Michael Coen @eyesrsmiling.bsky.social · 07/07/2025Texas Hill Country Is Underwater, and America’s Emergency Lifeline Is Fraying www.nytimes.com/2025/07/07/o...nytimes.comOpinion | Texas Hill Country Is Underwater, and America’s Emergency Lifeline Is Fraying 020
Michael Coen @eyesrsmiling.bsky.social · 02/07/2025www.cnn.com/2025/07/02/p...cnn.com‘We’ve been ghosted by FEMA’: Officials across country say they can’t get answers on critical funding | CNN PoliticsAs hurricane season bears down, a new layer of uncertainty is spreading through the disaster response system: a wall of silence from the Federal Emergency Management Agency that’s leaving officials fr... 020
Michael Coen @eyesrsmiling.bsky.social · 19/06/2025www.cnn.com/2025/06/18/p...cnn.comNoem demands more control over FEMA and Homeland Security funding, which could slow disaster response | CNN PoliticsHomeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is tightening her grip on her department’s purse strings, ordering that every contract and grant over $100,000 must now cross her desk for approval, according t... 010
Michael Coen @eyesrsmiling.bsky.social · 11/06/2025Donna Brazil, The Hill — We need a national response to defend America from natural disasters in the same way we need a national response when we defend America militarily. That’s why we have a national armed forces, rather than a separate Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines and Space Force…thehill.com 000
Reposted by Michael CoenAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 08/06/2025President Trump stumbles while attempting to board Air Force One 84465772028
Michael Coen @eyesrsmiling.bsky.social · 06/06/2025thegrio.com/2025/06/05/f...thegrio.comFEMA 'joke' from chief raises concerns about disaster preparedness in Black communitiesExperts warn that Black communities stand to suffer the most in the event of any oversights or missteps from the Trump administration. 000
Michael Coen @eyesrsmiling.bsky.social · 05/06/2025You have planned for weather emergencies. Do you have a plan to address misinformation? My former colleagues Mr. Knighten & Mr. George share their insights & lessons learned from crisis. Their advice & perseoective will strengthen organizations.fastcompany.comWake-up call for CEOs: How misinformation is redefining resilienceCEOs must prepare for the current volatile information environment where no one has a monopoly on truth. 000
Michael Coen @eyesrsmiling.bsky.social · 05/06/2025www.ksdk.com/article/weat...ksdk.comSt. Louis waits for aid as FEMA response to Missouri disasters is slowest in 15 yearsFrom 2010 through 2024, it took an average of 16 days to approve federal disaster requests for Missouri. One declaration for Missouri this year took 49 days. 000
Michael Coen @eyesrsmiling.bsky.social · 03/06/2025No hurricane season? Acting FEMA chief’s remark was a joke, DHS says. WP — “I’m unaware of why he hasn’t been fired yet,” Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-New York) said on social media after Richardson’s comment was publicized. 000
Michael Coen @eyesrsmiling.bsky.social · 30/05/2025www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...nbcnews.comInside the scramble to keep FEMA alive ahead of hurricane seasonThe Trump administration has been moving to drastically cut or even eliminate the disaster response and relief agency, but without a backup ready, it’s moving to keep some key pieces in place. 000
Reposted by Michael CoenThe Briefing with Jen Psaki @briefingwithpsaki.bsky.social · 29/05/2025Psaki: FEMA requests are the kinds "you sometimes wake up the President for" 618357
Michael Coen @eyesrsmiling.bsky.social · 22/05/2025www.cnn.com/2025/05/22/w...cnn.comAs hurricane season looms, America’s weather and disaster agencies are in turmoil | CNNStaring down another above-average hurricane season, America’s weather forecasting and disaster response agencies are more hollowed out than ever before – and that could leave tens of millions of Amer... 000
Michael Coen @eyesrsmiling.bsky.social · 22/05/2025FEMA senior officials exit en masse as Trump targets agency - www.reuters.com/world/us/fem...reuters.comFEMA senior officials exit en masse as Trump targets agencyThe U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency announced the departure of 16 senior executives on Wednesday, a significant shakeup of its leadership ranks less than two weeks before the start of what is expected to be a busy hurricane season. 000
Reposted by Michael CoenSarah Labowitz @sarahlabo.bsky.social · 15/05/2025Lots of talk about TX and FL and their capacity to meet disaster needs as FEMA seeks to push responsibility for response and recovery to the state level. Since 2015, FEMA sent $6.6B to Texas for disasters and $13.2B to FL. 174
Michael Coen @eyesrsmiling.bsky.social · 15/05/2025thehill.com/policy/natio...thehill.comNoem eyes $50M for new DHS jetPresident Trump isn’t the only administration official eyeing a new jet: Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is also set to get one under a last-minute addition to the Coast Guard budget.… 000
Michael Coen @eyesrsmiling.bsky.social · 15/05/2025www.cnn.com/2025/05/15/p...cnn.comExclusive: FEMA is “not ready” for hurricane season, internal agency review shows | CNN PoliticsHurricane preparations at FEMA have slowed to a crawl. With hurricane season weeks away, a new assessment raises a number of red flags about how the agency would respond to a major disaster. 000
Reposted by Michael CoenMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 05/03/2025BREAKING — FEMA Acting Chief Counsel Joshua Stanton has been put on administrative leave & walked out of the building after being given the role *just last week*, an agency source tells me. Previous chief counsel Adrian Sevier had been with FEMA since 2000 and was office's longest-serving chief. 8839941116
Reposted by Michael CoenNewsweek @newsweek.com · 22/02/2025Republicans defend FEMA as Trump fires hundreds from agencynewsweek.comRepublicans defend FEMA as Trump fires hundreds from agency 5245
Michael Coen @eyesrsmiling.bsky.social · 03/02/2025www.politico.com/news/2025/02...politico.comTrump’s talking about shutting down FEMA. Republicans hate that idea.GOP lawmakers resisted the president's suggestion FEMA might need to "go away," but they support changes to the disaster response agency. 000
Michael Coen @eyesrsmiling.bsky.social · 02/02/2025“I think Republican governors would probably have something they’d want to say about that,” Coen said. www.politico.com/news/2025/02...politico.comTrump’s talking about shutting down FEMA. Republicans hate that idea.GOP lawmakers resisted the president's suggestion FEMA might need to "go away," but they support changes to the disaster response agency. 000
Michael Coen @eyesrsmiling.bsky.social · 24/01/2025apnews.com/article/dona...apnews.comFEMA faces shakeup under Trump while it wrestles with disasters on both coastsPresident Donald Trump is preparing to reshape the Federal Emergency Management Agency, which has been on the frontlines of responding to disasters in California and North Carolina. 000
Michael Coen @eyesrsmiling.bsky.social · 23/01/2025www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...theguardian.com‘Setting us up for catastrophe’: alarm at Trump attack on federal disaster agencyThe president is now setting his sights on Fema, the agency responsible for helping Americans after major disasters 000
Michael Coen @eyesrsmiling.bsky.social · 19/01/2025abcnews.go.com/Politics/dis...abcnews.go.com'Disasters don’t discriminate,' outgoing FEMA administrator saysWhether it is a hurricane, major tornado, or wildfire, disasters "don't discriminate" in where they will be and whom they impact, according to the outgoing FEMA chief. 000
Michael Coen @eyesrsmiling.bsky.social · 18/01/2025The cost and frequency of insurance claims are rising quickly in the highest-risk parts of the United States, as defined by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, according to the numbers. They show that the financial stress on insurers is also growing. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...nytimes.comMore Americans Are Missing Payments and Losing Home InsuranceAs climate threats worsen, they are skipping payments and losing protection. 000
Michael Coen @eyesrsmiling.bsky.social · 04/12/2024www.politico.com/live-updates...politico.comFEMA officials worry Trump will divert disaster aid to the borderTheir concern comes as the agency is being asked to tackle a growing number of problems, such as pandemic relief. 231
