Just Discovered: DOGE Team finds $59 million sent to luxury hotels to house illegals while US citizens still wait for assistance from natural disasters

Important Takeaways:

  • “The DOGE team just discovered that FEMA sent $59M LAST WEEK to luxury hotels in New York City to house illegal migrants,”
  • Musk explained, “Sending this money violated the law and is in gross insubordination to the President’s executive order,” adding, “That money is meant for American disaster relief and instead is being spent on high end hotels for illegals!”
  • However, a December report revealed that NYC politicians spent $220 million in a sweetheart deal with Pakistan to lease the prestigious Roosevelt Hotel in Midtown Manhattan for illegal alien housing. The most alarming issue was that NYC paid a foreign government to house illegals.
  • “So let me get this straight; places like North Carolina and Maui get a pittance because FEMA says they lack funds, so we have to send our Military there to do work that could be put into the local economies. Meanwhile FEMA blows its budget on housing illegal immigrants?”
  • Many of these folks in North Carolina had limited to no FEMA assistance under the Biden-Harris regime.

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Political Discrimination: FEMA fires employee for directing disaster crew away from Trump supporter homes after Hurricane Milton

Important Takeaways:

  • Biden-Harris Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator Deanne Criswell announced Saturday a federal disaster relief official who advised her survivor assistance team to ignore homes displaying Trump signs in Lake Placid, Florida, following Hurricane Milton has been fired.
  • Criswell said in a post on X:
    • More than 22,000 FEMA employees every day adhere to FEMA’s core values and are dedicated to helping people before, during and after disasters, often sacrificing time with their own families to help disaster survivors.
    • Recently, a FEMA employee departed from these values to advise her survivor assistance team to not go to homes with yard signs supporting President-elect Trump. This is a clear violation of FEMA’s core values & principles to help people regardless of their political affiliation.
    • This was reprehensible. I want to be clear to all of my employees and the American people, this type of behavior and action will not be tolerated at FEMA and we will hold people accountable if they violate these standards of conduct.
    • We take our mission to help everyone before, during and after disasters seriously. This employee has been terminated and we have referred the matter to the Office of Special Counsel. I will continue to do everything I can to make sure this never happens again.
  • Multiple government employees told the Daily Wire that Washington also relayed this message verbally.
  • The employees told the outlet that “at least 20 homes with Trump signs or flags” were skipped from the end of October and into November — about the same time as the final weeks of the 2024 presidential election.
  • The report said, “It is unclear whether the same guidance was issued elsewhere in the country.”
  • One of the employees wrote in a whistleblower complaint filed to DHS: “If they had damage or lost power for over thirty-six hours, it was my duty to inform them of benefits to which they are entitled through FEMA.”
  • The employee added, “This behavior raises significant concerns of discrimination against United States citizens because of their political views… . These actions not only undermine the integrity of our agency and create a hostile work environment for those who may hold differing political beliefs but they also threaten the very democracy of our country.”

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If a big San Andreas earthquake occurs drinking water could become a huge issue

Aquaducts in San Andreas could be affect by earthquake

Important Takeaways:

  • Seismologist Lucy Jones told Eyewitness News “Water’s potentially our worst problem and every one of the aqueducts that bring water into the Southern California area across the San Andreas Fault, will be broken when that earthquake happens,” Jones said.
  • Comprehensive solutions to fully strengthen the piping network crossing the San Andreas would help, but for now, she warns we’re looking at a crippling repair timeline that would likely become life-altering for millions of people.
  • “We won’t have any external water for a minimum of six months,” Jones said.
  • Consider that impact – widespread fires after the quake with no water to fight them, businesses unable to operate. Clean water to drink and bathing would also be an issue.
  • If the big quake happened tomorrow, she said FEMA has plans to mitigate the impact. But to what extent?
  • The last major quake on the San Andreas was more than 165 years ago.
  • The questions are: When will it hit? And will we be ready?
  • Jones offers this advice:
  • “Have water,” she said. “However much water you’ve stored, store some more.”

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Only eight days into the fiscal year FEMA spent nearly half its disaster budget

FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell

Important Takeaways:

  • The rapid spending — which is likely to accelerate as aid flows to states pulverized by Hurricanes Helene and Milton — soon will force the Federal Emergency Management Agency to restrict spending unless Congress approves additional funding.
  • Under the spending restrictions, FEMA would cut off funding for disaster-related rebuilding projects nationwide and reserve its money for life-saving operations during disasters.
  • The cutoff often halts major repairs to roads, sewer plants and water-treatment facilities.
  • FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell disclosed that as of Tuesday, FEMA had spent $9 billion of the $20 billion that Congress put in FEMA’s disaster fund Oct. 1 for the fiscal year that runs through Sept. 30, 2025.
  • It was the first time FEMA has publicly stated how much money it has since Hurricane Helene hit the Southeast two weeks ago.
  • Small Business Administration Administrator Isabel Casillas Guzman said that money to operate the program will run out “before the end of October.”
  • If the agency’s funding lapses, it will continue accepting applications but will not process them until program funding is replenished.
  • FEMA has frequently struggled to pay disaster costs and has imposed spending restrictions on 10 occasions since 2003, most recently in early August.
  • Part of the reason FEMA has spent so much money this fiscal year is that it lifted the spending restriction on Oct. 1, when Congress replenished the disaster fund.
  • Criswell stopped short of saying Wednesday that FEMA might have to stop performing life-saving operations such as search-and-rescue missions.

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Biden orders 500 more active-duty troops to North Carolina bringing total to nearly 1,500

Susan Walsh, Associated Press President Biden Oct. 4, 2024.

Important Takeaways:

  • The White House said there are additionally more than 6,100 National Guard members and more than 7,000 federal personnel aiding in the effort.
  • “These Guardsmen have been spearheading the response effort across the impacted region in support of their governors and communities, providing critical life-saving and life-sustaining support to the victims of this historic natural disaster,” the Defense Department press release read.
  • The announcement, according to the White House and Defense Department, comes in response to requests from North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper (D) and from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for additional troops.
  • “The Department of Defense will continue to stay fully engaged with FEMA and the whole-of-government relief efforts related to Hurricane Helene, providing capabilities that best support needs on the ground,” the Defense Department press release said.
  • The Biden administration pointed to the $137 million in federal assistance that it has directed to help “survivors jumpstart their recoveries” and said there is “more to come.”
  • The administration touted its on-the-ground efforts and collaboration with local officials, noting that in the past several days, the Biden administration “has contacted nearly 450 state, city, and county officials in impacted states to ensure they have the support and resources they need.”
  • The administration is also encouraging local residents to apply for FEMA assistance, and it has set up a website to combat misinformation surrounding the federal government’s response efforts.

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FEMA burning through funds as increased Natural Disasters take us into the peak season

Tropical Storm System Brings Heavy Rain And Wind To Washington, D.C. Area

Important Takeaways:

  • The nation’s disaster agency is being stretched to the limit by a spate of storms and wildfires so far in 2024, and the busiest time of year for the Federal Emergency Management Agency is just beginning.
  • FEMA issued 100 disaster and emergency declarations — for 58 severe storms and flooding events and 42 fires — through the first week of August, according to the agency’s database. That is nearly as many as all of last year (114) and well past the 90 declarations of disasters and fire emergencies the agency issued in 2022.
  • It is still short of the all-time high of 315 declarations issued by FEMA in 2020, but with the expected active hurricane season ahead and the threat of wildfires continuing in the West, that record isn’t out of reach.
  • The flurry of emergency responses comes as FEMA shifts into what is known as “immediate needs funding” mode, in which new obligations not necessary for lifesaving and life-sustaining activities will be paused, the agency announced on Aug. 7.
  • And last week the Department of Energy announced it will invest $2.2 billion in projects to make the electrical grid more resilient.
  • Meantime, FEMA officials are anxiously waiting for Congress to return in September and consider providing additional disaster aid, including $9 billion for FEMA that was part of an administration request last October.
  • FEMA has said the deficit in its disaster relief fund could reach $6 billion by Sept. 30, the end of the current fiscal year.

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FEMA not too worried about the idea of a Tsunami hitting Washington, Oregon; about as worried as a wildfire in Hawaii

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Important Takeaways:

  • It’s Only a Matter of Time Before a Tsunami Hits the Northwest. Why Is It Missing from FEMA’s Risk Analysis?
  • Scattered like driftwood along the coast of Washington state is a string of Native reservations, tourist havens and faded timber towns whose names bespeak their geography: Long Beach, Westport, Ocean Shores, the Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribe. Some lie on nearly naked sandspits with a single point of connection to the mainland. Together with their coastal counterparts in Oregon and Northern California, they may be the most endangered communities in the United States.
  • That’s because about 70 miles offshore, a jammed-up 800-mile tectonic seam called the Cascadia Subduction Zone is approaching a shattering shakeout. The odds that it will unleash an earthquake in the next 50 years are estimated at 1 in 4. The odds of an 8.7-plus megaquake that would send a tsunami washing 30 feet or more over those communities is 1 in 6. At the tiny Hoh tribal reservation on Washington’s Olympic Peninsula, the waves could reach 100 feet and put the tribal center 45 feet underwater.
  • Washington State’s Emergency Management Division calculates that nearly 90,000 people live or work in the outer coast’s inundation zone, and there are another 86,000 more along inner waterways that the waves will take longer to reach. On a summer day, they could be joined in the danger zone by up to 248,000 sightseers, clam diggers and other visitors. Western Washington University’s Resilience Institute has calculated that as many as 28 percent would be unable to reach higher ground in time to escape the tsunami and 18 percent — up to 60,000 people — would be crushed or swept out to sea.
  • It is, in the words of the Emergency Management Division, “expected to be the largest natural disaster ever in the United States.” And the question isn’t whether there will be a quake and tsunami but when.
  • There’s just one problem: the online tool the federal government has built for mapping and gauging disaster risks is oblivious to dangers along the Cascadia Subduction Zone.
  • The updated National Risk Index (NRI), announced in March, assigns only a “relatively moderate” tsunami risk to the Quinault Indian Nation, even though the Washington State Geological Survey predicts it will be buried under 30 to 50 feet of water.

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National Test: Oct 4th FEMA to test cell services’ Emergency Alert System

FILE PHOTO: Representatives from FEMA speak with a resident of the Staten Island borough neighborhood of New Dorp Beach about registering with the agency for financial assistance to help recover from the storm surge of Hurricane Sandy in New York, NY, U.S., November 15, 2012. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson/File Photo

Important Takeaways:

  • Get ready for an alert on your cellphones, televisions and radios on Oct. 4.
  • At 2:20 p.m., the federal government will test its nationwide Emergency Alert System and Wireless Emergency Alerts. The purpose is to ensure that the systems continue to be an effective means of warning the public about national emergencies.
  • Cell towers will broadcast the test for approximately 30 minutes. All wireless phones should receive the message only once.
  • People with cell phones will get a message that reads: “THIS IS A TEST of the National Wireless Emergency Alert System. No action is needed.”
  • Phones with the main menu set to Spanish will display: “ESTA ES UNA PRUEBA del Sistema Nacional de Alerta de Emergencia. No se necesita acción.”
  • FEMA and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) are coordinating with Emergency Alert System participants, wireless providers, emergency managers and other stakeholders in preparation for this national test to minimize confusion and to maximize the public safety value of the test.
  • The alert to be sent through radio and television broadcasters, cable systems and satellite radio is scheduled to last about one minute. It will state: “This is a nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System, issued by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, covering the United States from 14:20 to 14:50 hours ET. This is only a test. No action is required by the public.”
  • If the Wednesday, Oct. 4, test is postponed due to widespread severe weather or other significant events, the back-up testing date is Wednesday, Oct. 11.

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FEMA turns down Ohio for disaster assistance after chemical spill

Luke 21:11 There will be great earthquakes, and in various places famines and pestilences. And there will be terrors and great signs from heaven.

Important Takeaways:

  • Biden admin turns down Ohio’s request for disaster assistance after toxic derailment
  • The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) told Ohio’s state government that it was not eligible for disaster assistance to help the community recover from the toxic spill, Dan Tierney, a spokesperson for DeWine, told Fox News Digital on Thursday. Tierney explained that FEMA believed the incident didn’t qualify as a traditional disaster, such as a tornado or hurricane, for which it usually provides assistance.
  • “The DeWine Administration has been in daily contact with FEMA to discuss the need for federal support, however FEMA continues to tell Governor DeWine that Ohio is not eligible for assistance at this time,” DeWine’s office said in a statement earlier in the day. “Governor DeWine will continue working with FEMA to determine what assistance can be provided.”
  • FEMA said that its team is in constant communication with DeWine’s office, but didn’t comment on the request for federal relief.

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Biden visits tornado-stricken Kentucky bringing federal aid, empathy

By Jarrett Renshaw

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Joe Biden flew to Kentucky on Wednesday to survey the areas hardest hit by one of the deadliest tornado outbreaks in recent U.S. history, a system that killed at least 74 people in the state and at least 14 elsewhere.

Biden, no stranger to tragic personal losses, will reprise his familiar role as consoler in chief, while promising to bring the might of the federal government to rebuild devastated communities that suffered billions of dollars in damage.

Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear offered a grim update on Tuesday, saying the dead included a dozen children, the youngest of whom was a 2-month-old infant. He added that he expected the death toll to rise in the coming days, with more than 100 still missing.

Biden will visit the Army installation at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, for a briefing on the storm before continuing on to Mayfield and Dawson Springs, two towns separated by roughly 70 miles (112 km) that were largely flattened by the twisters.

The president will be “surveying storm damage firsthand, (and) making sure that we’re doing everything to deliver assistance as quickly as possible in impacted areas to support recovery efforts,” White House spokesperson Jen Psaki said on Tuesday.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has sent search-and-rescue and emergency response teams to Kentucky, along with teams to help survivors register for assistance, Psaki said.

FEMA has also sent dozens of generators into the state, along with 135,000 gallons (511,000 litres) of water, 74,000 meals and thousands of cots, blankets, infant toddler kits and pandemic shelter kits.

Biden has approved federal disaster declarations for Kentucky and the neighboring states of Tennessee and Illinois, offering residents and local officials increased federal aid.

Credit ratings agency DBRS Morningstar said the tornadoes were likely the most severe in the United States since 2011. Insurers are sufficiently prepared to cover claims without significant capital impact, it said in a report.

The trip marks one of the few that Biden, a Democrat, has taken to areas that tilt heavily toward the Republican Party, many of whose voters and leaders have embraced Donald Trump’s fraudulent claims that he won the 2020 election. The White House has been careful not to bring politics into the disaster relief efforts, including not focusing on what role, if any, climate change may have played in the tragic events.

“He looks at them as human beings, not as people who have partisan affiliations,” Psaki said. “And in his heart, he has empathy for everything that they’re going through.”

“The message he will send to them directly and clearly tomorrow is: ‘We’re here to help, we want to rebuild, we are going to stand by your side and we’re going to help your leaders do exactly that,'” she added.

Biden lost his first wife and daughter in a 1972 car crash, and his older son, Beau, died in 2015 after a fight with brain cancer.

(Reporting by Jarrett Renshaw, additional reporting by Rod Nickel; Editing by Tim Ahmann, Heather Timmons, Peter Cooney and Jonathan Oatis)