‘FEMA has not been on the ground’: St. Louis mayor pleads for federal aid in wake of devastating tornado
‘FEMA has not been on the ground’: St. Louis mayor pleads for federal aid in wake of devastating tornado
St. Louis Mayor Cara Spencer told MSNBC on Monday that FEMA had yet to assist after the city was ravaged by a tornado days prior.
St. Louis Mayor Cara Spencer told MSNBC on Monday that FEMA had yet to assist after the city was ravaged by a tornado days prior.
The tornado first touched down in St. Louis on Friday. The storm — reportedly 20 miles in length at its strongest — killed at least five people in St. Louis County at the time of writing. Spencer reported during a press conference that 38 people had been injured, and that number was expected to increase as recovery efforts continued.
Friday’s tornado was one of many that affected the region over the weekend, with Kentucky also being hit by storms. At the time of writing, dozens of the dead had already been found.
America will figure it out eventually
Everyone is on their own
Unless you're a billionaire ... your government has abandoned you
I lost my house to a forest fire when I was a kid and the help we got was literally life saving. This time around I'm already stockpiling dry food and water. Also been getting a bunch of work done on my car so it's as reliable as possible just in case I need to leave in a hurry. Got my "oh shit" bag ready to go in my car too with some extra water and food in the trunk. I live in an area that's prone to forest fires and flash floods so I'm not really taking any chances for when shit hits the fan. Usually I'd call this overkill but I don't think that applies this time around knowing that no one is coming to help.
Americans already know this. We've known this for as long as we've been alive.
The recent events have made the surprise help go away... That sucks, but it's not shocking. That's how our society works. Everyone is on their own outside of local charities.
Excuse me. We don’t do that anymore here in the United States. Grab those bootstraps and shut the fuck up peasants. If you didn’t deserve it, almighty god wouldn’t have thrown that tornado at you. Don’t be a drain on the state. Leader has deals to make. These bombs ain’t gonna just drop all on their own. Besides, they’re working on a glorious parade for you. What more do you want?
Huh....wonder why that is. Must be a coincidence i guess
Republicans aren't giving aid to red as shit counties so unfortunately a blue county isn't going get anything unfortunately and knowing Republicans, they'll try to charge them for just reaching out.
it took 1-2 months for huckabee to finally plee for assistance from his former employer trump after the tornados hit.
Pretty sure FEMA no longer has the resources to help.
FEMA Does. The president needs to sign a declaration.
This is an act of ignorance and "pushing it back to the state" as has been the prerogative since the inauguration.
No there will be no help for you. Suffer. This is what you voted for.
St Louis City and County voted for Harris.
Some absolute bullshit for people to put rural maga nonsense on the suffering people of one of the most liberal cities in the US. Shits fucked up honestly. People in St Louis are derided by the maga nutjobs that run our state, and then by outside assholes too ignorant to know anything about our city in the first place. St Louis ISNT going to get FEMA assistance because its liberal. If it was Joplin again or some shit theyd have been there on Friday
When disaster comes for you, dont look at us to help…
Have the day you voted for.
Just gonna put this out there, st Louis and much of the surrounding areas have large black communities. And between St Louis and Kansas city accounted for most of the votes for Biden and Democrats in the state. They didn't vote for this even if the empty land in the rest of the state did.
Goddamn there are some ignorant fucks in this thread.
I live in this shithole state (on the opposite side of St. Louis, but still), but 99% of the people I know here aren't conservative in the slightest. But that's not gonna stop people from blanket labelling the entire state as redneck hillbilly fascist fucks.
Please, do better and realize that St. Louis itself probably has most of the liberals in the state so you're attacking your own interests.
Sry, we don't use nuance here.
Thoughts and prayers bitches.
And magats will celebrate.
How did Missouri vote again?
The cities always vote mostly blue. The rest of the state is what fucks everyone
Yeah, most states are pretty evenly purple when you actually get rid of the winner-takes-all map. Typically, the large cities go overwhelmingly blue while all of the hicks go overwhelmingly red. So the state’s balance is mostly based on the urban/rural divide.
It’s also why republicans have systematically been making it harder to vote in cities. Rural areas usually have no wait times for voting, because there are so few people. But urban areas can have wait times measuring 6-8 hours, because republicans have closed nearly all of the urban voting locations.
I haven't had breakfast. I may have to go down there and check it out. Because understanding the magnitude of hurricane damage is the responsibility of just random strangers. If only there was a government agency that some but not all of our taxes were used to fund...
Worked well for Sanders...
...oh wait.
Oh boy, here we go again. St. Louis is looking for a handout after this storm, just like so many red states do. It's amazing how every time there's trouble, whether it's tornados or anything else, they're quick to call for help from FEMA.
Now let me be real. These states seem to think they can't handle their own problems without federal assistance. It's like someone always asking for a ride instead of learning to drive. If you want to live in America, sometimes you have to pull yourself up by the bootstraps and deal with life's challenges.
Sure, I feel for those affected by these storms, but it seems like there's always this expectation that the federal government will swoop in. Maybe if they invested more in their own infrastructure or preparedness programs, we wouldn't be seeing so many of these crises needing federal aid every time the wind picks up.
St. Louis and other red states need to step up and show some resilience instead of just reaching for the government checkbook. It's time they start thinking about how they can contribute more to solving their own problems instead of relying on a constant stream of handouts. We're all in this together, but we can't rely on others to do everything for us.
Welp, tough shit
