From the NY Times: Acting FEMA Chief Told Staff He Didn’t Know About U.S. Hurricane Season, In a meeting with FEMA staff, David Richardson said he was unaware the United States had a hurricane season. Two staff members said it was unclear if he was serious, but the agency said he was joking.

A more hard-hitting article on the same topic appeared in the Wall St. Journal Yesterday: FEMA Scraps New Hurricane Plan and Reverts to Last Year’s. Agency’s leader suggested he recently learned there was an annual hurricane season.

From NBC News: Inside the scramble to keep FEMA alive ahead of hurricane season. The Trump administration has been moving to drastically cut or even eliminate the disaster response and relief agency, but without a backup ready, it’s moving to keep some key pieces in place.