The complaints issuing out of NC regarding FEMA blockading local aid mirrors what happened after the Lahaina fire last year. I witnessed FEMA blocking trucks and boats trying to bring food and potable water to the burned-out fire victims. Today 14 months after the fire, "temporary housing" for victims have yet to be completed and operational. It is a disgrace.
Natural disasters have proven that regular citizens, charitable organizations, and churches are far better equipped to provide assistance than the federal government. The only thing FEMA brings to the table is money, which is debt based, and given to preferred providers who take their share right off the top. I understand that my income tax does not pay for government services or the military, but I would rather keep the tens of thousands of dollars I pay each year and give it to charity. Currently I have to pay taxes and give to relief organizations. I'm about done paying these incompetent, irrelevant, imbeciles to rob me so they can mismanage everything they oversee. It just adds insult to injury. And yes, I do mean robbery. Theft under fear of force is robbery.
A Hurricane Simulation for Tampa Bay Small Businesses & Emergency Management Agencies
The tabletop exercise (TTX) leads participants through a facilitated discussion of roles, procedures, and responsibilities in the context of a Category 5 hurricane in the Greater Tampa Bay Area.
The complaints issuing out of NC regarding FEMA blockading local aid mirrors what happened after the Lahaina fire last year. I witnessed FEMA blocking trucks and boats trying to bring food and potable water to the burned-out fire victims. Today 14 months after the fire, "temporary housing" for victims have yet to be completed and operational. It is a disgrace.
Natural disasters have proven that regular citizens, charitable organizations, and churches are far better equipped to provide assistance than the federal government. The only thing FEMA brings to the table is money, which is debt based, and given to preferred providers who take their share right off the top. I understand that my income tax does not pay for government services or the military, but I would rather keep the tens of thousands of dollars I pay each year and give it to charity. Currently I have to pay taxes and give to relief organizations. I'm about done paying these incompetent, irrelevant, imbeciles to rob me so they can mismanage everything they oversee. It just adds insult to injury. And yes, I do mean robbery. Theft under fear of force is robbery.
North Carolina wasn't hit by a hurricane. Helene was downgraded to a tropical storm by the time it reached Georgia.
Franklin,
Look into Project Phoenix 2.0.
A Hurricane Simulation for Tampa Bay Small Businesses & Emergency Management Agencies
The tabletop exercise (TTX) leads participants through a facilitated discussion of roles, procedures, and responsibilities in the context of a Category 5 hurricane in the Greater Tampa Bay Area.
https://tbrpc.org/phoenix/#:~:text=Project%20Phoenix%202.0:%20The%20Recovery%20is%20a%20facilitated%20training
Brilliant article!
https://open.substack.com/pub/starrohara/p/greetings-from-heleneistan?r=u16ew&utm_medium=ios
She’s doing good work