that, nothing else.

[LisaM]

5. It's an historic house.

I hope it just demolishes everything he built, like the golf course.

[luvMIdog]

7. yes!

[McCamy Taylor]

9. I had the same thought.

[Matthew28]

6. The cold hard truth is

the current GOP is full of a bunch of fundies and loserterians that believe science and government science agencies are against god and their belief that only the rich should be able to be warned.

The GOP would love to get rid of all hurricane and weather warning as they believe everyone should be in church begging god to stop the storm. Sick bastard.

[furtheradu]

8. Thank You. K&R

Appreciate Your post.

[lindysalsagal]

10. Don't need fema: Anything that goes wrong is obama's fault.

Isn't that simple?

[Horse with no Name]

11. that's comforting......

NOT