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I had to chuckle at that. So, the whole basis of this story is that some people in a situation are complaining because a truck from the “nanny state” didn’t drive past a Road Closed sign that others were driving past - to deliver support from the “nanny state” to the complainers? And again...

I get it. And when FEMA drives past a “road closed” sign to try and “do the right thing” and ends up stranding their people in a ditch or, heaven forbid, rolling off an embankment, the cries will be “why were they so stupid as to drive past a ‘Road Closed’ sign?!? They have RULES and they...

Let me know when the “FEMA always bad” crew finally develops even a concept of a plan to fix it. There are shirts for that.

What if the “Road Closed” sign was there because the road was unsafe to be on for their vehicles and the sign was warning of the risk? They couldn’t get through because of the hazard to life the sign warned of - not the sign per se? Could ANY agency improve? Sure - they’re all made up of...

Why not ask an aviation attorney about something this significant? What are you going to stake on the opinions of SG(s)OTI?

The owner of Starlink can flip the switch on and off when he wants https://apnews.com/article/spacex-ukraine-starlink-russia-air-force-fde93d9a69d7dbd1326022ecfdbc53c2 And can do so even when he’s at a gathering in PA, I bet. He’s just…weird. Stay grounded in reality, folks.

Hush. There’s a narrative to be pushed. Don’t let reality interfere with that.

A couple of observations: First, the OP concerns a LOCAL Fire Dept (assistant) chief and really has nothing to do with FEMA, although there are a post or two which seem to confuse that reality. Second, FEMA is a part of a system and was never intended to be a first responder. Local first...

And, of course, confirmation bias comes into play

OK - I’ll play along: who else? Border Patrol? Secret Service? Medicare? EPA? There’s a “project” that’s looking at next year that agrees with your suggestion. Be careful what you wish for, though. Vandalism isn’t the same as fixing things.

This reminded me of a hospital assessment I did in San Juan, Puerto Rico about 10 years ago. Part of the assessment was to discuss their contingency plans, which included discussion of their threat matrix. They asked me what I thought their #1 concern was and I naively said “hurricane”. He said...

Never mind…

Neither of which I hold in very high regard either. What’s your point?

What would have been wrong with him seeing them waving, landing to check it out, determining they weren’t in imminent danger, leave them some supplies, and flying to the professional rescuers 3 minutes away and telling them they’re there?

We’re coming at this from two very different perspectives. While I’m in no way an expert, I did do a good amount of training and actual emergency response during my time in the Air Force as a physician. I’ve trained extensively for a whole variety of disasters and am fully bought into the idea...

One side of the story. Add: did FEMA -FEMA - threaten anyone with jail time or was that a local First Responder? Feels like we’re conflating things and blaming FEMA for something a local did. Then again, there’s a narrative to be upheld… Must admit - didn’t read the Real Clear story. Don’t...

Real Clear Politics? Add: so, do we disband FEMA and leave it to the states to fend for themselves or do we properly fund and oversee FEMA? And if the latter, with what money? I support the latter -IF it’s truly a problem. Lots of complaints about various government entities here - with no...

Not even close, but you know that. You also know we only have one side of the story and that side is trashing some unnamed rescue leader. The “side”, by the way, was the news media, not technically this pilot. He went up to drop off water and supplies. Great. He changed his mission to...

I know from the video he was hot loading but that’s not the reason he quoted. Plus, I didn’t realize you could hot load one person but not three. Learn something every day

I did. And I also read the online report they did: https://www.qcnews.com/news/investigations/sc-pilot-flying-volunteer-supply-and-rescue-missions-ordered-out-of-lake-lure-under-arrest-threat/ The “copilot” son is a Junior in High School. No mention anywhere of him having any flight experience...