ZafodB wrote:

Go ahead,GWB is no longer POTUS, 0bama is . I think this provides us with a clue of his(0bamas) contempt for white people. He has of yet expressed any thoughts to the suffering masses of white people.

This has GOT to be the MOST asinine thing I've ever seen you say!   Now I haven't lived in the Hopkins/Muhlenberg/Christian county areas in 7+ years, but I KNOW there are blacks living there.   I went to school with them, worked with them, lived next door to them.... 
Just when I thought you couldn't get any more offensive....  You show me to never underestimate the slipperyness of the slime coming from the repugnicons.

ZafodB wrote:

WRONG

There were plenty of white people living in N.O. but during and after Katrina,we heard (MANY TIMES) that GWB and republicans do care about the plight of blacks.

The MAJORITY was black.  The MAJORITY of people who were seriously harmed by Katrina were black.  The whites who live in Nawlins are rich folks who had plenty of insurance and were never in any danger from flooding.

I never thought you were racist....  Guess it took getting a black man in the White House to get you to show your true colors.

Jasr wrote:

I think it varies by disaster, and by the nature of the disaster. Recovery from a localized ice storm involves local fire departments and loggers to clear brush, line crews to restore power, lots of emergency shelter and deployment of generators and safe space heaters.

A hurricane and flood involves the federal government for storm prediction, the army corps of engineers for flood prevention and abatement, FEMA for coordination, and later for semipermanent emergency shelters (trailers). It helps if the national guard has not been deployed to Iraq. And let's face it...as bad as it is in Kentucky it's not even as bad as it was in New England in December, and not even in the same league with Katrina.

Exactly.  My brother and his wife and daughters have been keeping me informed.
They were told at first that their power would be out for at least a month.  His power came back on after about 4 days.  They rather prefer that FEMA stay out of it because the FEMA agent in that area is a HUGE ass, and is as useful as teats on a boar hog.

ZafodB wrote:

This should be able to complete on "Dancin with the Stars"

On the right side ,we believe that the locals and states are responsible for first response. If that is not accomplished,most everything following will be ineffective and incomplete.

Had NO use the transportation available ,then moved in with the States fema group,the feds would have had a much easier task. Just like Mississippi ar Alabama.

You want to assign disasters NOW undre special categories. Like which ones are important enough for the feds to handle. That is DANCING

I do not deny there was plenty of local incompetence associated with Katrina. There was also major federal incompetence, which would not have been made right even with an effective local response.

And yes, of course different disasters call for different responses, at different levels.

How 'bout that Cheryl Burke!

human1 wrote:

I don't think you are fully understanding this. One week after the New England storm in December, 100,000 people were without power and 4 people had died. Most people had their power restored by Monday, after the Thurs/Fri storm. FEMA had already been implemented, and in just 2 days after the storm first began President Bush had declared it a federal emergency which allowed federal helps to come in as well as resources from neighboring states. One WEEK after Kentucky/Ozarks... more than 400,000 people (4 times as many as NE) are without power and 42 have died so far (more than 10 times as in NE) and Obama did not make declarations for 4 days after the storm began. The NE storm happened Thurs/Fri Dec 11-12, and by Saturday, President Bush had acted, and it was reported about on Sunday.

You are incorrect as to my knowledge on NE. Yes, it was reported, as were President Bush's actions, and yes I was made aware by multiple sources in the mainstream median.

Why you are saying NE was worse, is beyond me.



http://www.fema.gov/news/newsrelease.fema?id=47098
http://www.wmur.com/news/18400718/detai … node/19703
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28931648 (finally today from MSNBC)

Human

I need not tell you this but

It all depends on whether their guy is in charge or not. The North east storm in Dec ,GWB was at the helm. So no matter what if all went well it was due to the locals and state. Now that 0bama is at the helm,people are SUPPOSED to fend for themselves and FEMA is no longer the first responder.



Mostly it all boils down to BDS,They hated him so no matter what he would get all the blame and never never any credit. They had their friends in the media to assist in accomplishing this task