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71. Yep, and the repugs want us to conveniently forget about proposed FEMA budget cuts

Sun Aug 27, 2017, 04:41 PM

Aug 2017

Huffington Post:

While President Trump declared Texas an emergency disaster area from the Hurricane Harvey impacts, the Trump Administration’s FY 2018 budget blueprint for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is “penny wise and pound foolish”:

Cuts $667 million from FEMA state and local grant funding for programs that include disaster preparedness and response. For example: The Homeland Security Grant Program “plays an important role in the implementation of the National Preparedness System by supporting the building, sustainment, and delivery of core capabilities essential to achieving the National Preparedness Goal of a secure and resilient Nation.”

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/pres-trumps-foolish-fema-budget-cuts-emergency_us_59a31222e4b0cb7715bfd6ab

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The Trump folks have found their "bad guy" in the Houston flooding. [View all] oberliner Aug 2017 OP

Of Course We Knew It Would Happen. TheMastersNemesis Aug 2017 #1

I remember when they blamed Nagin for Katrina oberliner Aug 2017 #2

Nagin did drop the ball on that. Doesn't let the others off the hook. Honeycombe8 Aug 2017 #58

Oops. Duplicate. Honeycombe8 Aug 2017 #62

Solution: Trump to use Trump planes to evacuate people and put them up in Trump hotels and Angry Dragon Aug 2017 #4

+1 dalton99a Aug 2017 #7

AFTER making them pay in advance. In cash. Ken Burch Aug 2017 #22

Lane reversals on highways, start a few days in advance. bluepen Aug 2017 #5

see? easy peasy ProfessorPlum Aug 2017 #24

As easy as an ad hoc rescue plan for 6 million. bluepen Aug 2017 #41

if only you had been in charge ProfessorPlum Aug 2017 #72

That's the standard you apply to anyone who bluepen Aug 2017 #85

. ProfessorPlum Aug 2017 #97

6+ million people, evacuation RECOMMENDED, just not mandatory. Hortensis Aug 2017 #25

+1 uponit7771 Aug 2017 #59

We're talking about millions of people. George II Aug 2017 #70

Hindsight is 20/20, but an unnecessary evacuation is expensive and very disruptive. Dustlawyer Aug 2017 #74

Their most trite tactic... the strawman defacto7 Aug 2017 #3

I knew that would happen mcar Aug 2017 #6

This. End of thread. n/t KatyMan Aug 2017 #55

It might have been a bad call on the Mayor's part. bluepen Aug 2017 #8

Houston is the 4th largest city in the nation. tammywammy Aug 2017 #11

So no plan, nothing learned, in 12 years. bluepen Aug 2017 #15

There is a plan but it requires more time than they had for Hurricane Harvey. tammywammy Aug 2017 #18

There was some disagreement about that. bluepen Aug 2017 #21

There is a reason local officials didn't want six million people to get on the road. LisaL Aug 2017 #46

Oh, I don't doubt that's the reason they're citing bluepen Aug 2017 #57

It was too late from the start. LisaL Aug 2017 #66

You don't know the facts jmbar2 Aug 2017 #76

That must have been horrific. Chemisse Aug 2017 #83

So no change in plans for 12 years. bluepen Aug 2017 #86

There was a huge review after Hurricane Rita. tammywammy Aug 2017 #91

Only 3 days. bluepen Aug 2017 #95

Evacuated was ordered for the Coast - over 200 miles of it elehhhhna Aug 2017 #79

And where do 6 million people go? Holiday Inn in Dallas? n/t USALiberal Aug 2017 #32

Some, sure. bluepen Aug 2017 #34

Why aren't you in Houston helping since you seem to have all the answers? Cattledog Aug 2017 #44

because republicans like him just like to complain and spread hate. jbond56 Aug 2017 #65

Florida evacuated those right on the coast GulfCoast66 Aug 2017 #73

This should have been a federal effort. It is too much for a municipality to smirkymonkey Aug 2017 #9

We handle it at the state level. Same as FL. bluepen Aug 2017 #12

The state bears some responsibility too. smirkymonkey Aug 2017 #23

Agreed. bluepen Aug 2017 #30

Fucking Columbia South Carolina has a population maxrandb Aug 2017 #26

There is no historical precedent for an evacuation of 6 million people jberryhill Aug 2017 #96

There aren't even 6 million people IN South Carolina jberryhill Aug 2017 #35

In other posts I've mentioned that I also bluepen Aug 2017 #37

Yes, as noted above Houston also has "plans" jberryhill Aug 2017 #39

I'm sure it'll be on the news. bluepen Aug 2017 #40

Yep, you go right ahead... paleotn Aug 2017 #78

JUst stop obamanut2012 Aug 2017 #90

Cool... what day does this start for Irma? jberryhill Sep 2017 #100

Ha! Good one! 6 million is 1/3 of the state's population. Cattledog Aug 2017 #43

I live in SOFL, too, and there is not a plan like that obamanut2012 Aug 2017 #89

FL has evacuated the Keys mcar Aug 2017 #61

Remember that most folks on the keys have the means to evacuate. elehhhhna Aug 2017 #80

That's right mcar Aug 2017 #81

I'm in Florida Phoenix61 Aug 2017 #64

I live in SOFL too, and no, we do not obamanut2012 Aug 2017 #88

With Irma coming, I'm psyched to see the total evacuation of South Florida jberryhill Sep 2017 #99

you are clueless obamanut2012 Aug 2017 #87

well said onetexan Aug 2017 #54

Yep, and the repugs want us to conveniently forget about proposed FEMA budget cuts Mountain Mule Aug 2017 #71

I think Mother Nature wants the Con to resign malaise Aug 2017 #10

This is looking pretty bad for him already.. HipChick Aug 2017 #14

We need to put the blame on 45 murielm99 Aug 2017 #47

6 Obama climate policies that Trump orders change malaise Aug 2017 #50

RW Trump folks... tenderfoot Aug 2017 #13

Good point oberliner Aug 2017 #16

Haven't seen that. Any links? Kingofalldems Aug 2017 #17

Do you have access to Twitter? oberliner Aug 2017 #19

I would have guessed sarisataka Aug 2017 #20

#fakenews. stonecutter357 Aug 2017 #27

Not surprised Lotusflower70 Aug 2017 #28

Message auto-removed Name removed Aug 2017 #29

Often, more people die in the evacuation than in the storm ThoughtCriminal Aug 2017 #31

Wow shenmue Aug 2017 #51

Exactly, which is why we usually stay put during 'canes obamanut2012 Aug 2017 #92

But the County Judge of Harris County where Houston is located is a republican. Demtexan Aug 2017 #33

Ed Emmett is a decent person cloudbase Aug 2017 #67

Why didn't Fort Hood and other government facilities Ilsa Aug 2017 #36

People have gotten stuck in traffic for days. Ilsa Aug 2017 #38

And if that road floods, then all these people would be dead while trying to evacuate. LisaL Aug 2017 #48

Drowned, blown away by tornadoes, Ilsa Aug 2017 #49

After all, Trump wished them, "Good luck!" Jim__ Aug 2017 #42

Houston was not directly in path of hurricane and torrential rain is vastly more than predicted wishstar Aug 2017 #45

Before the storm the lack of a decent and modern infrastructure BigmanPigman Aug 2017 #52

Yes, I've read that all the development has concreted over previous drainage conduits worstexever Aug 2017 #63

Finally something Obama didn't do! n/t moonscape Aug 2017 #53

Sigh... this bullshit has got to stop. Initech Aug 2017 #56

Meanwhile, Trump says ... lpbk2713 Aug 2017 #60

You can't evacuate a city of 2.3 million and a metropolitan area of more than 6 million.... George II Aug 2017 #68

I'm confused as to why people don't get this mcar Aug 2017 #82

Exactky -- if it's gridlocked during rush hour obamanut2012 Aug 2017 #94

So.. their solution was to evacuate Houston?? Sluggeaux Aug 2017 #69

Shouldn't be too long until Pat Robertson blames this disaster as God's punishment for rampant homos keithbvadu2 Aug 2017 #75

Being home is better than stuck in the street, imo. Bradical79 Aug 2017 #77

A bonus. guillaumeb Aug 2017 #84

When local officials evacuated Houston in 2005, more than 100 people died in that effort. VOX Aug 2017 #93

Bonus.. disillusioned73 Aug 2017 #98

It's the mayor's fault! muntrv Sep 2017 #101