LOADING ERROR LOADINGThe acting chief of the Federal Emergency Management Agency will resign after mounting frustration that’s reportedly led to the Department of Homeland Security already drafting plans to oust him. This spring, Richardson shocked FEMA staff when he told them he didn’t know the U.S. had a hurricane season in the first place. “Suffice to say, disaster response is no joke,” Mississippi Rep. Bennie Thompson, the top Democrat on the House Homeland Security Committee, said at the time. “If you don’t know what or when hurricane season is, you’re not qualified to run FEMA. Get someone knowledgeable in there.”AdvertisementThe acting chief was largely unreachable at the time, only showing up a week later for an unannounced visit to the flood zone.
