After the 2001 Nisqually quake it turned out that a FEMA program (Project Impact) to identify disaster preparedness and mitigation work and then bring it about in cooperation with local authorities had probably saved lives; among the completed projects was a seismic retrofit to a school's attic water tank.
The Bush administration cut funding for the program on the day of the quake.
(That's on top of getting rid of the actual emergency management expert that Clinton had put in charge of FEMA and bringing in his oh-so-qualified campaign manager. When that guy quit, he recommended his old buddy Michael "I quit the horse association before they could fire me" Brown.)
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The Bush administration cut funding for the program on the day of the quake.
(That's on top of getting rid of the actual emergency management expert that Clinton had put in charge of FEMA and bringing in his oh-so-qualified campaign manager. When that guy quit, he recommended his old buddy Michael "I quit the horse association before they could fire me" Brown.)