FEMA Pre‑Stages Food, Water and Generators as Massive Winter Storm Threatens 30+ States
FEMA has pre‑positioned 250,000 meals, 400,000 liters of water and 30 generators at Camp Minden, Louisiana, with shuttle drivers ready to move supplies from facilities in Pennsylvania, Texas, Louisiana and Georgia, and has 28 urban search‑and‑rescue teams on standby to deploy at governors’ request. The preparations come as forecasts warn a 2,300‑mile winter storm threatening more than 240 million people from Arizona to Maine has prompted thousands of flight cancellations and multiple state emergency declarations, amid concerns about FEMA’s capacity after staffing cuts under the Trump administration.
📌 Key Facts
- An internal FEMA memo says 250,000 meals, 400,000 liters of water and 30 generators have been pre‑positioned at Camp Minden, Louisiana, with shuttle drivers ready to move supplies from facilities in Pennsylvania, Texas, Louisiana and Georgia.
- FEMA has 28 urban search‑and‑rescue teams on standby, described as ready to deploy at governors’ request.
- A FEMA source says DHS Secretary Kristi Noem personally gave her phone number and that of the acting FEMA administrator to “dozens of governors” on a call about the storm, and that red tape has been cut to speed resource deployment.
- FOX Weather forecasts a roughly 2,300‑mile winter storm putting more than 240 million people from Arizona to Maine in the path, bringing heavy snow, crippling ice in the South and life‑threatening cold in the North.
- Ahead of the storm thousands of flights have been canceled and numerous states plus Washington, D.C., have declared emergencies.
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January 23, 2026
7:49 PM
FEMA preparations for ‘massive winter storm’ set to impact more than 30 states revealed in memo
New information:
- Internal FEMA memo details that 250,000 meals, 400,000 liters of water and 30 generators have been pre‑positioned at Camp Minden, Louisiana, with shuttle drivers ready to move supplies from facilities in Pennsylvania, Texas, Louisiana and Georgia.
- FEMA has 28 urban search‑and‑rescue teams on standby, described as ready to deploy at governors’ request.
- A FEMA source says DHS Secretary Kristi Noem personally gave her phone number and that of the acting FEMA administrator to 'dozens of governors' on a call about the storm, claiming red tape has been cut to speed resource deployment.
- Storm forecast specifics from FOX Weather: more than 240 million people from Arizona to Maine in the path of a 2,300‑mile‑long winter storm bringing heavy snow, crippling ice in the South and life‑threatening cold in the North.
- Ahead of the storm, thousands of flights have already been canceled and numerous states plus Washington, D.C., have declared emergencies.