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Staff of the Federal Emergency Management Agency were left baffled on Monday after the head of the U.S. disaster agency said he had not been aware the country has a hurricane season, according to four sources familiar with the situation.

The remark was made during a briefing 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.

Richardson's comments come amid widespread concern that the departures of a raft of top FEMA officials, staff cuts and reductions in hurricane preparations will leave the agency ill-prepared for a storm season forecast to be above normal.

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[–] henfredemars@infosec.pub 42 points 2 months ago

I wouldn't count on these people helping anyone but themselves.

[–] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 27 points 2 months ago

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[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 15 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Richardson said during the briefing that there would be no changes to the agency's disaster response plans despite having told staff to expect a new plan in May, the sources told Reuters.

9am: We're changing everything!
4pm: Nothing's changing.