More than 180 brave FEMA employees sent a letter yesterday to members of Congress and other officials, saying the agency’s direction and current leaders’ inexperience could result in a disaster on the level of Hurricane Katrina. Via the Washington Post:

The letter, on which three dozen employees signed their full names, says that since January, staffers have been operating under leaders — Homeland Security Secretary Kristi L. Noem, acting FEMA administrator David Richardson and former leader Cameron Hamilton — who lack the legal qualifications and authority to manage FEMA’s operations. This has eroded and hindered the agency’s ability to effectively manage emergencies and other operations, including national security work, the letter says.

After Hurricane Katrina became one of the worst

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