The official FEMA Sandy Twitter account posted new job openings this weekend and the government is posting flyers. Word is spreading across social media:
FEMA is hiring. This was posted in the lobby of my building. #nyc #brooklyn #bronx #queens #hurricanesandy # http://t.co/FMAIS0eD
— Shavon Meyers (Shay) (@shavonmeyers) December 9, 2012
Tempted to apply for a job with FEMA – 60K a year.
— ShivaeArtsy (@ShivaeStudios) December 5, 2012
https://twitter.com/SexyBluTorrent/status/277793647876009984
Got an email from Americorps NCCC FEMA asking me to apply. I have hope again! I hope I get in. WHY IS THERE NO FINGERS CROSSED EMOJI?!
— Sarah Hayes (@SarahJHaze) December 7, 2012
Applied for the fema job hopefully i get it
— K (@Kflow94) December 7, 2012
Will it mean more relief for Hurricane Sandy victims? Not if these items are any indication:
FEMA workers told to sightsee, visit WALMART as victims suffered… http://t.co/MMFdleEG … … Gov't waste at your expense, 51% voted for this
— Right Voice Now (@rightvoicenow) December 9, 2012
Waste Watchers: FEMA pays for Town's pool roof that wasn't damaged by tropical storm. http://t.co/dF5uLX5f
— Mad About Money (@mad_about_money) December 8, 2012
@NY1headlines But we were denied as most of the neighborhood was. Flood Ins = No FEMA. No Flood Ins = No FEMA. #FEMAFail #HowardBeach
— Chuck Groves (@vetteman13) December 8, 2012
Heckuva job FEMA—> 14,000 people eligible for emergency housing but only 300 have been placed as of mid-November. http://t.co/uk3wl3Ak
— olliander (@ollieblog) December 7, 2012
Meanwhile…yikes:
https://twitter.com/caroldn/status/277452524984877056
The media double standard on Sandy vs. Katrina continues:
https://twitter.com/FredZeppelin12/status/277662235080396800
@trumpetman Yesterday I heard a Volunteer say FEMA did a better job with Katrina
— Carolee Zackim (@CaroleeZ) December 9, 2012
Looks like FEMA did a better job with Katrina than Sandy. That is according to FEMA employees. Double standards again.
— Stanley Yanis (@semperfisy) December 7, 2012
How do disaster zone residents really feel? Thankfully, Twitter allows those without a voice in the whitewashing media to make their feelings known:
Video: Angry New Yorkers Lash Out at Obama and FEMA for Not Helping Sandy Victims http://t.co/8fTb6uQt
— IdaFlo – (@IdaFlo) December 6, 2012
@ChuckSchumer @fema @SenGillibrand @NYULMC FEMA SUCKS
— Regina Miller (@the2reggie) December 9, 2012
Many volunteer workers I spoke to said Sandy was as bad if not worse than Katrina. I also heard FEMA is more useless now than they were
— ??ANTONIO?? (@MyTeamsAreAvg) December 7, 2012
FEMA and Red Cross are making excuses for money they wasted away before needed by #Sandy Victims. Is not like they had 100 years to prepare.
— Gary Campbell (@souperfan2012) December 7, 2012
@mmmoonie #FEMA's task is not to help, but to watch, regulate, gather data..Sandy victims=FEMA LAB RATS.
— lisa lake (@lisalake) December 7, 2012
https://twitter.com/kimmykula/status/277826170798608384
First-hand experience:
@theteaparty_net A government job is nothing more than glorified welfare I should know being contracted to FEMA its like welfare on steroids
— Trey Talton (@TreyTalton) December 9, 2012
Who wouldn’t wanna cash in?
Can I get a job at FEMA and have a paid vacation http://t.co/qR2alkbf
— Ron Melancon (@RonMelancon) December 7, 2012
really hope I get this FEMA job, id be making stupidddddd moneyyy
— Mitch (@moneyyymitch) December 8, 2012
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