Fema employees warned of the “Katrina level” disaster that waved on the horizon, then it was suspended

20 years have passed since Hurricane Katrina to the American Gulf coast, killing Almost 1,400 people and up to 1.2 million others. The effect of the Federal Emergency Management Storm was immersed, detecting fatal defects in its disaster response.

The Agency’s failure of Congress pushed to a large reform throughEmergency reform law after Katrina (PKEMRA). This set up higher expectations for its leaders and enhance its independence within the Ministry of Internal Security. Now, the Trump administration reflects this progress, and the FEMA employees say about it is offered about the door.

The stage of the other Katrina disaster

In an open message to Congress on Monday, nearly 200 of the current and former FEMA employees Argue The Trump administration has Employment of the agency’s ability And its partners. Since January, the administration has been Move To cancel billions of dollars in granting disaster alert I threw the idea of ​​getting rid of Fema completely. In addition, about 2000 Fema employees – a third of its working power – left their publications through fire, acquisitions or early retirement since the beginning of the year, Reuters Reports.

These decisions put the United States for another catastrophe at the Katrina level. “The agency’s current path reflects a clear departure from PKEMRA,” says the message. “Our joint commitment to our country, our position is our position, and our mission of helping people before, during the disasters and after that it forces us to warn the Congress and the American people of the successive effects of the decisions taken by the current administration.”

In addition to condemning the management of the administration with the FEMA, the message urges Congress to restore the agency’s status at the cabinet level, its drama from DHS intervention, and protect its financing and authority. It also calls for guarantees against political motivated shootings as well as the largest transparency about internal employment policies and future employee discounts.

“We hope (these changes) will come in a timely manner to prevent not only another national catastrophe such as Hurricane Katrina, but the effective dissolution of the Fema itself and the abandonment of the American people like this event will represent,” says the message.

Ultra -charging threats

Now, more than ten employees signed the message on an administrative leave, Washington Post Reports. This is nearly a third of the employees who signed with their names on Monday, with the other 141 signed by anonymous fear of revenge, according to L. Associated Press.

Fema did not answer Gizmodo questions about the exact number of employees who were suspended or when they will be re -reinstated. “It is not surprising that some of the same bureaucrats who have headed for decades of inefficiency now be objecting to the reform,” said an agency spokesman. “Change is always difficult.”

This news broke out as the Atlantic Hurricane season approached the September Summit. Earlier this month, the United States of East, frankly Avoid the catastrophic effects of Hurricane Irene It also slipped on the coast. Research contracts show that climate change is a super shipping hurricane and other harsh weather events. We already see this play this season, as experts warn of that Sea surface temperatures above the average It will lead to more frequent and intense hurricanes.

It is clear that the Trump administration is not concerned about all of this, with a vision that it has already told Fema Rub information about climate change From both public and internal documents. Ignoring the effects of global temperatures will not prevent storms from coming, and the response of American disasters will certainly not compensate for losses when they do so.