Deregulation and destruction of critical agencies have a resounding echo, wide-ranging with
devastating consequences on American lives. From NPR -
“The biggest difference between FEMA’s maps and those created by the private sector, is that FEMA does not map rainfall or flash flooding, according to Jeremy Porter, a data scientist at First Street. Instead, FEMA relies on data from coastal storm surges and large river flooding, even as climate change has made extreme rainfall events more common.
The problem isn’t limited to Kerr County, Texas, but exists nationwide, according to Porter. The group found that twice as many Americans live in dangerous flood-prone areas as FEMA’s maps suggest, and many may not even realize they are at risk.”
Education, health, workplaces, food, homes and communities are all at great risk (and have been for decades) due to our penchant for hiring thoughtless and greedy public officials.
We build homes on known flood plains, ocean coastlines, tear down natural barriers that have existed for centuries creating pathways for destruction, build communities where tornadoes are most prevalent, defund health agencies that are in place to monitor our food supply (people who prevent disease and illnesses) close down already over used hospitals and the list goes on and on.
But let’s only blame the builders and corporations when it’s really those we elect who are the conduits to this wrecking ball.
Link: Breaking down of agencies
Replies to: Deregulation and destruction of critical agencies have a resounding echo, wide-ranging with
The builders and the corporations are only giving what the dummies want. Same with the pols. The
problem is us.