Trump & Co. aren’t too good when it comes to adding muscle to things after natural disasters ….
More than a thousand people were still missing on Wednesday a week after Hurricane Michael flattened communities across the Florida Panhandle, killing at least 27.
Teams made up of hundreds of volunteers with the Houston-based CrowdSource Rescue organization were searching for more than 1,135 people in Florida who lost contact with friends and family, Matthew Marchetti, co-founder of Houston-based CrowdSource Rescue.
Most of those missing are from Panama City and many are elderly, disabled, impoverished, or live alone, Marchetti said.
Florida officials have not given a number for how many people are considered to be missing. Those who are missing may be with relatives and friends, and not necessarily presumed dead.
Debris, downed trees and power lines have hampered access to stranded people, but CrowdSource said a number of its missing person reports resulted from widespread phone and power outages….
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FEMA director Brock Holt acknowledged to a network news reporter a week or two ago that FEMA was stretched quite thin, with about as much work as it could handle with the resources at hand.
One problem that can come up independent of party on both the Federal and local/state levels is that in the years when there are relatively few emergencies, rainy-day funds get raided instead of increased, while emergency equipment, supply and personnel are drawn down.
Yup….
That money and those assets are a great temptation for politicians ….