Council’s plan will leave Federal Emergency Management Agency ill-equipped to respond to extreme weather events, experts say

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    18 hours ago

    Along with greater reliance on the private sector, the report also pushed for more integration with volunteer or faith-based organizations and increasing personal accountability. “It is the responsibility of every American to embrace their individual responsibility to lessen this burden by being prepared for disasters,” the council wrote.

    There it is! More reliance on the private sector so someone’s pockets get lined and we get worse services. The idea of faith based groups helping and personal accountability is just added Libertarian icing on top. Isn’t personal accountability what help get all those little kids killed at Camp Mystic in Texas last year?

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      It’s baffling to anyone who has an inkling of what’s going on inside the insurance industry, considering it’s practically collapsing around the fact the climate change basically isn’t priced into existing models.

      Which is just fucking wild. What the fuck have these companies been doing for decades?