Posted on 10/04/2024 7:47:37 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
I have long thought that one of the hallmarks of an advanced economy is built-in resilience to shocks to the system.
As with so many things these days, that resilience has eroded to the point that, except in certain areas of the country like Florida, it hardly exists.
You have probably seen many of the same videos I have, in which North Carolina residents are begging for help and wondering where FEMA is. Aside from funding migrants, that is. It seems to be doing a fine job at that, exhausting the funds that should be going to help Helene's victims.
Joe Biden says all the people in North Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia and South Carolina are getting everything they need and are “very happy.” pic.twitter.com/5azdn0EhNr— Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) October 4, 2024
Why is FEMA so awful? Or, should I say, why other than the fact that Alejandro Mayorkas, the most destructive man in America, is in charge of it?
Just received this note from a SpaceX engineer helping on the ground in North Carolina. @FEMA is not merely failing to adequately help people in trouble, but is actively blocking citizens who try to help!
“Hey Elon, update here on site of Asheville, NC. We have powered up two…— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 4, 2024
According to FEMA itself, it's #1 priority is no longer responding to emergencies but promoting Diversity, Equity, and inclusion.
She should be fired tomorrow.
Not for bias or anything.
She should be fired because she’s too dumb to be within a mile of any decision no matter how inconsequential. https://t.co/w9BDwtJdqq— Tandy (@dantypo) October 3, 2024
As victims are suffering and dying in Appalachia, FEMA is focused on trans migrants of color who may feel uncomfortable getting help from religious organizations.
We can't have a Christian or a Jew helping somebody unless they usher men into women's bathrooms. Seriously.
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Thanks to reporting from Ben Wilson at the Washington @FreeBeacon we know that FEMA held a series of DEI trainings, one of which claimed that the U.S. is rooted in extreme violence, and the established systems in the U.S. require oppression of subjegated people.
pic.twitter.com/zMlT8BhS7W— Wokal Distance (@wokal_distance) October 4, 2024
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This is confirmed by the fact that we have Equity as the foundation of disaster relief being built right into the FEMA strategic plan.
When time is valuable and lives hang in the balance you need to move as fast as you can, there's not time to bean count for equity.
pic.twitter.com/eeIOhSfiZC— Wokal Distance (@wokal_distance) October 4, 2024
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FEMA also says they are going to "determine if FEMA’s workforce demonstrates an increased commitment to integrating diversity, equity, and inclusion in delivering the agency’s mission.
To be clear: FEMA is going to implement DEI when delivering disaster relief.
pic.twitter.com/OOMTmZv0KL— Wokal Distance (@wokal_distance) October 4, 2024
FEMA is, as with every bureaucracy under the Harris/Biden administration, obsessed with microaggressions, affirming fetishists, and distributing benefits by race. Kamala Harris herself has said that disaster aid should be distributed by race in order to promote equity.
This is a frightening philosophy. According to Harris, disaster aid should be based on race and gender, not how much water flooded your home. That’s insane. pic.twitter.com/Nf99blUFzP— Dan Crenshaw (@DanCrenshawTX) September 30, 2024
FEMA is so concerned that people are getting the right idea about their incompetence, red tape, and misapplication of resources that they are fighting "rumors" rather than saving people. Perhaps a trans woman of color with a bum leg and a pending asylum claim needed something to do, so they asked "her" to put together a page on misinformation.
There has been a lot of rumors spreading about the #Helene response.
Rumors can create confusion & prevent people from getting assistance they need. Help us share accurate information:
https://t.co/Z5vxuBTths pic.twitter.com/U3DCtmC1LN— FEMA (@fema) October 3, 2024
While Biden took a vacation on the beach as Appalachia was slammed and Harris was out fundraising in Las Vegas, FEMA was leaderless and paralyzed. Whistleblowers are reporting failures across the board, and certainly the videos coming out of the stricken areas seem to back up the claims.
BREAKING: FEMA whistleblowers have come forward alleging that the agency misappropriated funds in the wake of Helene, withheld pre-disaster aid, and that first responders and service members have been waiting in hotels without deployment orders.
pic.twitter.com/uf0XrspRTz— Greg Price (@greg_price11) October 4, 2024
It wasn't until Trump and Elon Musk shamed the administration into kicking things up a notch that things started moving, and by all accounts, they aren't moving smoothly. The Cajun Navy and thousands of volunteers are doing far more than the federal government, and the military seems hampered. North Carolina is bursting with active-duty military, yet few are mobilized to help.
I expect there are too many white men involved or something.
One white man brimming with toxic masculinity has stood up as the federal government has fallen down, and that is Ron DeSantis. He has hurricane damage to deal with himself, but told FEMA to rescue North Carolinians, and sent his own Guard units to help residents in other states.
Florida is literally carrying more weight than the federal government
They are running flights, sending personnel and resources to North Carolina. Biden and Kamala are nowhere to be seen, while NC must wait.
Trump is visiting Georgia too. Major GOP show of leadership. https://t.co/F8vhCmKeIN— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) September 30, 2024
I don't know about you, but I find it disgusting and dispiriting that our federal government is filled with incompetent ideologues and worse. Our health bureaucrats are insane, FEMA is focused on trans migrants, and our Secret Service seems determined to get Donald Trump shot.
Rachel Levine, the U.S. Assistant Secretary of Health, who pushes for children be medically transitioned with irreversible hormones, launches healthy eating campaign.
“We’re here taking about food is medicine.” pic.twitter.com/qQy6TlJNAS— Oli London (@OliLondonTV) October 3, 2024
It is mystifying that so many Americans are OK with this state of affairs. Are they so driven by partisan hatred that they don't care about their fellow citizens, or just so brainwashed that they don't notice the decline?
I suspect it is a mix of both.
I don't watch cable news or the nightly broadcasts, so I can't say for sure whether our "journalists" are covering the disaster that FEMA has become or not.
But I remember Katrina and its aftermath, and the media was laser-focused on both the real and imagined flaws of the Bush administration's response. This time around, hardly anybody commented on the fact that Joe Biden was on the beach for days during the height of the hurricane.
You would think they would at least feel free to criticize him. He is, after all, a white man.
Adder you stated the case well. I feel your empathy. I live here in Black Mountain and last Friday I watched this horrific historic event Take place in front of my eyes from my living room window. I don’t have time to respond more fully .out the door to help my community .
Bless you.
Government institutions by design are incompetent and corrupt. When your officials don’t have a clue how to run anything and are then given tons of money the outcome is always predictable.
Expecting government help should the last thing you’d expect.
Shouldn't that be the role of Housing and Urban Development or Health and Human Services?
I guess FEMA had the larger budget to raid or Mayorkas was more willing to go along with the plan.
-PJ
“..but without coordination it becomes more of a mess that it helps and red meat topics for radio.“
If FEMA are such great and efficient coordinators they could simply take down what ad hocs are doing and work it in to their schedule or suggest areas for the ad hocs to fill in. But that ain’t what they’re doing. They’re shutting out Americans who simply want to do what Americans have always done in situations like this.
FEMA's part of the evil...
Never said they were the best I saw better support in other incidents. I think the major problem is they are out of money. You need funds to move mountains of supplies, people, and equipment and time and logistics to get it there. And with the infrastructure destruction in mountains makes it harder.
It is a righteous mess.
Feds Say There’s No Money Left To Respond To Hurricanes — After FEMA Spent $1.4 Billion Dollars On Migrants (Illegal Aliens)
U.S. To Provide $157 Million In Humanitarian Aid To People Affected By ‘Crisis In Lebanon’
It’s not just going to migrants...
Someone should look into how much FEMA has and still is doling out for, get this, COVID relief...
GAO report critical of FEMA's handling of pandemic
..."As of March 2024, FEMA had committed to spend $125.3 billion from the fund for COVID-19–related assistance like vaccinations, testing sites, and more—and had spent $103.6 billion of it," the GAO wrote. New York, Texas, and California had been given at least $15 billion each, the report states...
FEMA is just a bleeping big slush fund for Deep State to use to reward its minions and cronies.
With Trump’s possible win looming the democrats will siphon off any penny they can at this point. They should be in jail.
From Kansas recently...
Hays receives FEMA help in federal grant application for R9 water project
FEMA shoukd not be paying for this one in OH, either...
Not just the Dems. The Pubbies have their snouts in the trough, too.
There are 2 different cajun navy nonprofit rescues- do you know which one is original?
Very true they both will be starved for funds if Trump/Kennedy get control of the environment.
I think Samaritans Purse?
FEMA’s mission is continuity of government. They are supposed to be the agency that oversees and coordinates relief efforts. They generally are not in the business of rescuing people or handing out food, water, generators etc. Now they might assist in procuring and basic distribution of those commodities but it is rare that they are the ones actually going door to door. FEMA plays a bigger role in later recovery efforts where they directly provide financial aid to municipalities and individuals and they also directly manage the emergency housing fleet.
Remember that FEMA is a relatively small organization (for the government) and most of their members are specialists in recovery and logistics NOT search and rescue.
When will this mayorkas fellow be in court at a trial for his ongoing treason?
It is mystifying that so many Americans are OK with this state of affairs.
So many Americans have now graduated from the Gov't, socialist, brainwashing K-12 school system. They can barely
read at a 3rd grade level and only turn to the MSM for news.
Are they so driven by partisan hatred that they don't care about their fellow citizens, or just so brainwashed
that they don't notice the decline?
Yes, to the first, because, ala Hillary!, if you're not a fellow traveler, you're not a fellow citizen.
Yes, to the second.
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