Hurricane season brings urgency to fixing FEMA

Hurricane season brings urgency to fixing FEMA: "Hurricane season brings urgency to fixing FEMA
By Rep. Mark Foley (R-Fla.)

When Max Mayfield of the National Hurricane Center talks, the people in my district listen.
Mayfield has predicted another volatile year, with this hurricane season delivering up to eight to 10 hurricanes, according to the latest predictions of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
While we prepare for the season, which began Wednesday, structural problems remain that plague the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the federal agency that delivers aid in the wake of a hurricane and ensures localities are prepared with disaster plans.
There is no doubt in my mind that FEMAs response to the storms of the past two years was hampered greatly and will continue to be hampered for the coming hurricane season by the top-heavy government bureaucracy of the Department of Homeland Security."



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