Jokes, Warnings, and Wreckage: The Wrong Man at the Helm as America Braces for Disaster
As the weather grows increasingly unpredictable and dangerous, the head of FEMA has... jokes?
“Wait, the U.S. has a hurricane season?”
That’s the “joke” FEMA Acting Administrator David Richardson cracked during a June 2 staff briefing just one day after the official start of hurricane season. The Department of Homeland Security insists he was being funny. But with record-shattering storms battering the U.S., and FEMA already stretched thin, it di…




