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Storm clouds cross over Lake Pontchartrain, Monday, Aug. 27, 2007 in Metairie, La. a suburb of New Orleans. The Causeway Bridge, left, is 24 miles long and runs across Lake Pontchartrain connecting Jefferson Parish on the South Shore and St. Tammany Parish on the North Shore. Lake Pontchartrain over flowed on Aug. 29, 2005 as Hurricane Katrina hit the area almost two years ago. (AP Photo/Judi Bottoni)
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CMT Artists of the Year 2017 title card, screen-captured from CMT.com (CMT). Network producers say they have reworked the Oct. 18 live show to focus on uplifting messages in light of recent natural disasters and the Oct. 1 Las Vegas massacre claiming 58 lives.
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National Identity Restored Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times
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The other first responders (Illustration by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times)
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Domhnall Gleeson and Will Tilston in a scene from "Goodbye, Christopher Robin." (Collider)
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Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator Brock Long speaks at FEMA headquarters in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2017, to give an update on federal government support in the aftermath of Hurricane Irma. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
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FEMA Administrator Brock Long (left) emphasized that "FEMA is not a first responder." Mr. Long said that a cultural shift is needed in Washington to ensure that resources and personnel are allocated in the times before natural disasters like hurricanes strike. (Laura Kelly/The Washington Times)
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The director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency Department says employees are suffering "battle fatigue" after a rash of hurricanes has taxed his staff. (Associated Press)
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FEMA Administrator Brock Long briefs reporters at the National Response Coordination Center in FEMA Headquarters, Monday October 9, 2017 in Washington. (AP Photo/Luis Alonso Lugo)
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A resident meets with a FEMA representative to file forms for federal aid in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria at the Jose de Diego Elementary School in Las Piedras, Puerto Rico, Monday, Oct. 2, 2017. Power is still cut off on most of the island, schools and many businesses are closed and much of the countryside is struggling to find fresh water and food. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti)
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A wounded person is walked in on a wheelbarrow as Las Vegas police respond during an active shooter situation on the Las Vegas Strip in Las Vegas Sunday, Oct. 1, 2017. Multiple victims were being transported to hospitals after a shooting late Sunday at a music festival on the Las Vegas Strip. Photo by Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal via Associated Press
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This undated file photo distributed on Sept. 3, 2017, by the North Korean government, shows North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, second from right, at an undisclosed location in North Korea. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP, File) (Associated press)
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Flowers and candles are left at a makeshift memorial site on Las Vegas Boulevard on Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2017, in Las Vegas. A gunman opened fire on an outdoor music concert on Sunday killing dozens and injuring hundreds. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
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Productive North Carolina Tax Cuts Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times
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Illustration on U.S. foreign aid by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times
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Illustration on military's relief work in Puerto Rico by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times
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A resident pulls a shopping cart full of water bottles he filled with water from a distribution center, in Bayamon, Puerto Rico, Thursday, Sept. 28, 2017. The aftermath of the powerful storm has resulted in a near-total shutdown of the U.S. territory’s economy that could last for weeks and has many people running seriously low on cash and worrying that it will become even harder to survive on this storm-ravaged island. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
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They Killed the Goose Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times
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National Guardsmen arrive at Barrio Obrero in Santurce to distribute water and food among those affected by the passage of Hurricane Maria, in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Sunday, Sept. 24, 2017. Puerto Rico's nonvoting representative in the U.S. Congress said Sunday that Hurricane Maria's destruction has set the island back decades, even as authorities worked to assess the extent of the damage. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti)
