[Editorial]
We are an instant nation. We want everything NOW!
After the massive hurricane… why don’t I have power! Why aren’t the roads and bridges fixed! Why, why, why!
In my 75+ years I have seen many natural disasters… the 1955 floods from Connie & Diane, the blizzard of 78, Gloria Connecticut in 1985, Hurricane Bob, in ‘91. Tropical storm Sandy in 2012 in Vermont took years to rebuild, friends were isolated in a Vermont town for weeks, then the roads were only open to travel to and from work for months. Even to this day you can see the scar from the storm.
So today people are clamoring to get everything fixed NOW.
The in blizzard of ‘78 we didn’t have power for over a week because we were down a dead end street with only about a twenty houses. One of our neighbors died of a heart attack while shoveling, emergency vehicle couldn't get to him so they told her to put his body in the garage, Can you imagine the trauma she had? (Two days later they got to the house, a bulldozer was pushing the plow truck followed by an ambulance.) Where I live now we are one of the first to get power back. Why? Because the lines supply power to the whole south end of the town.
Down south they will start at the edges of the disaster and work their way from there. Get the major roads first to get the relief supplies in. Tackle the outages that will get the most people back on line.
Of course there are the people who want to make this political, they blame the Democrats, blame government for taking too long get the power back on. One nut job is saying that they are looking at the voter lists and getting the Democrats back first.
There is a story about an isolated incident, a helicopter pilot who was threatened with arrest for delivering relief supplies but it seems that the person who said they would arrest them was a out of state volunteer with no authority to make an arrest… but the story is being spread.
Connecticut utilities companies have sent dozens of crews, the National Guard has sent helicopters and support crews to help, and I imagine all the other states have done the same thing.
But for some people that is not enough… they want it NOW!
After the massive hurricane… why don’t I have power! Why aren’t the roads and bridges fixed! Why, why, why!
In my 75+ years I have seen many natural disasters… the 1955 floods from Connie & Diane, the blizzard of 78, Gloria Connecticut in 1985, Hurricane Bob, in ‘91. Tropical storm Sandy in 2012 in Vermont took years to rebuild, friends were isolated in a Vermont town for weeks, then the roads were only open to travel to and from work for months. Even to this day you can see the scar from the storm.
So today people are clamoring to get everything fixed NOW.
The in blizzard of ‘78 we didn’t have power for over a week because we were down a dead end street with only about a twenty houses. One of our neighbors died of a heart attack while shoveling, emergency vehicle couldn't get to him so they told her to put his body in the garage, Can you imagine the trauma she had? (Two days later they got to the house, a bulldozer was pushing the plow truck followed by an ambulance.) Where I live now we are one of the first to get power back. Why? Because the lines supply power to the whole south end of the town.
Down south they will start at the edges of the disaster and work their way from there. Get the major roads first to get the relief supplies in. Tackle the outages that will get the most people back on line.
Of course there are the people who want to make this political, they blame the Democrats, blame government for taking too long get the power back on. One nut job is saying that they are looking at the voter lists and getting the Democrats back first.
There is a story about an isolated incident, a helicopter pilot who was threatened with arrest for delivering relief supplies but it seems that the person who said they would arrest them was a out of state volunteer with no authority to make an arrest… but the story is being spread.
Connecticut utilities companies have sent dozens of crews, the National Guard has sent helicopters and support crews to help, and I imagine all the other states have done the same thing.
But for some people that is not enough… they want it NOW!
[/Editorial]
Update: 3:45PM
By Joanne HanerOctober 5, 2024A mayor in Tennessee joined other local officials Friday to denounce skepticism and rumors that have swirled around the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) response to the devastation in the southeastern U.S. from Hurricane Helene.
Mayor Glenn Jacobs (R), who serves Knox County, Tenn., signaled in a post online that the attacks on the administration could make recovery efforts more difficult.“To my knowledge, FEMA, TEMA, nor anyone else is confiscating supplies,” Jacobs, a former professional wrestler, wrote Friday in a post on social platform X. “Please quit spreading those rumors as they are counterproductive to response efforts.”
“If everyone could maybe please put aside the hate for a bit and pitch in to help, that would be great,” he added.
The message comes days after allegations were floated that FEMA does not have enough money to provide disaster assistance, is stealing cash donations from survivors and has turned away volunteers.
It also follows skepticism from former President Trump around the Biden administration’s response to the deadly storm, when he claimed FEMA would use hurricane funds on migrants. The White House pushed back on these claims Friday, calling out the GOP for “using Hurricane Helene to lie and divide us.”
Isn't that great! Trump stirring up unrest and anger through his lies!
Newsweek reports that,
His comments follow a similar sentiment from North Carolina state Sen. Kevin Corbin (R), who also asked the public to tone down the rhetoric, calling it “conspiracy theory junk.”Former President Donald Trump has been accused of spreading falsehoods about the federal response to Hurricane Helene to benefit himself politically.[...]Trump and a number of his Republican allies have been pushing unsubstantiated claims this week concerning the response of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris to Helene, which left over 200 people dead and dealt massive damage to infrastructure when it ripped through the Southeast last week.
The ex-president falsely claimed that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) was diverting disaster relief money to illegal migrants and made an evidence-free assertion that the Biden administration was denying relief to "Republican areas."
You know why Trump said that is because that was what Trump did in Puerto Rico so he thinks everyone does it.
New probe confirms Trump officials blocked Puerto Rico from receiving hurricane aid
The Trump administration also obstructed an investigation looking into why it was depriving the U.S. territory of congressionally approved funds, the report found.NBC NewsBy Nicole AcevedoApril 22, 2021The administration of former President Donald Trump obstructed an investigation looking into why officials withheld about $20 billion in hurricane relief for Puerto Rico following the devastating aftermath of Hurricane Maria in 2017, one of the deadliest U.S. natural disasters in over 100 years, a new report says.
A Department of Housing and Urban Development Office of Inspector General report made public Thursday also found that tensions between the department and the Office of Management and Budget resulted in unprecedented procedural hurdles that produced delays in the disbursement of the congressionally approved funds.
This is the work of the vindictive person, it is the work of a racist!
Investigators said they were unable to obtain testimonies from officials who ordered the interagency review process. Former HUD Secretary Ben Carson and another former HUD official also declined to be interviewed by investigators.
Is this vindictive person who you want as the next President of the United States?
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