Infographic on FEMA’s Spending for the Year

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Digital_Surgeons_FEMA_Spending_InfographicThanks to King County’s Dave Nichols for spotting this infographic by the Digital Surgeons depicting where FEMA’s funds have gone this year.

 

[Update 24 Oct: USA Today has an interesting article out that indicates recent FEMA funding has been on smaller storms than were previously covered: ~50% of disasters in the last 4 years had damage under $10 million.Washington's  emergency management chief Jim Mullen, and National Emergency Management Association President was widely quoted in the story.]

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