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...then here you go: 175 House Republicans and 35 Republican Senators voted to defund FEMA, the Federal Emergency Management Agency which assists states, counties, and individuals after federal disasters. The bill allocated funds for FEMA after several natural disasters depleted their funds. All Republicans who voted on the bill, H.R. 5305, voted against it, despite many of them representing states that experience a regular occurrence of natural disasters such as floods, earthquakes, hurricanes, tornados, and wildfires.

Representative Virginia Foxx, the "Shut Up!" lady, tweeted that she's "working around the clock to help get the High Country back on its feet, to make sure western North Carolina is not forgotten" despite voting to defund FEMA.

Florida senators Rick Scott and Marco Rubio have been quick to demand federal assistance in the wake of hurricanes but have repeatedly voted against funding FEMA.

Jeebus, Orange Jesus wants to get rid of both FEMA and NOAA.

Republicans, perhaps your ire is misdirected.

Jeebus, Orange Jesus wants to get rid of both FEMA and NOAA.

Republicans, perhaps your ire is misdirected. - CO

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But the orange Satan has not yet done so. So are you claiming that unfulfilled dream protects the current administration from any criticism for botching the FEMA response?

Open your eyes, people are dying down there. None of us should be quibbling about funding constraints. Where are the convoys of food, water, heavy equipment, helicopters, generators, chainsaw brigades, food trucks, and so on. There are people back in the remote corners of the mountains, who are NOT getting what they need, despite Biden's assertion otherwise.

Harris when asked about the federal response is proud of the $750 check everyone will get. One person interviewed said she applied, and was approved quickly and then was handed a letter stating there would be an ACH deposit to her account within ten days. She asked rhetorically, I have nothing, my home is gone, so what am I supposed to do with this, holding up the letter.

One guy interviewed is part of a private church based rescue group who hiked into a remote area and discovered two elderly women who had not eaten since the storm hit, another rescue was an elderly woman who was on her last bottle of oxygen, plus she was caring for an infant who needed formula. Another interview, a private citizen had went into the outback and had found a survivor who had lost everything, he brought the guy back down the mountain and to a hotel in the area, to give him a place to stay. The front desk said no vacancy, FEMA had reserved every room. They were unfazed by his pleas that I have a bonafide victim right here. Another interview, a private drone rescue guy wanted to fly his infrared detecting drone over remote areas looking for survivors. Was told No by officials, Butigieg had closed the air space so that helicopters could move around with less risk. One city official did state there were a bunch of helicopters that had been mustered nearby but they were just setting there, waiting on orders according to one of crew.

I don't know if the news outlets you depend on are showing the devastation and the utter lack of visible government responses, especially when you get out of the cities that benefit from nearby interstate highways. Lots of interviews of locals, both victims and rescuers, all stating they have seen little or no response from any level of government. A complete failure of FEMA's primary mission. <rant off, maybe>

bighairymike: But the orange Satan has not yet done so. So are you claiming that unfulfilled dream protects the current administration from any criticism for botching the FEMA response?

Open your eyes, people are dying down there. None of us should be quibbling about funding constraints. Where are the convoys of food, water, heavy equipment, helicopters, generators, chainsaw brigades, food trucks, and so on.

Botched? C'mon. Are you really this gullible, this easily manipulated?

More than 3,500 individuals from across the federal workforce -- including Urban Search and Rescue personnel with high water rescue equipment for rescue missions across the region -- are deployed and supporting Hurricane Helene response efforts across the impacted states.

Over 1,250 Urban Search and Rescue personnel are deployed across Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee.

The Department of Defense has provided 30 high-water trucks and 18 helicopters.

At least 50,000 personnel from 34 states and the District of Columbia and Canada have responded to power outages and worked around the clock throughout parts of Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina.

FEMA has sent generators, 150 ambulances, over 1.9 million meals, and more than 1 million liters of water.

Republican South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster said that federal assistance had “been superb.”

Republican Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin said, “I’m incredibly appreciative of the rapid response and the cooperation from the federal team at FEMA.”

Republican Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee said that the response to his emergency declaration “was quick from the federal government,” adding there was “a fast turnaround, frankly,” and praised the “coordinated effort.”

North Carolina governor Cooper said, “I briefed President Biden and Vice President Harris each on two occasions, and they have committed every resource available to this recovery. I appreciate the president’s quick approval of our major disaster declaration this weekend and his direction that FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell will continue to be here on the ground.”


But, yeah, sure, you saw it on television where Trump saw that Haitians migrants are eating the dogs, eating the cats, where they're eating the pets.

Sheesh. You are so deep in the cult you've lost all touch with reality.

Sheesh. You are so deep in the cult you've lost all touch with reality. - CO

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Upon reflection, I now realize the hundreds of on site reports and interviews with actual locals, and hearing their own words, was actually scripted on a Fox news sound stage and those "residents" being interviewed were all very skilled paid actors.

No doubt the reports you cite are mostly true, but why are people reporting no sign of FEMA. I submit they are sincere and whatever FEMA is doing is not helping them, not reaching them. Onsite face to face Government aid will certainly help if and when it actually arrives. Meanwhile here is $750 if you have any store still standing and open near you. Use it to buy a tent and some sleeping bags, and lots of beans.

One guy interviewed is part of a private church based rescue group who hiked into a remote area and discovered two elderly women

A disaster response like the one for this hurricane is never going to be perfect. There will always be people in remote places who don't get help as fast as in other places. The coordinated response will send people into places where they can provide the most help in the shortest time. Helping these remote folks takes much more time. This does not indicate a wide spread failure of the response.

Another interview, a private citizen had went into the outback and had found a survivor who had lost everything, he brought the guy back down the mountain and to a hotel in the area, to give him a place to stay. The front desk said no vacancy,

Did he then search out a shelter for victims? There are alternate solutions. In a disaster, there is a bunch of high level planning to be done. The responders need a place to stay as well as finding a place for the victims. Victims and responders have different needs. A shelter for victims will be set up to provide for most or all of the victim's needs, and not just a bed. Again, this isn't a failure of the response, it is one guy trying to help on his own without coordinating with other responders. Lack of coordination between responders often results in conflicts like this.

a private drone rescue guy wanted to fly his infrared detecting drone over remote areas looking for survivors. Was told No by officials,

Again, this is part of a coordinated response. He's trying to help in the way he wants to instead of coordinating with the larger response effort. Did he then ask where he COULD help with his drone? Where it would be safe for him to search?

None of these represent a failure of the FEMA response. They represent failures of ad hoc responders to be part of the response team and instead try to do things on their own in their own way.

--Peter

None of these represent a failure of the FEMA response. They represent failures of ad hoc responders to be part of the response team and instead try to do things on their own in their own way.

--Peter

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Just curious, do the reliable news sources you utilize provide any coverage similar to what I posted. Do they send reporters into some of the smaller towns to show video of the devastation and interviews with the locals?

do the reliable news sources you utilize provide any coverage similar to what I posted.

What does it matter? I'm not questioning the veracity of these incidents you reported. I have no reason to doubt the stories and, to be honest, they ring true to me.

I'm questioning your interpretation of them.

Do you believe my interpretation of the stories in incorrect? If so, why?

--Peter

What does it matter? I'm not questioning the veracity of these incidents you reported. I have no reason to doubt the stories and, to be honest, they ring true to me.

I'm questioning your interpretation of them.

Do you believe my interpretation of the stories in incorrect? If so, why?

--Peter

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I am glad you think the incidents ring true because these are real people.

And I agree with your interpretation of FEMA effort. My interpretation is late and insufficient so far.

So one last try. Do the news sources you access expose you to the onsite face to face type of stories I posted about?

bighairymike: Upon reflection, I now realize the hundreds of on site reports and interviews with actual locals, and hearing their own words, was actually scripted on a Fox news sound stage and those "residents" being interviewed were all very skilled paid actors.

You have yet to provide a link to a single interview.

bighairymke: No doubt the reports you cite are mostly true, but why are people reporting no sign of FEMA.

On the station that paid $750 million for lying? Gee, give it some thought.

In the meantime, here's part of the struggle:

The authorities have been inundated with requests for wellness checks. A spokesman for Haywood County, west of Asheville, said officials had completed about 860 such checks since the storm. And in Rutherford County, southeast of Asheville, officials confirmed that more than 800 people were found safe.

Requests are still coming in, though not all of them can be completed because some areas remain inaccessible.

Kerry Giles, a spokeswoman for Rutherford County, said estimating the number of missing people has been difficult because officials are working from multiple lists compiled from social media, emergency calls and emails. The loss of power and cellular service can also complicate the task.

“It’s a long process, and that’s just for one person,” Ms. Giles said.


And some of the areas are extremely remote:

Several volunteers hiked along a steep, windy road, looking for Mr. McLean, while Jon Bridgers, the founder and chief executive of Cajun Navy 2016, a volunteer rescue group, flew a drone to try to locate him. A week after the storm, few held out hope that Mr. McLean would be found alive. The family and their neighbors could not be reached for an update on Friday.

Oh wait, you told us secretary Buttigieg banned drones.

Again, provide links if you want to be taken seriously.


https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/04/us/hurricane-he...

So one last try. Do the news sources you access expose you to the onsite face to face type of stories I posted about?

I’m sure the stories you see aren’t even telling the worst of it. But that doesn’t mean FEMA isn’t doing heroic work.

30+ years ago the city I live in had a devastating late winter ice storm. Impacted over 200,000 homes. So many limbs fell that roads were blocked and power went down. It was freezing. Horrible, but nothing compared to Helene. We had no heat, no hot water, no stove, no stores open, etc. We were lucky compared to Helene victims.

Even with the limited area of the damage, it took 10 days to get electrical power back for us and over 14 days for most other homes.

Helene is the worst hurricane since Katrina. Floods of “Biblical” proportions said the news. Homes were destroyed. Over 200 deaths and counting. Covering the area of 4 or 5 states, cities and rural areas. This impacts millions of people, many businesses, and a huge amount of infrastructure.

Sadly, there is no quick fix. No Harry Potter waving a wand. This will take months and years to resolve and many people in uninsured homes will feel the pain for the rest of their lives.

It’s not very realistic to think that this will be a quick or easy fix or that responders aren’t doing everything possible to mitigate the pain and destruction.

Do the news sources you access expose you to the onsite face to face type of stories I posted about?

My mother was a newspaper reporter from the late thirties to the mid fifties in Dayton and Cincinnati, Ohio.

One day, her editor called her in to his office and griped that it had been a slow news week. He was worried about circulation numbers…. So could she please find something new and exciting to write about?

She made her way to the police blotter where all the police statistics were kept- arrests, murders, thefts, breaking and entering…. that sort of thing.


And she noticed something she’d never really noticed before- bicycle thefts. There had been 18 bicycles stolen in the city of Dayton, Ohio during the previous week.

Oh why not, she thought? This will do….. so she wrote an article about bicycles being stolen in Dayton- even interviewed one young boy whose bicycle had been stolen.

The next day, one of the radio stations jumped on the bandwagon. And pretty soon the rival newspaper in town picked up the story, and for the next week, everyone was talking about the bicycle theft crime wave- stories about the victimized, stories about what areas of town were prime bicycle theft territory, advice about how to keep your bicycle from being stolen.

Long letters to the editor were written, complaining about the crime wave of bicycle thefts and why weren’t the police doing anything about it?

And then- within a week, everyone was focused elsewhere….


“The funny thing,” said my mother, “was that bicycle thefts were no greater that week than the week before, or the week before that, or the week after.

There was no crime wave.”

So one last try. Do the news sources you access expose you to the onsite face to face type of stories I posted about?

One last try by me. Why does it matter? I didn't dispute your telling of the incidents.

--Peter

Again, provide links if you want to be taken seriously. - CO

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I watch a lot of Fox news where segments about the disaster are included in almost every program throughout the day. The things I posted about were from actual interviews shown during the daily news cycle. I do watch a little NBC and they do report on the disaster usually with the anchor narrating still photos from the scenes or in studio interviews with various disaster officials. I have yet to see am onsite NBC reporter interviewing locals but then again I don;t see a lot of NBC.

Anyway, fine with me if you want to believe I made it all up (pretty creative writing doncha think), or that Fox News is deceiving its audience with actors or something.

YOU'RE DOING A HECKUVA JOB, HARRIS.

I'm not mad.


Sad that people aren't getting help - yes.

BUT, happy that once more, shows your government and you as a society, have trouble getting stuff done.

Drip Drip Drip......


But hey, SP 500 is up.



Drip

ptheland: One last try by me. Why does it matter? I didn't dispute your telling of the incidents.

He said why upthread: "whatever FEMA is doing is not helping them, not reaching them. Onsite face to face Government aid will certainly help if and when it actually arrives."

The republicans want this to be an albatross to hang around Harris's neck. They want Americans to believe that what will become the second deadliest hurricane to make landfall in the United States since the 1950s is a simple fix despite it hitting hundreds of miles of the most remote and inaccessible terrain over several states.

FEMA is pouring resources into the most heavily populated, hardest hit areas that stand the best chance of helping the most people the fastest but bighairymike wants to know why those same resources aren't going toward helping three people living thirty miles from anyone else.

In short, this is a blame game.

And then- within a week, everyone was focused elsewhere….


“The funny thing,” said my mother, “was that bicycle thefts were no greater that week than the week before, or the week before that, or the week after.

There was no crime wave.” - Bill

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Nice anecdote, Bill. I agree that we have have so much significant news flying around it is easy to get lost on the next big thing. In fact some of the locals interviewed expressed fear they had been forgotten. I understand that feeling - if power and internet and cell service are non existent, then the Calvary might be right around the corner and you would not know it until they actually arrive.

A big thank you to Elon Musk for donating a bunch of Starlink equipment. Once these stranded pockets have communications, spirits will be lifted, and local rescue can be coordinated until the Calvary arrives.

“The funny thing,” said my mother, “was that bicycle thefts were no greater that week than the week before, or the week before that, or the week after.

There was no crime wave.”
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The media caters to Americans - and you people are easy to control via media. They get you people all lathered up and now they can do it 247.

Your example - thanks for sharing - is a perfect one.

Equivalent to "shark attack" reporting in the media now. Hot and cold depending on what they feel like doing. Many other examples.

Difference is now *anyone* is the media - and now they cater to tribes and people who are products of bad culture. So they can get Trump shot,, and get someone to reach for his gun cause Hillary has a pedi-festival going on in the basement of a pizzeria.

In short, this is a blame game. - CO

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No, it is people dying, real people who don't live near an interstate while some play the blame game.

No water, no medicine, no baby formula, no shelter, no food, no oxygen tanks in rural areas, this after seven days.

Meanwhile Old Joe is praising the government's response by proclaiming people are getting what they need. And lets not forget Kamala's generous $750 ACH transfer to a victims bank account.

No, it is people dying, real people who don't live near an interstate while some play the blame game.

That’s just how major disaster response works. Resources are not instantly available and unlimited. Priority decisions need to be made. That almost always means resources going to more populated areas first because more people can be helped faster. Sparsely populated areas will be lower on the priority list.

As to the blame game, take a look in the mirror.

—Peter

As to the blame game, take a look in the mirror.
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Doctor heal thine self - or wait - no - don't.

Could've said "look, both of our sides need to stop this stuff when people are dying. We need to be hopping mad that at times, our agencies look incompetent. It was sucky during Katrina and bush, it's sucky now with Helene and Harris" But even though the suffering of the people is sad, I am pleased to see that the Mufti is more worried about rival Mufties. As I've said - the tribalism won't be reversed, it's going to get worse.

*sigh*

"Kamala Harris doesn't care about white people"

Remember that one? The beat goes on.......

The same ppl who've devoted their lives to defunding and weakening the US Govt ("Starve the beast" as Reagan used to say.)
are now complaining that the "socialist" "deep state" Govt doesn't have the funding, resources and man power necessary to respond to this disaster they would like them to.

Next they be complaining about the border "crisis" that they caused...
Trump killed the bipartisan bill that would have addressed the border problem...

Life long Republican Mitt Romney summed up the situation nicely...
"The border is a very important issue for Donald Trump, and the fact that he would communicate to Republican senators and congresspeople that
he doesn’t want us to solve the border problem because he wants to blame Joe Biden (Kamala Harris) for it is really appalling."

Faceplam...

The geology of the area can be forbidding. That's why the Cumberland gap is famous - it was one of the few passages through the ridge maze of the Blue Ridge Mountains and the Great Smoky Mountains. It's easy to get cutoff in that area and the people there should know it. You can google Mormon Food Supply and see what's available, but you should have a months supply and water filters. The Mormons think three months supply is basic and a year is required, so you can find concentrated food supplies that help with storage. Most people don't do any of this.

You can usually buy big cans of crackers in stores, and they have new cheap water filters now that a friend used to pass out in Africa, but I can't recall the name. The gravity filters are reasonable, but they take up space. Count on being cut off for two weeks and you should be OK. But remember, very few living around you are going to have more than a few days supplies, and no water.

Don't forget first aid kits. They make nice ones for sailboats, but you should have extra anti-bacterial stuff, tapes, wound covers, etc.

You'd think with all of the self-reliance, zombie apocalypse, bug out bag emphasis more people would be somewhat prepared, but they aren't. Most people aren't prepared to watch their house float down the river too. It's human. Be kind to people, they're stressed.

And there is a blame game going on.

No water, no medicine, no baby formula, no shelter, no food, no oxygen tanks in rural areas, this after seven days.

Self-reliance. I have a 90 day supply of my critical meds, a good 1st aid kit with extras, use mother nature's baby formula, and some people are going to die. You should have at least two weeks of food. What? You have the AR15 with a thousand rounds of ammo, but no food, water, meds, or first aid kits? No way to boil water?

bighairymike: No water, no medicine, no baby formula, no shelter, no food, no oxygen tanks in rural areas, this after seven days.

Umm, no.

FEMA has brought in over 13.4 million liters of water.

FEMA has brought in over 13.2 million meals.

Over 800 people who cannot return home are staying in safe and clean lodging through FEMA’s Transitional Shelter Assistance program.

Twenty-two shelters have been set-up and are housing just over 1,000 people.

More than 74% of originally reported power outages have been restored. Nearly 8,000 crews are working to restore remaining power outages.

FEMA has delivered 492,000 tarps to the region.

FEMA has provided more than $26 million in housing and other types of assistance to over 25,000 households.

Over 1,200 Urban Search and Rescue personnel are in North Carolina helping people. As of today, these teams have rescued or supported over 3,200 survivors.

FEMA has delivered over 60 Starlink units to multiple states, including 40 units to North Carolina

And that's all within days of the disaster.

You saw a handful of people interviewed on Fox who are unhappy life isn't back to normal yet, or no one's delivering medicine to their door. Where's my shocked face?



https://www.fema.gov/press-release/20241005/biden-...

Most people aren't prepared to watch their house float down the river too. It's human. Be kind to people, they're stressed. - Lapsody

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Exactly!

Self-reliance. I have a 90 day supply of my critical meds, a good 1st aid kit with extras, use mother nature's baby formula, and some people are going to die. You should have at least two weeks of food. - Lapsody.

Good for you, good advice for anyone with the funds and storage capacity for emergency supplies.

You have the AR15 with a thousand rounds of ammo, but no food, water, meds, or first aid kits? No way to boil water?

But when society breaks down, ammo will be the new currency. A couple rounds of .223 may buy you a blanket or a case of beans.

Or how about this darker Mad Max version. If I have an AR and a thousand rounds, I can simply take your food, water, etc when I need it. That is unless you also have an AR-15.

You saw a handful of people interviewed on Fox who are unhappy life isn't back to normal yet, or no one's delivering medicine to their door. - CO

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Your lack of compassion is showing.... Many of these people are interviewed in front of rubble piles that used to be their or their neighbors homes, they don't have a door.

Your lack of compassion is showing.... Many of these people are interviewed in front of rubble piles that used to be their or their neighbors homes, they don't have a door.

Those are likely Trump voters, so the 'compassionate' libs are content to let them rot.

bighairymike: Your lack of compassion is showing.... Many of these people are interviewed in front of rubble piles that used to be their or their neighbors homes, they don't have a door.

If they're being interviewed, then how do they not have access to FEMA relief efforts? Did the Fox "News" crews not help them get aid?

And I have plenty of compassion for the people harmed by Hurricane Helene but am disgusted by the republicans keeping these folks from getting any and all assistance available to them by lying to them that all the funds have gone to aid migrants and there's nothing left for them.

Rumor: FEMA does not have enough money to provide disaster assistance for Helene.

Fact:

FEMA has enough money right now for immediate response and recovery needs. If you were affected by Helene, do not hesitate to apply for disaster assistance as there is a variety of help available for different needs.

BTW, how much compassion did republicans show for Hurricane Helene and past disaster sufferers by voting against FEMA's disaster relief funding, including every House and Senate republican in the states hit by Hurricane Helene?

But when society breaks down, ammo will be the new currency. A couple rounds of .223 may buy you a blanket or a case of beans.

When society breaks down, everything becomes currency. I once read about a Taxi driver in South America who bought cigars as a hedge on inflation. :)

Or how about this darker Mad Max version. If I have an AR and a thousand rounds, I can simply take your food, water, etc when I need it. That is unless you also have an AR-15.

I like some of Mad Max, but we'd be talking living in the desert. Get your @ss out of the desert and go to where the food is! Whatsa matter with you? Living in the desert. :)

YOU'RE DOING A HECKUVA JOB, HARRIS.

Her cabinet officials are getting into Twitter spats with Elon Musk. You can't make up this level of incompetence.

Dope1: Her cabinet officials are getting into Twitter spats with Elon Musk. You can't make up this level of incompetence.

Dude, you are literally making it up.

After Musk complained on Xhitter that there were "reports" of FEMA/FAA blocking hudreds of relief flights, Secretary Buttigieg responded: "No one is shutting down the airspace and FAA doesn't block legitimate rescue and recovery flights. If you're encountering a problem give me a call."

Musk called and then less than three hours later wrote to Buttigieg on Xhitter: "Thanks for expediting approval for support flights. Just wanted to note that Secretary Buttigieg is on the ball."

Secretary Buttigieg replied: "Glad we could address--thanks for engaging."

Dude, you are literally making it up.

I made nothing up. YOU don't like that Musk called out the government and Buttigieg had to call him up and fix it.

The bolded part even proves Elon's point. Do you not read what you post?

Oh, right - you just post what you're told. Sit down.

Oh, and it's beyond rich for leftists to whine about politicizing hurricanes.

Katrina, anyone? Now it's their turn. Only this time, it appears there's a load of truth to it.

Once these stranded pockets have communications, spirits will be lifted, and local rescue can be coordinated until the Calvary arrives.

Apropos of nothing except a pet peeve of mine:

I seriously doubt that a hill with three crosses will be arriving anytime soon (Calvary)….

But the cavalry might make it.

😇

<<Anyway, fine with me if you want to believe I made it all up (pretty creative writing doncha think), or that Fox News is deceiving its audience with actors or something.>>

I honestly thought you were better than this. As a number of people have pointed out to you, no one doubts that it happened. The point is that Fox went searching for a piece of bad news in the midst of a horrific natural disaster and, lo and behold, found some. That’s how the Big Lie works. Find a bit of fact and distort the hell out of its meaning and significance.

Stop being played for the fool. Our country is at stake.

No water, no medicine, no baby formula, no shelter, no food, no oxygen tanks in rural areas, this after seven days.

you think this stuff just happens magically? You just want to be pissed off and blame this administration, when the reality is that recovery like this is extremely difficult and time consuming.

Get real.

You are so predictable and predictably wrong about almost everything.

Katrina, anyone? Now it's their turn. Only this time, it appears there's a load of truth to it.

No. Katrina was bad. A fellow was in charge whose previous experience was organizing a horse show, and he spent the first day figuring out who was responsible for what. Then we had thousands of shelter trailers delivered that contained toxic materials and couldn't be used. I think Europe gave us the pumps used to pump out New Orleans.

No. Katrina was bad. A fellow was in charge whose previous experience was organizing a horse show, and he spent the first day figuring out who was responsible for what. Then we had thousands of shelter trailers delivered that contained toxic materials and couldn't be used. I think Europe gave us the pumps used to pump out New Orleans.
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The Gold Standard.

I love it!

No.

Yes. The media pounced on Bush from the get-go. Bush was on the ground 3 days after it hit. The media also covered for Ray Nagin and his ineptitude. Flooded school buses, anyone?

You could make the case that media-driven misinformation was born that day. Superdome chaos, anyone?

Dope1: Her cabinet officials are getting into Twitter spats with Elon Musk. You can't make up this level of incompetence.

Dude, you are literally making it up.

Nah, he's just regurgitating stuff from extreme right wing websites and their comments boards.

He writes like most of the commenters on those websites.

I seriously doubt that a hill with three crosses will be arriving anytime soon (Calvary)….

But the cavalry might make it.

😇 - Bill

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I never realized I was doing that. Thanks for the correction.

Katrina, anyone? Now it's their turn. Only this time, it appears there's a load of truth to it.

There wasn’t any truth but there sure was a load.

The people who have spent the last 40 years complaining that government is too big and is spending too much,
are now complaining that the government is too small and is not spending enough?

Ronald Reagan: "The most terrifying words are, I’m from the government and I’m here to help."
Todays MAGA-BOT: "The most terrifying words are, I’m from the government and I’m not doing enough to help." (The MAGAS are finally embracing socialism!)

Here's a dose of reality:
More than 6,400 Federal personnel are on the ground.
Over $110 million in Federal assistance has been given to survivors.
Major Disaster declarations have been made for areas in Florida, North Carolina, and South Carolina.

"Power is in tearing human minds to pieces and putting them together again in new shapes of your own choosing." -George Orwell, 1984

https://www.fema.gov/press-release/20240930/biden-...

Katrina, anyone? Now it's their turn. Only this time, it appears there's a load of truth to it.

Naah, your disinformation came out in force, starting with stories about gangs, and rising to the point you had crazy ex military talking bout hearing machine gun fire. We had nursing homes abandoned with patients left in the beds and you're talking bunk.

And, Oh yes, there was a chubby woman filmed complaining, "Where's the government? Where's dis FEMA? We don't see 'em"-or something similar. Of course she was black, so she doesn't count and never appeared on your channels. And then there was the incident at the bridge where black folk were turned back by armed white folk per memory. Then Sean Penn showed up and said it was "interesting". Remember all the people living in the dome stadium?

We had nursing homes abandoned with patients left in the beds and you're talking bunk.

For a great dramatization about the Katrina medical care debacle, I recommend "Five Days at Memorial" on Apple TV+.

See https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3283594/

For a great dramatization about the Katrina medical care debacle, I recommend "Five Days at Memorial" on Apple TV+.

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Looks good, maybe I'll hook up the TV. :)

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