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.

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    But think, now they all have new trucks and tac gear and shit so that they can look cool when they show up for those kids funerals

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        Here’s hoping. Fuck that county. They could have saved lives but they didn’t. Those kids deserved better parents