I was living in the US territory of Guam last year when Category 5 Typhoon Mawar hit the island with 155 mph winds. We relied on the US weather service to track the storm and FEMA and the Red Cross were on site immediately providing support to the many families who lost everything in the destruction. They stayed for the next few months as the US military worked to clean up the mess and begin rebuilding. I was among the lucky few. The power in my townhouse complex was off for only 12 days and we never lost water. Others were without water and power for weeks and months. But FEMA and the Red Cross were there to provide food, housing, clothing, and more and they will be there again when the next typhoon strikes...as long as Project 2025 does not see the light of day.
We were stationed on Guam during Super Typhoon Pamela in 1976 (Category 5). It was an adventure with no electricity, water shortages & the cleanup. It's been almost 50 years ago, so I don't remember who helped with all the clean up (I believe it was the Marines, tho).
The bases had significant damage, as well, that required attention. Some of the cleanup is still ongoing at the bases and in the communities that were hit the hardest.
Another interesting episode, did not know how FEMA came to be. President Carter put together an agency whose function is increasingly of use today as weather issues have worsened. We really look forward to listening to you and learning.
The dismantling of the Federal Government's agencies detailed in Project 2025, especially in light of global warming would be, in and of itself, a national catastrophe.
Fine summation of disasters & responses in US. H/O FEMA is well done. YAY PRES. CARTER !! Few Americans are so well prepared or understand disaster responses. Thanks. Good for us.
Dismantling FEMA and NOAA would be a category 5 stupidity. Sure, large government organizations can sometimes move more slowly than desired and we should always be striving to improve their operations, but these two organizations do a lot of good to warn of danger and to help people in the aftermath of catastrophe. The idea that NOAA should be eliminated because it tracks dangerous weather events resulting from climate change (which the Heritage Foundation doesn’t like to admit exists) is truly dumb.
“Isaac’s storm” by Erik Larson is a fabulous nonfiction book about the start up of the weather bureau in the United States! 🇺🇸 Traces the Hurricane that hit Galveston in 1900. Well, written and fabulous
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I was living in the US territory of Guam last year when Category 5 Typhoon Mawar hit the island with 155 mph winds. We relied on the US weather service to track the storm and FEMA and the Red Cross were on site immediately providing support to the many families who lost everything in the destruction. They stayed for the next few months as the US military worked to clean up the mess and begin rebuilding. I was among the lucky few. The power in my townhouse complex was off for only 12 days and we never lost water. Others were without water and power for weeks and months. But FEMA and the Red Cross were there to provide food, housing, clothing, and more and they will be there again when the next typhoon strikes...as long as Project 2025 does not see the light of day.
We were stationed on Guam during Super Typhoon Pamela in 1976 (Category 5). It was an adventure with no electricity, water shortages & the cleanup. It's been almost 50 years ago, so I don't remember who helped with all the clean up (I believe it was the Marines, tho).
Well, it does help that Guam is a military hub for the U.S. I would expect them to be as prepared as possible in a situation like that.
The bases had significant damage, as well, that required attention. Some of the cleanup is still ongoing at the bases and in the communities that were hit the hardest.
Another interesting episode, did not know how FEMA came to be. President Carter put together an agency whose function is increasingly of use today as weather issues have worsened. We really look forward to listening to you and learning.
Sounds like Pres. Biden was trying to get ahead of Helene so that a hurricane Katrina situation didn't repeat
The dismantling of the Federal Government's agencies detailed in Project 2025, especially in light of global warming would be, in and of itself, a national catastrophe.
Most definitely!
Fine summation of disasters & responses in US. H/O FEMA is well done. YAY PRES. CARTER !! Few Americans are so well prepared or understand disaster responses. Thanks. Good for us.
Remember well Pumpkinhead's coarse and callous response to the ruination of Puerto Rico. He is a curdled sub-human bacteria.
Thank you for the informative history of disaster response in our country.
Dismantling FEMA and NOAA would be a category 5 stupidity. Sure, large government organizations can sometimes move more slowly than desired and we should always be striving to improve their operations, but these two organizations do a lot of good to warn of danger and to help people in the aftermath of catastrophe. The idea that NOAA should be eliminated because it tracks dangerous weather events resulting from climate change (which the Heritage Foundation doesn’t like to admit exists) is truly dumb.
Eliminate NOAA, KISS AIR TRAVEL GOODBYE.
Eliminate NOAA. KISS the AIRFORCE GOODBYE
Eliminate NOAA, KISS the CRUISE INDUSTRY and OCEAN TRAVEL GOODBYE
Eliminate NOAA, GOODBYE USA
GIVE PROJECT 2025 a HURRICANE ENEMA!
Well said
Fantastic work, Heather. Good background info. Good for Biden!
“Isaac’s storm” by Erik Larson is a fabulous nonfiction book about the start up of the weather bureau in the United States! 🇺🇸 Traces the Hurricane that hit Galveston in 1900. Well, written and fabulous
Sounds interesting
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Thank you Heather. So appreciated your important report so thoughtfully put together.
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