Nonilex
@Nonilex@masto.ai  ·  activity timestamp 6 days ago

Several disaster-assistance groups, #FEMA employees & #emergency management experts said the new requirements in the dept’s fiscal 2025 #aid contracts would make it harder for #nonprofits to help the most vulnerable Americans in the aftermath of a #disaster. Some members of the national volunteer disaster group network also questioned whether the new requirements are #constitutional & point out that they seem to violate local & state laws that prevent asking about a person’s #immigration status.
Nonilex
@Nonilex@masto.ai replied  ·  activity timestamp 6 days ago

By accepting the #federal #grants & awards, the new documents state, volunteer organizations that help after #disasters must agree to not “operate any program that benefits illegal immigrants or incentivizes illegal #immigration.”
That could put groups that provide #food, #housing, #MentalHealth support & other assistance in disaster-stricken #states in the position of having to verify #aid recipients #legal status before providing assistance, experts said.

#Trump#TheCrueltyIsThePoint #law
AI6YR Ben
@ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org  ·  activity timestamp 6 days ago

This:

"Reports of lawlessness spread, but Honoré said that people confused looting with survival. He criticized how law enforcement responded: "This pre-notion that the poor is going to loot, it's a sad commentary but it's built into our culture," he said. "In some cases, adjacent parishes and municipalities blocked people from coming in because they said these people are going to come and loot our stuff."

#disasters #poverty #katrina
AI6YR Ben
@ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org  ·  activity timestamp 6 days ago

This:

"Reports of lawlessness spread, but Honoré said that people confused looting with survival. He criticized how law enforcement responded: "This pre-notion that the poor is going to loot, it's a sad commentary but it's built into our culture," he said. "In some cases, adjacent parishes and municipalities blocked people from coming in because they said these people are going to come and loot our stuff."

#disasters #poverty #katrina

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Kim Perales
@KimPerales@toad.social  ·  activity timestamp 6 days ago

🚨”The Trump admin placed some FEMA employees on leave Tues after they signed an open letter of dissent about the agency’s ldrshp.

The fact that 180 employees signed onto the letter, with the supermajority of them still working in the bldg, & dozens of those ppl wanted to attach their names, signifies the severity of the problem.🚨They’re that SCARED OF US BEING SO INADEQUATELY UNPREPARED.”
#FEMA#TrumpRegime#Disasters#Fascism#Privatization#Betrayal#Protest#USPol
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2025/08/26/fema-employees-leave-trump-administration-letter/
Nonilex
@Nonilex@masto.ai  ·  activity timestamp 6 days ago

At least 2 #FEMA staff members who had been part of the federal response to July’s #Texas #flooding #disaster have now been placed on leave, acc/to an agency employee & another person familiar wi/ the situation.
One employee who manages cases for all #disasters, including TX helped orchestrate the letter.… She has now been placed on leave & pulled off her disaster casework.

#Trump#Climate#ExtremeWeather#PublicDisservice#FederalGovernment #law #labor #kakistocracy #idiocracy
Nonilex
@Nonilex@masto.ai replied  ·  activity timestamp 6 days ago

“The fact that 180 people signed onto the letter, with a supermajority of them still working in the building, & dozens of those people wanted to attach their real names signifies the severity of the problem,” Jeremy Edwards, a former press secretary for #FEMA who signed the letter, said in an interview. “They are that scared of us being so inadequately unprepared. It speaks a lot to the situation right now.”

#Trump#Disasters#Climate#ExtremeWeather#PublicDisservice#USGovernment #law #labor
Nonilex
@Nonilex@masto.ai  ·  activity timestamp 6 days ago

By Tuesday evening, the #FEMA office of the administrator had sent several people letters informing them that effectively immediately, they were on an administrative leave, operating “in a non-duty status while continuing to receive pay & benefits.”

Last month, the #Trump admin also put nearly 140 #EPA employees on leave after they sent their own letter of #dissent.

#NaturalDisasters#Climate#ExtremeWeather#PublicDisservice#FederalGovernment #law #labor #kakistocracy #idiocracy
Nonilex
@Nonilex@masto.ai replied  ·  activity timestamp 6 days ago

At least 2 #FEMA staff members who had been part of the federal response to July’s #Texas #flooding #disaster have now been placed on leave, acc/to an agency employee & another person familiar wi/ the situation.
One employee who manages cases for all #disasters, including TX helped orchestrate the letter.… She has now been placed on leave & pulled off her disaster casework.

#Trump#Climate#ExtremeWeather#PublicDisservice#FederalGovernment #law #labor #kakistocracy #idiocracy
Kim Perales
@KimPerales@toad.social  ·  activity timestamp 6 days ago

🚨”The Trump admin placed some FEMA employees on leave Tues after they signed an open letter of dissent about the agency’s ldrshp.

The fact that 180 employees signed onto the letter, with the supermajority of them still working in the bldg, & dozens of those ppl wanted to attach their names, signifies the severity of the problem.🚨They’re that SCARED OF US BEING SO INADEQUATELY UNPREPARED.”
#FEMA#TrumpRegime#Disasters#Fascism#Privatization#Betrayal#Protest#USPol
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2025/08/26/fema-employees-leave-trump-administration-letter/
AI6YR Ben
@ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org  ·  activity timestamp last week

CHP, fire, Search and Rescue, State Parks on scene. Unclear what is going on as there are no radio feeds out there in the desert. But clearly a very bad situation. Roads completely washed out. Sounds like at least some folks were able to escape, but the CHP logs are unclear. No media presence to speak of out there (this is rural Imperial County). 8/25/25 1715 #CAwx #flooding

g 25 2025 5:08PM [28] 1039 USBP DISPATCH FOR SR86 CHECKPOINT TO PLACE CONES FOR SB TRAFFIC [Shared] Aug 25 2025 5:04PM [23] KS2-- THE RD IS UNPASSABLE SB 86 JSO CHKPNT --1/4 MILE-- ONE BIG RIG IS OT Aug 25 2025 4:58PM [21] K13 HAS TRAFFIC TURNING AROUND NOW NB ON SR86 Aug 25 2025 4:52PM [17] J AND M CALLED, THEY ARE STUCK IN THE FLOODING BUT WILL GET THERE AS SOON AS POSS Aug 25 2025 4:50PM [15] [Notification] [CHP]-[13] ^CT632 CPZ, WILL WORK ON IT Aug 25 2025 4:50PM [14] TASK BD-KS2 CT11, NEED DOT TO RESP FOR A HARD CLOSURE NB 86 AT ALLEN- AND SB SR86 FM TREADWELL Aug 25 2025 4:49PM [13] ^CT632 CPZ, WILL WORK ON IT Aug 25 2025 4:48PM [11] K13 STARTING THE NB CLOSURE Aug 25 2025 4:45PM [7] [Rotation Request Comment] 1039 J AND M TOW / WILL HANDLE THE BIG RIGS / MORE HD TKS ON THE WAY Aug 25 2025 4:44PM [6] KS2-- NEED A HD TOW Aug 25 2025 4:39PM [2] ANOTHHER BIG JACKNIFED NB 86 3 MILES JSO USBP / ALSO 1125 Aug 25 2025 4:38PM [1] SB 86 3 MILES JSO USBP / 2 JACKNIFED BIG RIGS / 1125 Aug 25 2025 4:27PM [27] [Appended, 17:07:40] [2] REQ CLOSURE Aug 25 2025 4:27PM [26] [Appended, 17:07:40] [1] PORTIONS OF THE RDWY COMPLETELY WASHED OUT
g 25 2025 5:08PM [28] 1039 USBP DISPATCH FOR SR86 CHECKPOINT TO PLACE CONES FOR SB TRAFFIC [Shared] Aug 25 2025 5:04PM [23] KS2-- THE RD IS UNPASSABLE SB 86 JSO CHKPNT --1/4 MILE-- ONE BIG RIG IS OT Aug 25 2025 4:58PM [21] K13 HAS TRAFFIC TURNING AROUND NOW NB ON SR86 Aug 25 2025 4:52PM [17] J AND M CALLED, THEY ARE STUCK IN THE FLOODING BUT WILL GET THERE AS SOON AS POSS Aug 25 2025 4:50PM [15] [Notification] [CHP]-[13] ^CT632 CPZ, WILL WORK ON IT Aug 25 2025 4:50PM [14] TASK BD-KS2 CT11, NEED DOT TO RESP FOR A HARD CLOSURE NB 86 AT ALLEN- AND SB SR86 FM TREADWELL Aug 25 2025 4:49PM [13] ^CT632 CPZ, WILL WORK ON IT Aug 25 2025 4:48PM [11] K13 STARTING THE NB CLOSURE Aug 25 2025 4:45PM [7] [Rotation Request Comment] 1039 J AND M TOW / WILL HANDLE THE BIG RIGS / MORE HD TKS ON THE WAY Aug 25 2025 4:44PM [6] KS2-- NEED A HD TOW Aug 25 2025 4:39PM [2] ANOTHHER BIG JACKNIFED NB 86 3 MILES JSO USBP / ALSO 1125 Aug 25 2025 4:38PM [1] SB 86 3 MILES JSO USBP / 2 JACKNIFED BIG RIGS / 1125 Aug 25 2025 4:27PM [27] [Appended, 17:07:40] [2] REQ CLOSURE Aug 25 2025 4:27PM [26] [Appended, 17:07:40] [1] PORTIONS OF THE RDWY COMPLETELY WASHED OUT
g 25 2025 5:08PM [28] 1039 USBP DISPATCH FOR SR86 CHECKPOINT TO PLACE CONES FOR SB TRAFFIC [Shared] Aug 25 2025 5:04PM [23] KS2-- THE RD IS UNPASSABLE SB 86 JSO CHKPNT --1/4 MILE-- ONE BIG RIG IS OT Aug 25 2025 4:58PM [21] K13 HAS TRAFFIC TURNING AROUND NOW NB ON SR86 Aug 25 2025 4:52PM [17] J AND M CALLED, THEY ARE STUCK IN THE FLOODING BUT WILL GET THERE AS SOON AS POSS Aug 25 2025 4:50PM [15] [Notification] [CHP]-[13] ^CT632 CPZ, WILL WORK ON IT Aug 25 2025 4:50PM [14] TASK BD-KS2 CT11, NEED DOT TO RESP FOR A HARD CLOSURE NB 86 AT ALLEN- AND SB SR86 FM TREADWELL Aug 25 2025 4:49PM [13] ^CT632 CPZ, WILL WORK ON IT Aug 25 2025 4:48PM [11] K13 STARTING THE NB CLOSURE Aug 25 2025 4:45PM [7] [Rotation Request Comment] 1039 J AND M TOW / WILL HANDLE THE BIG RIGS / MORE HD TKS ON THE WAY Aug 25 2025 4:44PM [6] KS2-- NEED A HD TOW Aug 25 2025 4:39PM [2] ANOTHHER BIG JACKNIFED NB 86 3 MILES JSO USBP / ALSO 1125 Aug 25 2025 4:38PM [1] SB 86 3 MILES JSO USBP / 2 JACKNIFED BIG RIGS / 1125 Aug 25 2025 4:27PM [27] [Appended, 17:07:40] [2] REQ CLOSURE Aug 25 2025 4:27PM [26] [Appended, 17:07:40] [1] PORTIONS OF THE RDWY COMPLETELY WASHED OUT
AI6YR Ben
@ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org replied  ·  activity timestamp last week

They have request the US Marine Corp to respond because Search and Rescue says they "are not water trained" 👀

ER ICSO CALLED SAR THEY ARE NOT WATER TRAINED // THEY SAID TO CALL THE MARINES // ADV AMR TO GET AS CLOSE TO THE AREA AS THEY CAN AND STAND BY

#ImperialCounty#Flooding #disasters#CAwx