DoomsdaysCW<p>Trump signs order to shift disaster preparations from Fema to state and local governments</p><p>Reuters<br />Tue 18 Mar 2025 22.12 EDT</p><p>“From day one, the Trump administration has been eroding the nation’s capacity to plan for, respond to, and recover from disasters,” Moore told Reuters.</p><p>&quot;&#39;They’ve overseen the dismissal of 1,000 Fema staff – who won’t be there to respond to a flood or wildfire – and are withholding funding from local and state governments who are doing risk reduction projects and more.&#39;</p><p>&quot;Shana Udvardy, a senior researcher at the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UnionOfConcernedScientists" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>UnionOfConcernedScientists</span></a>, said she was concerned the order marked &#39;another dangerous step&#39; that would leave communities with fewer resources to prepare for future disasters.</p><p>&quot;&#39;The executive order shifts most of the responsibility for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DisasterPreparedness" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>DisasterPreparedness</span></a> to state and local governments, asking them to make more expensive infrastructure investments without outlining the federal role in that,” she said.&quot; </p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/18/trump-executive-order-fema-disaster-preparation" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/us-news/2025/m</span><span class="invisible">ar/18/trump-executive-order-fema-disaster-preparation</span></a><br /><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ExtremeWeather" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ExtremeWeather</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Polycrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Polycrisis</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FEMA" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>FEMA</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WereOnOurOwn" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>WereOnOurOwn</span></a></p>