FEMA Fumbles Again: Naval Resources Left Idle in Hurricane Milton Response

gCaptain ^ | October 8, 2024 | John Konrad

[artichokegrower]

As another intense storm barrels down upon us—this time Milton, a hurricane of record-breaking intensity heading directly for Florida—it’s time to confront a harsh reality: FEMA’s disaster response system is fundamentally flawed. Time and again, we’ve witnessed the same predictable cycle: relief supplies positioned directly in the path of impending storms, vital maritime assets called into action far too late, and the underutilization of the U.S. Army’s robust watercraft and Department of Transportation’s disaster relief fleet.

[artichokegrower]

For this to occur, Secretary Pete Buttigieg or Admiral Ann Phillips, who heads MARAD, would need to proactively offer the ships to FEMA. However, this seems improbable given Buttigieg’s well-documented neglect of the merchant marine and Phillips’s reputation as the “Ghost Admiral”—a moniker that speaks volumes. In fairness, though, the failure to deploy MARAD’s disaster relief fleet in a timely manner has been a consistent shortcoming across the last three administrations.

Long but extremely informative article

[lee martell]

The old saying; “Don’t know their a** from a hole in the ground!”
was created for situations like this one.

[PGR88]

Perhaps its also time for FEMA to be abolished.

there is a theoretical need for such an agency, but like all Fed.gov agencies, bloat and politicization have made it useless.

Instead, strengthen States’ emergency response teams, and instead of FEMA, create regional emergency response groupings of nearby States. For example, create a Southeastern group or mid-Atlantic group. Let them call resources from each other, or choose available Federal resources, which they will deploy - NOT Fed.gov

[The Sons of Liberty]

The old saying; “Don’t know their a** from a hole in the ground!” was created for situations like this one.

Right you are!

Absolutely NO ONE in the Biden / Harris regime was selected for their competence, but their DEI qualifications are off the scale!

[ronnie raygun]

DELIBERATE

[Grampa Dave]

Freepers might consider going to the link below to see
corrupt and worthless Fema has been and still is.

https://gcaptain.com/hurricane-milton-fema-fumbles-again-naval-resources-left-idle-florida-storm-response/

Also, they are destroying our coast guard ships and the sailors in the Coast Guard.

[SMARTY]

The US delivers aid to disaster areas worldwide faster than THIS

[zeestephen]

Maritime assets?

Have these experts ever seen what the ocean looks like during a hurricane?

Have these experts ever seen a port during a hurricane?

All the ships LEAVE port BEFORE the hurricane arrives.

[Brian Griffin]

Food has been ordered up by grocers long in advance. Factories make much of it. And it needs to get shipped to stores.

It may not be able to get shipped to a hurricane-flattened or flooded-away store, but it will get shipped to stores nearby that are still capable of operation.

One might have to 25 or even 50 miles in an ICE to get it, but the chain stores will be glad you drove and bought it.

“Walmart operates the largest private U.S. trucking fleet with more than 13,000 drivers, roughly 9,000 tractors and 80,000 trailers driving 1.1 billion miles each year.”

https://talkbusiness.net/2023/04/walmart-to-debut-renewable-energy-engine-in-trucking-fleet/