It's Hurricane Season But Trump Hasn't Bothered To Staff FEMA

WE ARE ABOUT TO BEGIN A NEW HURRICANE SEASON, AND BOTH FEMA
AND THE NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, TWO
OF THE OFFICES TASKED WITH PREPARING FOR AN DEALING WITH
THE DAMAGE CAUSED BY HURRICANES, DON'T HAVE LEADERS.
PROBABLY
BECAUSE TRUMP HAS FORGOTTEN HE SHOULD NOMINATE THEM.
THESE ARE
JUST TWO IMPORTANT OFFICES, BUT THERE ARE THROUGHOUT GOVERNMENT
HEADS OF MAJOR ORGANIZATIONS, SUB OFFICES OF THE STATE
DEPARTMENT AND ALL THAT, THAT DON'T HAVE PEOPLE IN THAT
POSITION BECAUSE DONALD TRUMP IS SIMPLY NOT DOING IT.
THEY LOVE
TO CRITICIZE AND SAY THAT DEMOCRATS AREN'T APPROVING THEM,
BUT IN MANY CASES THERE HAS NEVER BEEN A NOMINATION.
AND AS
WE ENTER HURRICANE SEASON THAT WILL BE DANGEROUS, BECAUSE
FORECASTERS SAY --
IN AMERICA, NORMAL STORM ACTIVITY --
OR IT COULD NOT.
VERY BOLD PREDICTION.
THEY HAVE REASON TO BELIEVE -- AND AS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT MANY
TIMES, THIS IS AN AREA WHERE CLIMATE SCIENCE SHOULD PROBABLY
BE FOLLOWED BECAUSE WHEN YOU HAVE BOTH WARMER AIR AND WARMER
WATER, STORMS ARE MORE LIKELY TO FORM, AND WHEN THEY FORM THEY
ARE MORE LIKELY TO BECOME MORE SEVERE.
AND ABOVE NORMAL IS
SCARY BECAUSE NORMAL STORM CONDITIONS CAN KILL DOZENS OR
HUNDREDS OR THOUSANDS OF AMERICANS IN A NORMAL YEAR.
AND
NOW FEMA AND NOAA DON'T HAVE LEADERSHIP.
THERE WILL BE
OPERATIONS, BUT THEY DON'T HAVE ANY SORT OF GUIDING PHILOSOPHY.
GOOD.
GOOD.
THEY ARE BETTER OFF WITHOUT A LEADER WHO'S BEEN
APPOINTED BY DONALD TRUMP, THEY ARE BETTER OFF HANDLING THIS
SEASON --
THE EACH HAVE ACTING DIRECTORS.
THE PLACE TO LOOK AT
WHAT HE'S DONE TO FEMA AND NOAA IS THE BUDGET.
TO HAVE SOMEONE
IN THERE WHO HAS BEEN APPOINTED, BEN IS RIGHT.
IT WOULD BE A GUY LIKE MIKE BROWN.
IF YOU AREN'T BOTHERED BY THE LEADERSHIP, AND I GET WHAT YOU
ARE SAYING, UNDERSTAND THAT --
THIS IS A PROGRAM INTENDED AT THE STATE LEVEL TO DO LONG-TERM
PLANNING, MAKING SURE THAT THE INFRASTRUCTURE, BUILDING CODES,
ALL OF THAT, MAKE US LESS VULNERABLE TO STORMS AND OTHER
FORMS OF EXTREME WEATHER.
AND THAT IS DONALD TRUMP'S BUDGET, YOU WANT HIS GUY OR
WOMAN IN THERE RUNNING THAT AGENCY?
THAT'S FUNNY.
TALK ABOUT SHORT-TERM THINKING, IT'S ACTUALLY CUTTING
LONG-TERM DISASTER PLANS.
AND THIS IS JUST ANOTHER OF THE
PETTY, UNNECESSARY CUTS, TINY LITTLE DROPS IN THE BUCKET
OF THE BUDGET, THAT WE WILL THEN THROW OVERWHELMINGLY INTO
INCREASES IN THE MILITARY BUDGET AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
THE HURRICANE SEASON LASTS TOO LONG, I JUST WAIT FOR THE
PLAYOFFS.
SECONDLY, WHAT HE'S GOT PEOPLE BELIEVING IS THAT
DRAIN THE SWAMP SOMEHOW WAS THE PRE-MITIGATION DISASTER RELIEF
BUDGET FUND.
AND PEOPLE ARE COMFORTABLE WITH THESE INSANE --
GOVERNMENT DOES A TON OF SMART, GOOD THINGS, THEY'VE ALWAYS DONE
SMART, GOOD THINGS, UNDER DEMOCRATS, UNDER REPUBLICANS,
UNDER EVERYBODY.
IN THE NOTION THAT SOMEHOW WE WILL CUT 60%
FROM SECTION OF FEMA, OR NOAA, WHOEVER RAN THAT DEPARTMENT, TO
ALLOW STATES TO MAKE SURE BUILDINGS ARE UP TO CODE AND
THAT AREAS ARE LIKELY TO BE HIT BY A HURRICANE --
MAINTAIN SEAWALLS, ALL THAT.
MAKE SURE THEY CAN MAINTAIN STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY SO THEY CAN
DEAL WITH THE AFTERMATH OF A DISASTER, THAT IS SUCH BAD
BUSINESS.
AND YET I SUSPECT THAT THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT SWATH OF
THOSE PEOPLE HANGING WITH TRUMP, DESPITE THE RECKLESS BEHAVIOR
THEY SEE EVERY DAY, THINK, YES, THAT IS JUST MORE GOVERNMENT
WASTE.
THEY DO TODAY, BUT THEY WON'T IF A STORM HITS THEM.
IF IT HITS SOMEONE ELSE THEY WILL STILL THINK NO BIG DEAL.
WE HAVE TO WAIT FOR 78 STORMS TO HIT?
THEY PROBABLY WILL.
MY POINT IS THAT WHAT IS THE WORST THING
A MAYOR CAN DO?
NOT GET THE SNOW OFF THE GROUND QUICKLY.
AND AS
GEORGE BUSH FOUND OUT, IF YOU ARE NOT PREPARED WHEN A
HURRICANE OR NATURAL DISASTER COMES, PEOPLE GET REALLY MAD.
THEY FEEL LIKE THAT'S A CORE PART OF THE GOVERNMENT'S
MISSION.
AND PROBABLY TRUMP THINKS, WHAT IS THIS, MITIGATION
OF DISASTERS?
PREPARATION?
I'VE NEVER DONE ANY PREPARATION IN MY
LIFE.
HE WAS BORN WITH A SILVER SPOON, $200 MILLION HANDED TO
HIM -- KNUCKLEHEAD, THAT IS WHY YOU BANKRUPTED SIX COMPANIES.
IF
NATURAL DISASTERS HAPPEN, PEOPLE WILL BE SUPER PISSED.
THEY WON'T
BE NOW, BUT THEY WILL BE THEN.
AND I THINK THE REASON IT'S
TAKING SO LONG TO FILL THESE POSITIONS IS -- I DON'T KNOW IF
I'M BEING NAœVE ABOUT THIS, BUT I THINK WHEN IT GETS TO THIS
LEVEL, NOT THE POLITICAL APPOINTEE FOR THE EPA, BUT YOU
ARE TRYING TO FIND A SCIENTIST TO HEAD THE NATIONAL OCEANIC AND
ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION THAT HAS EXPERTISE ON WEATHER
AND CLIMATE, IT MIGHT BE HARD TO FIND A SCIENTIST WHO IS A BAD
ENOUGH GUY THAT HE WILL SAY YES --
WHO WANTS TO WORK FOR THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION.
AND WHAT THAT IMPLIES IS THAT I WILL SAY THERE IS NO CLIMATE
CHANGE, IT HAS NO CHANCE OF AFFECTING THE WEATHER, WE
SHOULDN'T PREPARE FOR --
IT LITERALLY MIGHT BE A CHALLENGE TO FIND THAT GUY.
IT MIGHT BE.
YOU ARE PRESUMING HE WOULD HIRE A SCIENTIST.
MIKE
BROWN, GEORGE BUSH ATTACKED THAT JOB WITH NO CONCERN --
NOAA IS DIFFERENT FROM FEMA.
JARED!
JARED KIRSCHNER

It's Hurricane Season But Trump Hasn't Bothered To Staff FEMA

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