All posts tagged "Hurricane Season"

As hurricane season quickly approaches, an internal report compiled by the Federal Emergency Management Agency claims the agency is "not ready" to adequately handle upcoming disasters.

CNN Correspondent Gabe Cohen called it "really startling stuff" that there's a "general uncertainty among top officials and all the way down to rank and file at FEMA about what the agency's mission is going to be once hurricane season starts, what storms they are going to deploy to, how much money is going to get out the door — they really don't know," Cohen said.

Cohen said "plummeting morale" also plays a factor in how well a disaster response progresses. ...

The new head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency greeted his staff Friday with an aggressive promise to "run right over" anyone who doesn't get with his program, according to a new report by Reuters.

"Obfuscation, delay, undermining. If...you think those tactics and techniques are going to help you, they will not, because I will run right over you," David Richardson said during an all-hands call. "Don't get in my way... I know all the tricks."

Richardson, a combat veteran who previously served with DHS's office for countering weapons of mass destruction, was appointed to replace acting FEMA chief Cameron Hamilton....