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Yeah, there's a lot of concern about that as well, because FEMA needs a lot of people to respond when disasters hit. The agency has already lost more than 200 people. It's expected to lose hundreds more with the Trump administration's efforts to shrink the agency. And Trump has said he maybe wants FEMA to go away completely.
Yeah, there's a lot of concern about that as well, because FEMA needs a lot of people to respond when disasters hit. The agency has already lost more than 200 people. It's expected to lose hundreds more with the Trump administration's efforts to shrink the agency. And Trump has said he maybe wants FEMA to go away completely.
Yeah, there's a lot of concern about that as well, because FEMA needs a lot of people to respond when disasters hit. The agency has already lost more than 200 people. It's expected to lose hundreds more with the Trump administration's efforts to shrink the agency. And Trump has said he maybe wants FEMA to go away completely.
And that could affect how many people will be available when those hurricanes and wildfires hit this summer.
And that could affect how many people will be available when those hurricanes and wildfires hit this summer.
And that could affect how many people will be available when those hurricanes and wildfires hit this summer.
Yeah, and I think a lot of this is a question of who pays, right? Because we know climate disasters are getting worse. They're going to continue to get worse. If we're not studying it, if we're not preparing for it, those are costs that people will face in some way.
Yeah, and I think a lot of this is a question of who pays, right? Because we know climate disasters are getting worse. They're going to continue to get worse. If we're not studying it, if we're not preparing for it, those are costs that people will face in some way.
Yeah, and I think a lot of this is a question of who pays, right? Because we know climate disasters are getting worse. They're going to continue to get worse. If we're not studying it, if we're not preparing for it, those are costs that people will face in some way.
And so it's a question of whether the federal government is there to support that or whether it's states and local communities that are going to be left kind of paying for that in the end.
And so it's a question of whether the federal government is there to support that or whether it's states and local communities that are going to be left kind of paying for that in the end.
And so it's a question of whether the federal government is there to support that or whether it's states and local communities that are going to be left kind of paying for that in the end.
And as we all know, talking about money is a famously chill and easy thing to do, right? Super chill. This is a really, really fraught topic.
And as we all know, talking about money is a famously chill and easy thing to do, right? Super chill. This is a really, really fraught topic.
And as we all know, talking about money is a famously chill and easy thing to do, right? Super chill. This is a really, really fraught topic.
And Emily, there's another topic that's also been a source of big debate in the climate community and came up this year at the COP a little bit. And that is the number 1.5 degrees Celsius.
And Emily, there's another topic that's also been a source of big debate in the climate community and came up this year at the COP a little bit. And that is the number 1.5 degrees Celsius.
And Emily, there's another topic that's also been a source of big debate in the climate community and came up this year at the COP a little bit. And that is the number 1.5 degrees Celsius.
Exactly. You know what I'm talking about here.
Exactly. You know what I'm talking about here.