r/EmergencyManagement • u/BrixFlipped • 18d ago

Question East Coast EM folks.

With Erin looking healthy and increasing in intensity, I’m curious how the EM pros on the east coast are feeling right now with federal funding being pulled left and right from FEMA. Are you seeing any local or state programs gearing up to have to take the brunt of the responsibility for when a hurricane inevitably makes landfall this season?

Curious if there’s been any developments or preparations going down on a lower level. Or if there’s an uneasy calm before the storm (no pun intended)

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u/WatchTheBoom I support the plan 18d ago

Erin's not really forcing any of this into the light - not anticipating much noise, although it should become a PROPER storm over the weekend (some of the projections are wild).

No impact to how we prepare.

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u/BodyBagSlam 16d ago

Compare this to Dorian in Florida back a few years ago. They got a declaration due to the sheer amount of Cat B taken to prepare. This is one of those times you likely wouldn’t see assistance in that realm.

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u/WatchTheBoom I support the plan 16d ago

For sure.

Only sharing because you brought it up, but I've got some sea stories about Dorian - I'd been working a project in the Bahamas for the 6 months prior to the storm. Spent a lot of time with the government working on the issue of undocumented Haitians in shantytowns in Abaco.

Rode out the storm in Nassau from their National EOC.

One for the history books.

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u/BodyBagSlam 16d ago

Oh wow. That must’ve been interesting.