Hurricanes, Floods, Wildfires, and Tornado Season Without FEMA

El_Conquistador · Jul 21, 2025 at 11:03 PM

deb4rockets said: ↑

Those fools will keep saying that too, even as the oceans get warmer and warmer, heat records keep breaking,
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No, the earth has been much warmer in the past. 20 degrees warmer, on average, over numerous periods.

Facts matter. Science matters.

GOOD DAY

rimrocker · Jul 22, 2025 at 2:57 AM

Amiga said: ↑

Apparantly, waiting more than 72 hours to deploy FEMA's search and rescue is being responsible with taxpayer dollars.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/fema-search-rescue-chief-resigns-224252589.html

The head of FEMA’s Urban Search and Rescue branch, which runs a network of teams stationed across the country that can swiftly respond to natural disasters, resigned on Monday.

Ken Pagurek’s departure comes less than three weeks after a delayed FEMA response to catastrophic flooding in central Texas caused by bureaucratic hurdles put in place by the Department of Homeland Security, which oversees the disaster response agency.

Pagurek told colleagues at FEMA that the delay was the tipping point that led to his voluntary departure after months of frustration with the Trump administration’s efforts to dismantle the agency, according to two sources familiar with his thinking. It took more than 72 hours after the flooding for Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem to authorize the deployment of FEMA’s search and rescue network.

After spending more than a decade with FEMA’s urban search and rescue system, including about a year as its chief, Pagurek said in his resignation letter, obtained by CNN, that he was returning to the Philadelphia Fire Department and did not mention the Texas flooding.

“This decision was not made lightly, and after much reflection and prayer, it is the right path for me at this time,” Pagurek wrote. “I have been continually inspired by the unwavering dedication, unmatched courage, and deep-seated commitment we share for saving lives and bringing hope in the face of devastation.”

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“It is laughable that a career public employee, who claims to serve the American people, would choose to resign over our refusal to hastily approve a six-figure deployment contract without basic financial oversight,” another DHS spokesman said in a statement about Pagurek’s resignation. “We’re being responsible with taxpayer dollars, that’s our job.”
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I know people who know Pagurek. His rep is a no-nonsense guy who gets things done. He's dedicated to his work and folks say he does it with integrity. Not a suck-up or a constant practitioner of office politics, but a good team lead and organizer. If we didn't already have a huge amount of evidence that emergency management has been broken, this should be as big a deal outside the disaster community as it is inside.

And really, that DHS "spokesperson" is a joke. The whole purpose is to deploy quickly to try and save lives. I'm OK if a few bucks are spent as efficiently as possible. Again, one of the problems of putting within-borders disasters in a department focused on outside the borders.

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