FEMA Moving to Texas, Because Disasters Belong in Red States
While The Independent paints this as a simple bureaucratic reshuffle, one might wonder about the timing, given the prior administration's track record with disaster relief. Remember the absolute masterclass in crisis management during Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico in 2017? A mere 2,975 deaths (according to a George Washington University study, unlike the 'official' 64) and a stellar response for
a 'territory' deemed less important than, say, a golf course. Perhaps relocating FEMA to Texas is less about operational efficiency and more about ensuring the next catastrophe can be ignored with even greater geographic convenience for whoever is in office when it hits. The move also begs the question: if federal relief is out of sight, is it truly out of mind? For the next 3,000 victims of
neglect, the distance from D.C. to Texas will feel like the distance from Earth to Mars, which, coincidentally, might be where their aid package ends up. Efficiency, indeed.