Mapping FEMA’s Heroic Response to Hurricane Helene: Photos, Relief Centers and Flood Warnings
FEMA strategically moves life-saving response needs including shipping meals, water, generators, tarps to the areas impacted by Helene.
Take a look at some of the amazing work FEMA is doing with this StoryMap:
Crowdsourced photos from the areas devastated by Hurricane Helene
Real time flooding alerts
Locations of disaster relief services
In the meantime, Trump and MAGA Republicans bad-mouth FEMA and propose cutting FEMA with Project 2025. “Their scheme could deprive survivors of disasters like Hurricane Helene of the financial help they need to rebuild their homes as rising temperatures and expanding development magnify the costs of catastrophes.”
Check this StoryMap of FEMA’s heroic work and then decide if you really want to eliminate this Federal agency?
FEMA’s heroic response to Hurricane Helene
Disaster photo gallery
This map was created with data from the Disaster Crowdsourced Photo initiative. Public safety agencies and the public benefit when photos from a disaster location are mapped. NAPSG Foundation hosts a volunteer-powered platform for quickly finding, mapping, and sharing the location of photos found in news stories and social media platforms. — Photo Mappers Project
How Project 2025 would treat Helene survivors?
Project 2025, the sprawling policy playbook written by allies and past advisers of former President Donald Trump, would terminate disaster-preparation grants, stop or reduce aid after smaller and more prevalent disasters and phase out the program that provides almost all of the nation’s flood insurance under the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
“You’re gutting FEMA,” said Brett Hartl, government affairs director with the Center for Biological Diversity Action Fund, which has endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris in the presidential election. “The poorest among us would never have access to flood insurance. They would be left out, totally out of luck and not be able to rebuild,” Hartl said of the proposal to end the National Flood Insurance Program and leave flood coverage to the reluctant insurance industry.
The devastation caused by Helene is raising new questions about the disaster policies that Trump might adopt if he wins the election. His campaign renewed its efforts to distant Trump from Project 2025 in the wake of the hurricane and as his opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris, leveled attacks against Republicans who proposed limiting disaster aid.” — E&E News
Protect FEMA
The Federal Emergency Management Administration (FEMA) and the National Weather Service (NOAA) are two great examples of you tax dollars at work in Federal Agencies to help all Americans cope with disasters.
Take Away: Protect FEMA, disaster relief and flood insurance. Vote For Kamala Harris and Democrats.
Deepak
DemLabs
Credit: Thanks to Scott Kaplan and Jennifer Bell for info on GIS resources.
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