Workers at FEMA worry that demanding disaster survivors access services using email could shut out people without internet connectivity from receiving government aid.
Rural fucks vote for Republicans overwhelmingly. Rural folks are most likely to not be connected to the internet or have an email address. Republicans now require an email address for FEMA access.
And even for those that do have email and internet access, rural America isn’t exactly known for having robust infrastructure or government programs to respond to disasters, so they could quite likely find themselves unable to access their email in the aftermath of a disaster, anyway.
Add to that, even if you have an email address, disaster victims are most likely to loose access to it for long periods when they would need it for this.
Honestly, that seems overly broad to me, since this doesn’t seem like the result of any campaign plank that rural voters actually specifically supported, but fair enough. Thanks for the explanation.
Rural fucks vote for Republicans overwhelmingly. Rural folks are most likely to not be connected to the internet or have an email address. Republicans now require an email address for FEMA access.
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And even for those that do have email and internet access, rural America isn’t exactly known for having robust infrastructure or government programs to respond to disasters, so they could quite likely find themselves unable to access their email in the aftermath of a disaster, anyway.
Add to that, even if you have an email address, disaster victims are most likely to loose access to it for long periods when they would need it for this.
Honestly, that seems overly broad to me, since this doesn’t seem like the result of any campaign plank that rural voters actually specifically supported, but fair enough. Thanks for the explanation.
It is people who want small government finding out that programs that benefit them or their communities are getting cut.
We’re not even in hurricane season, yet.
IR’s not the hurricane season in the USA? There are hurricanes and storms at the moment
My guess is it’s the result of trying to lower FEMAs budget and focus on more “accountibility” which are certainly right wing talking points