Two days after catastrophic floods roared through Central Texas, the Federal Emergency Management Agency did not answer nearly two-thirds of calls to its disaster assistance line, according to documents reviewed by The New York Times.
The lack of responsiveness happened because the agency had fired hundreds of contractors at call centers, according to a person briefed on the matter who spoke on the condition of anonymity in order to discuss internal matters.
No no, they got the money. They refused to use it for this and instead gave it to the sheriff.
They’re stupid and “welfare queens”.
I thought they had the opportunity to apply for a $1m grant, but they’d have to put up $72k and they decided not to.