FEMA 'not ready' for Hurricane Season, internal review says

Friday, May 16, 2025

The Federal Emergency Management Agency is "not ready" for hurricane season in June, according to an internal review obtained by CBS News ...

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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

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The Federal Emergency Management Agency is "not ready" for hurricane season in June, according to an internal review obtained by CBS News" as FEMA contends with staff cuts and a push by President Trump to eliminate the nation's disaster relief agency.

Another stunning example of the orange lard barge's incompetence.

#1 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2025-05-16 11:02 AM | Reply

Only the weak will fail.

#2 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-05-16 11:46 AM | Reply

Nothing a Sharpie can't fix.

#3 | Posted by Derek_Wildstar at 2025-05-16 02:42 PM | Reply | Funny: 1

If we're not going build resilience or implement mitigation strategies to deal with costly natural disasters, why continue to spend taxpayer money on bailing places out after they get obliterated?

www.climate.gov

The smart thing to do is GTFO of prone areas and do a "whomp whomp" on your way out.

#4 | Posted by horstngraben at 2025-05-16 02:52 PM | Reply

FEMA 'not ready' for Hurricane Season

"not ready" is the theme of Hair Furor's administration.

The only thing that matters to him is cutting his taxes and revenge. Revenge against anyone who had the nerve to call out the traitorous, insurrectionist, adjudicated rapist for what he is.

#5 | Posted by censored at 2025-05-16 02:54 PM | Reply

If not ready for hurricane season, they most certainly are not ready for tornado season, which is upon us. Sorry, Florida but hurricanes are much less a big deal than are tornadoes. Imagine the reaction to governors in Okiehomie, Missoura, Kansas and Indiana when they try to phone FEMA and get the answering machine, telling the caller that the office is closed and will re-open Monday. As for calling the POTUS--well, he cannot be disturbed when on the golf course. We are on our own for storm cleanup and recovery...

#6 | Posted by catdog at 2025-05-16 02:57 PM | Reply

Well, there is this, in the linked article,

"In a statement to CBS News, an official at the Department of Homeland Security " which oversees FEMA " called the story "grossly out of context" and said FEMA is "fully activated in preparation for Hurricane Season." The DHS official described the review's comments on hurricane season as "one line in a nineteen-page slide deck and the unsubstantiated opinion of one official inside the agency."

#7 | Posted by gracieamazed at 2025-05-16 03:09 PM | Reply

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.
thehill.com

#8 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-05-16 03:15 PM | Reply

#1
He is not actually incompetent. He is doing real criminal, premeditated, Governmental sabotage.

His goal is to destroy Government ability to be a positive force in American lives.

After a few devastating storms, the red States will have gotten a face full of FAFO.

IMHO, without gub'mnt handouts, living in Florida, could potentially cease to be livable from a financial standpoint, in plenty of time for the Mid-terms.

#9 | Posted by Wardog at 2025-05-16 03:33 PM | Reply

@#7 ... the unsubstantiated opinion of one official ...

Official? Or ex-official?

#10 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-05-16 03:46 PM | Reply

#7 | Posted by gracieamazed

What part of FL are you in? We'll all want to observe what happens when a hurricane hits your town square on.

#11 | Posted by Whatsleft at 2025-05-16 05:25 PM | Reply