Ummm…that is what FEMA does right now. Provide funding and resources where they are needed.
Who was it was whining last year they didn't have money to cover hurricane season?
You must not be aware that eliminating FEMA hasn't been addressed yet. As far as NWS, those places that needed staffed in an emergency were there in full force...........so minimal staffing during normal ops isn't an issue.....particularly when resources are added with an up and coming predicted event.
Could have? Well we know it turns out it didn’tDoge taking a chain saw to our weather monitoring and warning systems and to FEMA has made the tragedy of the Texas flood even worse than it had to be. Those agencies were in place for a reason, and should have never been degraded by someone who didn't even understand why we need those agencies.
Yes, it's quite possible that victims of the recent Texas flood could have received earlier or more effective warnings if not for cuts and policy shifts tied to the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and former President Donald Trump's administration.
What Happened in Texas?
On July 4, 2025, catastrophic flash flooding struck areas along the Guadalupe River, leading to fatalities and widespread emergency rescues. Local authorities issued urgent warnings, but the scale and speed of the flooding overwhelmed many systems.
How DOGE and Trump’s Policies May Have Affected This
According to investigative reporting from the Texas Observer and San Antonio Current, the Trump administration’s DOGE initiative significantly impacted federal disaster preparedness and response:
- FEMA Cuts: DOGE slashed FEMA’s workforce by about 20% and froze parts of its funding.
- Disaster Aid Shift: Trump announced plans to phase out FEMA and shift disaster response responsibilities to individual states, arguing governors should handle emergencies independently.
- Climate Risk Data Degradation: DOGE reportedly dismantled or degraded federal resources that track and model climate-augmented weather risks, such as flood forecasting and early warning systems.
- Infrastructure Investment Delays: Federal support for flood prevention projects—like levees and drainage upgrades—was reduced or delayed, leaving vulnerable areas more exposed.
Could Earlier Warnings Have Been Possible?
While local agencies like the Harris County Flood Control District did issue warnings, the broader federal infrastructure that supports early detection, modeling, and communication of extreme weather risks may have been weakened. This could have:
- Reduced the lead time for warnings
- Limited the accuracy of flood forecasts
- Slowed coordination between federal and local responders
So while it's speculative to say definitively that lives would have been saved, the evidence strongly suggests that federal cuts and policy shifts under DOGE and Trump made Texas—and its residents—more vulnerable to disasters like this one.
Trump’s DOGE Cuts Are a Texas-Sized Disaster
Reckless agency layoffs and the dismantling of federal relief programs could leave the Lone Star State in peril.go.skimresources.com
Man, you need some real sources, and not the left wing anger machine like TPM…Upheaval at the nation’s top disaster agency is raising anxiety among state and local emergency managers — and leaving major questions about the whereabouts of billions of federal dollars it pays out to them.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency still has not opened applications for an enormous suite of grants, including ones that many states rely on to pay for basic emergency management operations. Some states pass on much of that money to their most rural, low-income counties to ensure they have an emergency manager on the payroll.
FEMA has blown through the mid-May statutory deadline to start the grants’ application process, according to the National Emergency Management Association, with no word about why or what that might indicate. The delay appears to have little precedent.
“There’s no transparency on why it’s not happening,” said Michael A. Coen Jr., who served as FEMA’s chief of staff under former Presidents Barack Obama and Joe Biden.
States Fear Critical Funding From FEMA May Be Drying Up
This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news...talkingpointsmemo.com
That place has always been a who's who of Texans. First Lady Laura Bush was a counselor there in her college days. One of the girls that died in this is a Hunt girl that was there with 6 other cousins. Herbert Hunt of Hunt Oil family. Her uncle owns the Kansas City Chiefs.
They take ownership of the situation.....lacking knowledge of the territory and functions. Demonstrated time and time again.
They already exist, each state has its own emergency management groups.
Oh yeah, how many homes burned up due to that?
Google is your friend, dipshit.
More bodies for your Cult to shit on.
So Dimwingers designed a water system that can't fight fires.
Why hydrants ran dry as firefighters battled California's deadly fires
Firefighters in Pacific Palisades and Altadena have repeatedly been hampered by low water pressure and dry hydrants, revealing limitations in local water systems designed to supply neighborhoods.www.yahoo.com
And then of course there are the insensitive race baiters who claim that Camp Mystic was "Whites Only"
Black Christians need not apply?
YOU evidently don't.
Your link was about hurricanes, moron.
You really are a dirtbag.
