US Edition20 Years After Katrina, Disaster Communication Is in Crisis
- Former Federal Emergency Management Agency employees criticized Donald Trump's changes, claiming FEMA risks repeating Hurricane Katrina's mistakes due to unqualified leadership and political firings.
- They warn that if a disaster similar to Hurricane Katrina occurs, FEMA may not be prepared and could be undermined.
- Katrina resulted in the deaths of 1,400 individuals and significant flooding in New Orleans, with structural failures of levees.
- The former FEMA employees urge Congress to take action to ensure FEMA is a capable agency prepared for future disasters without political interference.
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Twenty years after Hurricane Katrina, U.S. civil protection workers warn of President Trump's decommissioning of the agency. Some of them are now out of their jobs.
20 years after Katrina, disaster communication is in crisis
Twenty years after Hurricane Katrina, the U.S. is entering another dangerous season with a weakened national emergency response system, and without strong communication, trust will collapse and aid will be ineffective.
Louisiana Illuminator
K+20: Katrina showed how crucial federal funding is after a disaster. How much will remain?
Louisiana often relies on federal assistance after its struck by natural disasters. But President Trump has indicated he wants to pull back on giving states this type of support. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)For years after Hurricane Katrina, New Orleanians made the Federal Emergency Management Agency the butt of their bitter jokes. Anti-FEMA sentiment was so high in Louisiana that local businesses started selling T-shirts a couple of mon…
The Virginian Pilot
Daily PressEditorial: 20 years after Katrina, a weakened FEMA faces mounting challenges
About 180 Federal Emergency Management Agency workers on Monday sounded an ominous warning about the deteriorating state of disaster response under President Donald Trump and Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem. In a letter to Congress, they wrote that a lack of emergency experience among agency leadership, policies that hinder speedy decision making, and an erosion of resources will put affected communities in peril, including storm-thre…
'Our oaths of office': 180 disaster veterans break ranks to expose Trump's disaster-in-waiting
Former Federal Emergency Management Agency employees wrote a letter to Congress with strongly worded criticism of Donald Trump’s recent overhaul of the agency, making very concerning claims that FEMA now risks repeating the same mistakes made during Hurricane Katrina. This is not the first letter written by a federal agency to Congress. Just recently, the CDC took the same route after its headquarters in Atlanta was shot at by a lone gunman. Emp…
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