Where FEMA's Direct Relief Money Is Going

Wednesday, October 09, 2024

Florida, Louisiana and Texas residents have received the lion's share of FEMA direct assistance since 2015, per newly gathered data.

Posted by LampLighter at 09:30 AM | 7 COMMENTS | permalink | Comment on This Entry |

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... Why it matters: The numbers illustrate Americans' urgent financial needs in the immediate aftermath of natural disasters, and reflect the toll of storms like 2017's Hurricanes Harvey and Irma.

- - - More help is now needed in the wake of Hurricane Helene, and more still is likely to be needed after Hurricane Milton, now bearing down on Florida's western coast.

Driving the news: The map above shows the total amount given to recipients in each U.S. state as part of FEMA's Individuals and Households Program (IHP) between January 2015 and April 2024. ...

[see the map in the article]

#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-10-08 11:33 AM | Reply

more still is likely to be needed after Hurricane Milton

LOL. Ya think?

#2 | Posted by REDIAL at 2024-10-08 11:42 AM | Reply

@#2 ... Ya think? ...

The title of the map is

... FEMA individual assistance payments
Total from January 2015 to April 2024

so it does not include any of the hurricanes we had in 2024.

#3 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-10-08 12:11 PM | Reply

Well yes, but it's pretty obvious more money will be needed after Hurricane Milton. It's not just "likely".

#4 | Posted by REDIAL at 2024-10-08 12:18 PM | Reply

@#4

Semantics aside, it is interesting the states that receive the most direct FEMA aid.

#5 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-10-08 01:00 PM | Reply

...the very places the cry the loudest about government spending.

Since Elmo made must of his money from government subsidies on space programs, and since he moved to Texas to avoid taxes, send him the bills.

#6 | Posted by Whatsleft at 2024-10-09 11:48 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 2

Semantics aside, it is interesting the states that receive the most direct FEMA aid.

#5 | POSTED BY LAMPLIGHTER

Maybe then Maga maroons shouldn't have pissed off them Dems.

After all they can control the weather.

#7 | Posted by donnerboy at 2024-10-09 11:58 AM | Reply | Funny: 1