FEMA had a totally inadequate plan for dealing with Hurricane Maria.

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By Justine CalmaApr 16, 2018, 4:39 pm302 pts
The agency low-balled how much damage a Category 4 hurricane would leave behind in Puerto Rico, according to a Politico review of a recently released FEMA planning document. The 140-page plan from 2014 outlined how FEMA would respond to “the inevitable ‘big one’ that will test local, commonwealth,…

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