BOMBS FOR EVERYONE IN WEST ASIA (MIDDLE EAST)
GAZA
BEIRUT
TEHRAN
AND DON’T FORGET, BOMBS FOR THE RUSSIANS TOO.
AMERICA HAS UNLIMITED MONEY FOR BOMBS AND MISSILES FOR ALL ITS ENEMIES.
BUT NOT ENOUGH FOR IT’S HURRICANES
KATRINA 2005 HELENE 2024
HURRICANE RELIEF FOR AMERICA
2005 HURRICANE KATRINA IT WAS THE BLACKS OF NEW ORLEANS . NOBODY REALLY CARED.
2024 HURRICANE HELENE. IT’S WHITES IN NORTH CAROLINA, AT LEAST YOU GET $750.00 GOOD LUCK WITH THAT.
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In 2023 and 2024, the U.S. has provided substantial military aid to both Ukraine and Israel. Here’s a breakdown of the key figures:
Ukraine:
2023: The U.S. sent $51.6 billion in military aid, as part of a total package exceeding $75 billion when accounting for humanitarian and financial assistance. Most of this aid has been aimed at supporting Ukraine's defense against Russian aggression, including sophisticated weapons systems like HIMARS, air defense systems, and ammunition
Council on Foreign Relations
Kiel Institute2024: By mid-2024, U.S. allocations for Ukraine reached over $106 billion for military and other forms of aid. This includes replenishing U.S. stockpiles and supporting Ukrainian defense capabilities
(Council on Foreign Relations).
Israel:
2023: The U.S. already provides $3.8 billion annually under a long-term defense agreement, along with an additional $500 million yearly for missile defense programs like the Iron Dome
Council on Foreign Relations.
.2024: Following the October 2023 war with Hamas, the U.S. has expedited military transfers to Israel. By mid-2024, additional aid has amounted to around $17 billion, including advanced weapons systems, aircraft, and ammunition
(Council on Foreign Relations).
These figures highlight the extensive U.S. commitment to providing military assistance to both Ukraine and Israel during times of conflict.
As of early October 2024, Hurricane Helene has caused widespread devastation across the southeastern U.S., particularly in Florida, Georgia, and North Carolina. Helene made landfall as a powerful Category 4 storm with winds exceeding 140 mph. The storm has claimed over 220 lives, making it one of the deadliest hurricanes in recent U.S. history. Flooding has been especially severe in Asheville, North Carolina, where flood waters broke records, surpassing even historic floods from 1916. Over 200 people are still missing in the Asheville area, with search and rescue operations ongoing
(USGS)
In Florida, the Big Bend region was hit hard, with significant damage to infrastructure, power outages, and a rising death toll(
. Federal agencies, including FEMA, are actively involved in relief efforts, providing meals, water, and emergency supplies to affected areas(
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In a record year of catastrophes, FEMA’s disaster fund is slipping into the red before hurricane season even peaks
By Ella Nilsen and Priscilla Alvarez, CNN
4 minute read
Published 6:00 AM EDT, Fri August 18, 2023
FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell addresses the media from the National Hurricane Center on May 31 in Miami. Joe Raedle/Getty Images
CNN — The Federal Emergency Management Agency’s disaster fund is already running out of money in a year that’s setting records for billion-dollar weather disasters – all before the peak of Atlantic hurricane season has even arrived.
The relief fund is expected to be depleted by the middle or end of August, FEMA chief Deanne Criswell has warned. And now there’s growing concern inside the agency the funding could lapse if Congress doesn’t pass a spending bill, a FEMA official told CNN.
It’s been a record-breaking year for expensive disasters, including flooding atmospheric rivers in California and a deadly tornado outbreak. The federal government has tallied 15 weather-related disasters that have each exceeded $1 billion in damages – a new record for the first seven months of the year, according to data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
The list doesn’t yet include two of this summer’s deadliest tragedies: catastrophic flooding in New England in July, and the historic Maui wildfires, the latter of which could cost $6 billion alone, according to Hawaii Gov. Josh Green. On Wednesday, Criswell told White House reporters FEMA has enough money for its initial response to Maui. But if Congress does not pass a $12 billion supplemental funding bill for natural disasters, it could delay recovery into next year, she said.
Criswell added that FEMA “may potentially need more” than $12 billion and is “assessing that now.” One thing is clear: increasingly year-round disasters fueled by the climate crisis are straining the agency’s resources.
“FEMA’s losing money,” said Stephen Strader, a Villanova University professor who studies climate and natural disasters. “We’re not even in (peak) hurricane season yet and they’re projected to be in a deficit. That signals to me everything is out of whack.”
‘So much of what we do is pre-disaster’
Passing more disaster funds for FEMA will be at the top of Congress’s to-do list when it returns from recess after Labor Day. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer told reporters Tuesday he wants to get it “done as quickly as possible.”
But hurdles are looming. Some conservative House Republicans have signaled they’re opposed to the overall funding request because of the additional money it contains for Ukraine. FEMA has enough money to deliver an initial response to Maui, Criswell said. Less certain is funding to help long-term recovery in Hawaii or future preparations if the spending fight on Capitol Hill becomes protracted. FEMA’s disaster relief fund is often used to prepare for future disasters, a FEMA official told CNN. If funds dwindle before hurricane season ramps up, for example, the agency will prioritize funding for important ongoing disaster operations like Maui, while setting aside additional money to respond and initiate recovery efforts for future storms.Little warning, few escape routes, phones knocked out: The chilling similarities between the Maui and Paradise fires
“If the money is there, we can send people, places and things to disasters prior to,” the official said. “So much of what we do is prep. So much of what we do is pre-disaster.” Without those funds, the official said, FEMA would likely have to wait for President Joe Biden to issue a disaster declaration to mobilize resources, a process that can take days.
A lapse in funds could also impede the longer-term recovery process. Recovery could be particularly challenging for Maui for two reasons: wildfires are more costly because of how totally destructive they are, and the island is far from the mainland.
“Wildfire devastation is the hardest (disaster), it just wipes out every bit of the infrastructure,” former FEMA administrator Brock Long told CNN. “How do we rebuild the infrastructure in a more mitigated fashion, to not only handle future wildfires, but also hurricanes and everything else that is thrown at those islands? Because you can’t rebuild homes, you can’t bring businesses back online without the basic infrastructure in place.”
An increase in billion-dollar disasters
Responding to natural disasters has taken a staggering financial and human toll in the last several years. Since 2016, 139 separate billion-dollar disasters have killed at least 5,200 people and cost $1.1 trillion in damage across the United States, Adam Smith, a NOAA climatologist who tracks these events, told CNN.Last year, 18 natural disasters cost $165 billion – the bulk of which was damage from Hurricane Ian. The year before, 20 events, including the Texas deep freeze and historic Northwest heat wave, totaled $145 billion.
In pictures: The deadly Maui wildfires
Though it’s too early to determine what the total will be this year, there is a “reasonable possibility” 2023 could end up on par with the record set in 2020, which had 22 billion-dollar disasters, Smith said.
“Historically, the US experiences the highest frequency and diversity of billion-dollar disaster events – more than any other country,” Smith said.
It’s a perfect storm. The US is a large country with many hazards, “trillions of dollars of assets in harm’s way,” and a changing climate that is “amplifying the frequency and intensity of some of these extremes,” Smith said.
Smith and Strader said the US needs to focus on rebuilding stronger buildings in areas that are not as prone to extreme weather or other hazards.
“If we have not learned from the past, we are not ready for the future,” Smith said.
I MUST REMIND YOU ONCE AGAIN CITIZENS OF AMERICA .YOUR GOVERNMENT HATES YOUR GUTS!!!!
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