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That's FEMA's role, but otherwise that's a damn good question. Yes the company that caused the mess should rightly be on the hook for cleaning it up, but there'
by excalibur 4y ago
That's FEMA's role, but otherwise that's a damn good question. Yes the company that caused the mess should rightly be on the hook for cleaning it up, but there's still a need for federal disaster assistance.
- bloopernova 4y agoThe Ohio governor has not declared it a federal disaster area. This prevents certain aid from being used, but apparently FEMA is helping out. There seems to be a lot of confusion about who asked for what.
- pmorici 4y agoThat's not what was reported in the news. Sounds more like when the Ohio governor requested federal assistance he was given the cold shoulder. https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-admin-turns-down-ohios-request-disaster-assistance-toxic-derailment https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-admin-turns-down-ohio...
- excalibur 4y agohttps://www.snopes.com/news/2023/02/17/ohio-train-derailment-fema/ https://www.snopes.com/news/2023/02/17/ohio-train-derailment... Debunked my own point along with that one. I'll take it :)
- award_ 4y agoI believe that has to be requested by the state and, to my knowledge, that has not occurred.