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Monday, March 19th, 2018

FEMA is preparing for the future. “Climate change” isn’t part of it.

Author:     Umair Irfan
Source:     VOX
Publication Date:     Mar 16, 2018, 4:10pm EDT
 Link: FEMA is preparing for the future. “Climate change” isn’t part of it.
Stephan:   Here is the latest bit of gobsmacking stupidity from the Trump administration. It will assure that if there is an environmental crisis in your neighborhood that your government will not be there to help you. Consider Puerto Rico. Yet Trump's approval rating has actually gone up. There is an ugly truth no one wants to talk about: The problem with America I am afraid is Americans. Our children will condemn us for that truth as we go into the future unprepared, and they attempt to hang onto a civilized society..

FEMA failures in Puerto Rico

The United States is still reeling from last year’s megadisasters. Puerto Rico lingers in the longest blackout in US history after Hurricane Maria tore through the island, and the scorched earth left behind from record-breaking fires in California is now causing floods and mudslides.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency, which was on the front lines of many of these calamities, had to go back to Congress last September to ask for billions more dollars to handle the gargantuan relief efforts.

With some of the dust settled, it’s clear that the events in 2017 fit the pattern of extreme weather we expect as average global temperatures go up, with strong climate change signals emerging in fires and rainfall.

FEMA has, and will continue to, respond to climate change-influenced disasters. But the agency’s new strategic plan for 2018-2022, released Thursday, doesn’t mention climate change or global warming at all. (emphasis added) That’s despite the fact that the 38-page document projects more frequent and more expensive disasters. This is a glaring omission from an agency that […]

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2 Comments

  1. sam on Monday, March 19, 2018 at 6:14 am

    They are dealing with the fact they see before them, which is increasing damage from the weather. This is the effect of climate change. They will have their hands full with that.

  2. Will on Tuesday, March 20, 2018 at 5:34 am

    Real “reality” has a way of overwhelming the human version. Just watched a piece on CBS morning news about Puerto Rico’s very slow recovery from the hurricanes. Army Corp of Engineers rep says this is the worst damage in their experience. Where are those facebook friends???