Trump wants states to handle disasters. States aren't prepared
Source: NPR
March 21, 2025 4:08 PM ET
President Trump has signed an executive order directing state and local governments to "play a more active and significant role" in preparing for disasters. For months, Trump has said he's considering getting rid of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the country's disaster response arm. "I say you don't need FEMA, you need a good state government," Trump said while visiting the Los Angeles fires in January. "FEMA is a very expensive, in my opinion, mostly failed situation."
But emergency management experts say Trump's order technically wouldn't do much to shift responsibility. Currently, local and state governments are already in charge of disasters. The question is whether the Trump administration will begin withdrawing the federal resources and funding that states rely on.
When a major hurricane, flood or wildfire hits, FEMA starts working on a disaster only when requested by the state government. The agency organizes thousands of federal workers who help in disaster response and process claims for millions of dollars in aid. Even then, states and local governments still remain in charge.
Without FEMA, states would need to find thousands of additional personnel to inspect damage, distribute disaster aid and plan the rebuilding of public infrastructure. Without federal funding, states would face billions of dollars in recovery costs. After Hurricane Irma in 2017, Florida relied on more than $5.5 billion dollars from the federal government.
Read more: https://www.npr.org/2025/03/21/nx-s1-5327595/trump-order-fema-states-disaster-response
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for Super Storm Sandy. They (notably Cheeto Boner) caught hell from Peter King (R-NY) about it -
They eventually backed down and went ahead with some funding a few days later.
(and look at that chyron with the DJIA showing 13,3xx back in 2013
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and like the Amish, eschew "modern medicines". The one big difference is that although the Amish will travel into towns and cities to sell their goods, the Mennonites do it more (and often do it for and will even drive, the Amish to those markets). And thus they have a greater potential to spread viruses like this. 
I can't wait for DeSantis to have to deal with this one. 
we are ALREADY in tornado season and red state after red state have destroyed towns.
Over 40 people died in that outbreak that happened last week.
Except you get too much damn snow! 
(P.S. one of my uncles has lived there for over 30 years - my mother's baby brother, so have been there a few times)
upthread - https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1014&pid=3423728
Over 40 were killed in total, in the areas impacted.
There's not going to be much federal government left by Summer. States will have to band together. The beginning of the fragmentation of America into several semi to fully autonomous regions. Putin's wet dream after what happened to his beloved Soviet Union, but at this point, I'm so goddamn over red Amurka and their never ending bullshit, I just don't care anymore. They're no longer fellow citizens. They may as well be from fucking Mars.
My region already has its own flag.
