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.

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.

  • buddascrayon@lemmy.world
    12·
    12 hours ago

    Trust Republicans to take a government program that was already limping along and make it a hundred times worse.

    Texans who voted for these dumbasses deserve the pain. Those who didn’t, they need to get better organized and get their state sorted out. This shit isn’t going to improve and the next time is gonna be worse than the last.