Do not, I beseech you, be troubled about the increase of forces already in dissolution. You have mistaken the hour of the night; it is already morning. (Hilaire Belloc, +1953)
Day: October 8, 2024
Feckless FEMA and Finding Our Own Way
Feckless: Lacking purpose; without skill, ineffective, incompetent; lacking the courage to act in any meaningful way. As another hurricane hurtles towards Florida – possibly a catastrophic Category-5, and this after the destruction wrought by Hurricane Helene a couple of weeks ago – we read of the bizarre, irresponsible, if not outright intentional, behaviour of FEMA,[…]