The Federal Emergency Management Agency is "not ready" for hurricane season in June, according to an internal review obtained by CBS News ...
Poor morale. Unclear mission. An internal FEMA review is raising serious concerns about how the agency would respond to a major disaster. cnn.it/4djTMp2
-- CNN (@cnn.com) May 15, 2025 at 9:05 AM
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FEMA is "fully activated in preparation for Hurricane Season."
It's true because everyone is always fully prepared to do nothing!
Five days ago:
Trump's firing of FEMA leader plunges disaster agency into uncertainty
by Rachel Frazin and Brett Samuels - 05/11/25 12:00 PM ET
The dismissal of acting Federal Emergency Management Agency head Cameron Hamilton plunges an already fraught agency into deeper uncertainty.
Hamilton was fired from the agency Thursday after he said eliminating FEMA would not be in the "best interest" of the American people " contradicting pushes to do so from President Trump and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem.
Former agency officials criticized what they described as the loss of a steady leader at an agency already dealing with uncertainty amid the elimination push.
"It's not what FEMA needed ... 20 days from hurricane season ... to lose their administrator and to have more turbulence," said Pete Gaynor, who led the agency during the first Trump administration.
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@#12 ... KY is getting hammered pretty good right now. ...
Back in the early 1970's I was living in the good state of Kentucky.
One day at work, the power was fluctuating. So I and a few co-workers went outside to see what was going on.
We looked to the north and saw an eerie green-tinged sky. I had never seen that color in the sky previously. When I asked about it, a co-worker, who grew up in the area said, ~that's bad.~
Later that evening I saw on the local news ...
1974 Super Outbreak
en.wikipedia.org
... The 1974 Super Outbreak was one of the most intense tornado outbreaks on record, occurring on April 3-4, 1974, across much of the United States. It was one of the deadliest tornado outbreaks in U.S history. It was also the most violent tornado outbreak ever recorded, with 30 violent (F4 or F5 rated) tornadoes confirmed.
From April 3"4, there were 148 tornadoes confirmed in 13 U.S. states and the Canadian province of Ontario.[nb 1] In the United States, the tornadoes struck Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, North Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, and New York. The outbreak caused roughly $600 million USD (equivalent to $3.83 billion in 2024) in damage.[4]
The outbreak extensively damaged approximately 900 sq mi (2,331 km2) along a total combined path length of 2,600 mi (4,184 km).[3][5] At one point, as many as 15 separate tornadoes were occurring simultaneously.[3][6] ...
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