emergency management's ripple effect

I’ve noticed that more journalists are connecting the dots when it comes to disasters and emergency management. See this New York Times article, As Layoffs Continue, Federal Workers Face Sluggish Job Market

You might be thinking, OK yes the layoffs at the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) [and maybe some trickledown impact to state and local governments—yet to come based on grants being reduced or eliminated] but in the above article there is this statement near the end, “Eventually, drastic cuts in the federal work force may drag down private-sector employment more broadly. Defunding basic research and development, for example, could slow scientific advances that fuel growth. Cuts to emergency management and disaster response could make it harder for communities to recover from fires and storms.”

Not said are the potential cuts to the disaster recovery and flow of federal funds. Also not mentioned, the impact of many more disasters, their severity and impact on communities that will acerbate the impacts mentioned above.

Well, we can at least say, “I live in interesting times!”