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Trump signs order to shift disaster preparations from FEMA to state and local governments
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 19 Mar 2025
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I live in Texas, and I recognize we would probably be able to handle our own disaster response, given our size, economic heft, and functioning government (this last one is arguable, but in general Texas is pretty good about keeping the things they want working).
I used to live in Louisiana, which would be totally fucked under this plan. They have no hope whatsoever to take care of themselves.
The state that famously shuts down when it snows?
Pretty much everywhere that rarely gets snow shuts down when it snows. A lot safer to shut down for a couple days than to expect everyone who has no experience driving in winter weather go about their days
Basically a map of the most hurricane-impacted areas
How’s your power grid?
Fully functional? Lol
The state enjoys fucking over Houston/Harris County whenever possible though, including a decision to give $1 billion in Harvey recovery money to more conservative counties surrounding Harris even though Harris had way more people affected. There's also widespread state-enforced ignorance of the industrial pollution and preventable industrial accidents around here.
No argument here. Hello from Travis County, where we get similar treatment
I would like to remind you of your state’s dependance on The Cajun Navy in disasters.
We certainly appreciate the help! But "dependent" might not be an accurate description
So you don’t live south of austin, neat.
Are you talking about the Harvey response? I'm genuinely not sure. I'm from Louisiana, btw, solidly Cajun here. I lived in Houston over a decade after that. In no way trying to disrespect anyone