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Tanuki

(14,918 posts)
Fri Jun 2, 2017, 02:07 AM Jun 2017

Hurricane season is here, but nobody in charge at FEMA or NOAA

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

"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."
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Hurricane season is here, but nobody in charge at FEMA or NOAA (Original Post) Tanuki Jun 2017 OP
Your Doing A Heck Of A Job - Trumpy......nt global1 Jun 2017 #1
Thanks for this furtheradu Jun 2017 #2
I would not be surprised at all if trump has not Doreen Jun 2017 #3
don't worry Ivanka will handle it *sarcasm* luvMIdog Jun 2017 #4
Or Jared, right?? RockaFowler Jun 2017 #7
This is beyond pathetic. Mr. Evil Jun 2017 #5
Worst president and most irredeemable deplorable ever. nt oasis Jun 2017 #6

Doreen

(11,686 posts)
3. I would not be surprised at all if trump has not
Fri Jun 2, 2017, 02:58 AM
Jun 2017

bothered at all to even think of it. Why does anyone feel that he would give a damn about these people?

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