People keep asking us about the readiness of @fema as we approach the 2025 Hurricane Season (this will be long so please bear with us). The truth is that FEMA will never be ready to "respond" to any disaster, because they aren't designed to. From top to bottom, FEMA has always Been a grant management agency. They have no first response personnel or capabilities. They they usually send management level people initially with assessment teams who try and figure out the scope of the disaster and meet with state leaders to determine where and how to start