At the end, of 2024, the mainstream media is downplaying that FEMA is denying to help hurricane victims on a grand scale while the government sends billions to Ukraine. There is one story after the other of people being left out in the cold by FEMA and because there is an election, the Democrat-leaning Media is hiding the horrific reality on the ground. The Democrat response to the hurricanes is front and center for millions of Americans left behind.

Republicans need to demand an immediate report on how many denials FEMA has handed out. In many cases, if you have homeowner’s insurance, you are denied regardless of whether your insurance actually covers your losses after you pay your deductible. There seems to be no extra help for those folks, and people in other situational buckets are faring no better, as far as I can see.

Even a North Carolina Mayor says his daughter was denied $750 FEMA aid promised by Kamala Harris after Hurricane Helene ‘wiped out’ her home. There are countless stories across six states of crushing ineptitude by the Democrat Party regarding hurricane relief for victims. The press is ignoring this subject after the election.

If this was George W. Bush in the Katrina days, you would not be able to get away from the breathless reporting of how Republicans are failing their citizens in a time of need. With every second, every minute, and every hour of the day you would hear things like George W. Bush hates black people. It is time for the Republicans to step up and get to the bottom of this NOW and not later.

FEMA, or the Federal Emergency Management Agency, is the government body responsible for coordinating disaster response and providing aid to individuals affected by natural catastrophes like hurricanes. However, it often falls short in delivering the swift and efficient relief expected by hurricane victims and today might be the worst response yet.

One of the primary reasons FEMA fails hurricane victims is the overwhelming bureaucratic red tape and how much the party in charge of the government prioritizes it. To access FEMA aid, disaster survivors must complete complex applications, provide extensive documentation, and go through numerous layers of verification. Many hurricane victims, who may have lost identification, financial records, or access to communication tools, find it challenging to meet these stringent requirements, which significantly delays the aid process.

These bureaucratic barriers often leave people without the immediate assistance they desperately need, compounding the suffering that hurricanes have already caused. Victims are sometimes forced to wait weeks or even months before they receive any substantive help from FEMA, leaving them to rely on temporary shelters or local charities.

Another issue this time is the limited funding FEMA has available while the government sends Ukraine money for an endless unwinnable war. The agency’s budget is often stretched thin across multiple disaster responses, especially when there are several major hurricanes or other catastrophic events in a single year. When FEMA resources are spread too widely, the agency often finds itself unable to provide adequate assistance in every affected area and there is no excuse for any of that.

Additionally, while FEMA’s National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) helps those with coverage, it often does not fully cover damages, and many low-income or underinsured residents in hurricane-prone areas can be left without sufficient support. As a result, some individuals are forced to rebuild their lives with only partial aid, or none at all. Not everybody is flooded out, but they have tremendous damage otherwise.

Inadequate preparation also undermines FEMA’s ability to respond effectively to hurricane disasters. While FEMA is tasked with anticipating and planning for disaster scenarios, it often fails to scale resources, staff, and logistics in a way that meets the realities of major hurricanes. Each hurricane season brings the possibility of multiple storms, but the agency is frequently unprepared for the magnitude and specific needs of each disaster. During this hurricane cycle, FEMA is failing on a grand scale, and it is being hidden.

Hurricanes like Katrina in 2005 and Maria and Irma in 2017 landed in the middle of Republican presidencies and the media treated the hurricane response very differently compared to Hurricane Sandy under Obama or Helene and Milton now under Democrat rule with Biden/Harris. Here, journalism fails us when we truly need it. The media failure feels personal to people and brings more pain because the victims are left feeling nobody is looking out for them.

Furthermore, FEMA’s collaboration with state and local agencies is sometimes poorly coordinated, which can result in delays and inefficiencies. In hurricane response, coordination among various levels of government is crucial. State and local governments are often the first responders, and FEMA’s role is to support them; however, miscommunication and lack of clear protocols can lead to duplications of effort, misplaced resources, and gaps in assistance.

These issues become especially problematic in areas with fewer local resources or less experience dealing with large-scale emergencies, where there is often greater reliance on federal assistance. Watching all of our taxpayer money flow to Ukraine while Americans are in terrible need is an unforgettable ongoing heartbreak, it brings with it the worst kind of feelings toward our government, and it’s dangerous.

At least 230 people died across Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia as Helene flooded towns, destroyed roads and bridges, and swept away homes. In Florida, Helene’s storm surge caused damage along hundreds of miles of coast, not to mention the damage from Milton. The Democrats and the media can’t just tell all of these states, “Let them eat cake” and the media should not turn its back on us over political bias. Rumor has it, that “Democracy Dies in Darkness” and I believe this IS “All the News That’s Fit to Print” and more.

C. Rich

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C. Rich

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