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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHurricane 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
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global1
(25,242 posts)1. Your Doing A Heck Of A Job - Trumpy......nt
furtheradu
(1,865 posts)2. Thanks for this
I'm south of Texas.. & I am feeling it.
Doreen
(11,686 posts)3. I would not be surprised at all if trump has not
bothered at all to even think of it. Why does anyone feel that he would give a damn about these people?
luvMIdog
(2,533 posts)4. don't worry Ivanka will handle it *sarcasm*
RockaFowler
(7,429 posts)7. Or Jared, right??
Scary times we live in right now
Mr. Evil
(2,841 posts)5. This is beyond pathetic.
oasis
(49,381 posts)6. Worst president and most irredeemable deplorable ever. nt