Trump Fires FEMA Head as Hurricane Season Nears

Friday, May 09, 2025

With three weeks before hurricane season begins, Trump fired the acting head of FEMA, Cameron Hamilton. His sin was contradicting Trump when he said: "I do not believe it is in the best interest of the American people to eliminate FEMA." Hamilton was deployed four times overseas as a USN SEAL before he worked for the State Department and DHS. Trump's budget proposes a $644 million cut to FEMA. Trump was sharply critical of FEMA's response to Hurricane Helene, a devastating storm that killed 250 people and inflicted $78.7 billion in damage from Florida to North Carolina. Link: whitehouse.gov

Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 02:32 PM | 13 COMMENTS | permalink

One of the biggest factors for tropical development in 2025 is the abundance of warm water available to fuel storms. Water temperatures across the ocean, as well as in the Gulf and Caribbean, are already well above historical averages, and they will continue to run warm throughout most of the year. This will prime storms for explosive development.

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He should fire himself, he's a ------- clown.

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