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FEMA advises Gov. DeWine Ohio is not eligible for assistance at this time
- infamouscow 4y agoI can see why tax strikes happened in the past.
- gamblor956 4y agoFor context, for ideological reasons, DeWine chose not to spend billions in emergency money previously allocated to Ohio during an massive global emergency [1], so its sus that Ohio would ask for or need federal assistance for what amounts to a very localized emergency solely affecting a single town in a single state. At any rate, Ohio already has the money to respond to this emergency. [1] https://www.cleveland.com/news/2022/06/ohio-gov-mike-dewine-still-has-billions-to-spend-in-federal-coronavirus-relief-money.html https://www.cleveland.com/news/2022/06/ohio-gov-mike-dewine-...
- klyrs 4y agoI'm not familiar with policy surrounding this. Is disaster-relief funding fungible in the manner that you're suggesting it be used?
- vuln 4y agoYep all that run off into the water or chemicals in the air will just stay in the little white republican town. /s
- Supermancho 4y ago> its sus that Ohio would ask for or need federal assistance for what amounts to a very localized emergency solely affecting a single town in a single state. This is dismissive. I don't believe it's a proper categorization, at the core. Ecological disaster that results from a train that crossed state lines, directly affecting citizens, casually appears to be a federal matter. The state is not expected to have spending and resources to cope with this type of disaster. Scale is just one quality of concern. Intensity is another. Responsibility is another. etc. https://www.fema.gov/pdf/about/fy08_fema_sp_bookmarked.pdf https://www.fema.gov/pdf/about/fy08_fema_sp_bookmarked.pdf > Mission: Reduce the loss of life and property and protect the Nation from all hazards, including natural disasters, acts of terrorism, and other man-made disasters, by leading and supporting the Nation in a risk-based, comprehensive emergency management system of preparedness, protection, response, recovery, and mitigation
- gamblor956 4y agoI guess I should have been more clear: I'm just mocking the justification DeWine used to turn down prior federal emergency funding. Yes, it's a federal matter. The leakage crosses state lines. But Ohio already has billions in federal money it can spend toward this disaster that it is simply choosing not to spend, for ideological reasons, and which it is attempting to use to lower local taxes.
- vuln 4y agoI don't understand _why_ FEMA is saying Ohio is not eligible for assistance. Is it because DeWine hasn't declared an emergency or don't the right escalation steps to get FEMA involved? Why hasn't FEMA responded with something like; Ohio needs to do x y and z before we can assist? Is this the federal government literally telling people to just fuck off because there's other stuff going on right now and 1000 trains derail every year? That's why FEMA or the federal government won't help because it's not a big deal?
- amanaplanacanal 4y agoIt sounds like FEMA normally steps in when there had been mauve property damage, which isn't the case here. They may need help, just not the kind they provide.
- vuln 4y agoCould you help me with this term? "mauve property damage" I attempted to google but there were no results. It looks the the DRF does provide the type of help they need. The DRF also funds: The repair and restoration of qualifying disaster-damaged public infrastructure Hazard mitigation initiatives Financial assistance to eligible disaster survivors Fire Management Assistance Grants for qualifying large forest or grassland wildfires https://www.fema.gov/about/reports-and-data/disaster-relief-fund-monthly-reports https://www.fema.gov/about/reports-and-data/disaster-relief-...
- InitialLastName 4y ago> Could you help me with this term? "mauve property damage" I'd assume it's a typo plus a bad autocorrect for "massive".
- vijayr02 4y agoI think they meant major
- amanaplanacanal 4y ago
- CodexArcana 4y agoThe rail company didn't show because of safety concerns. FEMA doesn't show because they're not needed, according to them. The people can't go back because it's unsafe. Let's just scratch it off the map at this point and call it a day.
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- steponlego 4y agoFederal government has other priorities, on the border of Russia to be exact.
- dragonwriter 4y agoThere’s massive federal involvement in East Palestine (of which FEMA is a part, but not the biggest part). But a lot of the things FEMA would fund in, say, a natural disaster are things Norfolk Southern is responsible for here (and which EPA – federal, but not FEMA) has already secured a commitment from them to pay for.
- Pegasus930 4y ago[dead]
- fwungy 4y agoMoney is needed for Ukraine. McConnell and McCarthy are on board. Sorry citizens.
- atkailash 4y ago[dead]
- throwaway6734 4y agoYes exactly. Aiding a country that wants to join the American sphere of influence against a genocidal, authoritarian regime is well worth the money. Especially when they're making America's enemies bleed.
- redeeman 4y agoyeah, it is so useful to further ally with one of the most corrupt countries in the world, that it far outshadows the near total destruction of a small town in the US itself.
- fwungy 4y agoThe USA has poked the bear. The bear has not yet begun to fight, while NATO scrapes the barrel for weapons. America's hubris will be remembered.
- throwaway6734 4y ago>The bear has not yet begun to fight, while NATO scrapes the barrel for weapons. Russia is burning through its small supply of men between the ages of 25-40. Russia's going to be scraping the barrel for people as their demographic situation continues to get worse. There's a reason they're stealing other people's children like genocidal lunatics. >America's hubris will be remembered Always is! To add to it: the next century is looking great for the US. We're the largest food and energy producer on the planet, we're great at assimilating immigrants which will help avoid the demographic collapse facing China, Russia, and much of Europe, and we're great at producing high tech products.
- amanaplanacanal 4y agoThree is more information here: https://www.foxnews.com/politics/white-house-explains-why-turned-down-disaster-relief-ohio https://www.foxnews.com/politics/white-house-explains-why-tu...
- colpabar 4y agoUnrelated, but how much does it cost to scramble F22s to shoot down weather balloons?
- TurkishPoptart 4y agoThis is a mini-Chernobyl...these people need help.