Two days after catastrophic floods roared through Central Texas, the Federal Emergency Management Agency did not answer nearly two-thirds of calls to its disaster assistance line, according to documents reviewed by The New York Times.

Two days after catastrophic floods roared through Central Texas, the Federal Emergency Management Agency did not answer nearly two-thirds of calls to its disaster assistance line, according to documents reviewed by The New York Times.

The lack of responsiveness happened because the agency had fired hundreds of contractors at call centers, according to a person briefed on the matter who spoke on the condition of anonymity in order to discuss internal matters.

  • AlecSadler@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    14 days ago

    I really hope these people I knew of who purposely moved to Texas to support Texas politics lost their home. 🤞

    Is that mean of me? No, these people constantly voted for things that hurt or even killed people around me. They pushed beliefs that actively harm other people. I would have zero remorse if my wishful thinking came true.

    As for what we do next, I wish my state would stop paying federal taxes.

    • ...m...@ttrpg.network
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      14 days ago

      …i wish you’d take them back: they’ve really dragged down this place over the past three decades…

      • AlecSadler@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        14 days ago

        Yeah, but just think, the wife’s various MLMs she keeps trying really help the community…

        And the husband’s BBQ skills really help the neighborhood…

        • GlendatheGayWitch@lemmy.world
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          14 days ago

          They’re probably the same people that insist on calling pigs in a blanket, a kolache. A kolache, being a pastry filled with fruit, is a food first made in TX by Czech immigrants. It’s so disappointing when places say they have kolaches and it’s actually just pigs in a blanket.

          Without them, we might have been able to boot Cruz from office a few years back when Beto was running. According to an exit poll at the time, native Texans largely for Beto and those that moved here largely voted for Cruz.

  • DominusOfMegadeus@sh.itjust.works
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    15 days ago

    It used to be that there were consequences for fuckery like this. Congressional hearings, firings, resignations, getting blackballed from employment, and even impeachments. Now, it’s just another day with this inept and evil administration, and everyone just shrugs their shoulders.

    🤮