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rokatoro t1_j1zocw2 wrote

Reply to comment by CoalCrackerKid in Winter weather upends water systems across the Deep South by getBusyChild

It will stay that way as long as FEMA is capable of swooping in and fixing everything with more federal money when shit actually hits the fan

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CoalCrackerKid t1_j1zqklw wrote

We don't need to lessen FEMA's abilities.

We just need to send states more bills.

Say, well heads freeze in TX (again) this year, and the Feds find that no actions were taken from the last several outages (see report from 2011 below). Help them. Then, bill them.

https://www.ferc.gov/sites/default/files/2020-05/ReportontheSouthwestColdWeatherEventfromFebruary2011Report.pdf

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rokatoro t1_j1zri3e wrote

Don't get me wrong, I think FEMA serves an important role, I just feel like to many local governments use it as the main form of infrastructure maintenance and not the last line of defense

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CoalCrackerKid t1_j1ztmdq wrote

Got it...and I feel ya. If only we can stop rebuilding beachfront condos for the rich who watch them wash away every couple of years due to hurricanes.

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Zerole00 t1_j20zwld wrote

>We just need to send states more bills.

These shit states already take more federal dollars than they give back, what would increasing the discrepancy achieve?

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CoalCrackerKid t1_j21k93j wrote

I think you misunderstood.

Bill the states that need the service for the services that they consume.

They'd be for that because, of course, distributing the costs to other states would be socialism. I hear that they hate that.

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