Staff of the Federal Emergency Management Agency were left baffled on Monday after the head of the U.S. disaster agency said during a briefing that he had not been aware the country has a hurricane season, according to four sources familiar with the situation.
The U.S. hurricane season officially began on Sunday and lasts through November. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration forecast last week that this year’s season is expected to bring as many as 10 hurricanes.
The remark was made by David Richardson, who has led FEMA since early May. It was not clear to staff whether he meant it literally, as a joke, or in some other context.
Brownie, you’re doing a heckuva job
Hey does anyone remember when Blackwater deputized themselves and gave themselves authority to deploy to New Orleans after Katrina, to shoot ‘suspected looters’ and confiscate guns from American citizens without any specific legal authority to do so?
https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2009/08/secret-history-hurricane-katrina/