Here’s a most disturbing scenario…thousands of trucks, loaded with water, ice and medicine are waiting to be deployed. 4,000 National Guardsmen plus an equal number of emergency workers are in place and waiting to go to work. 5 million meals are stockpiled, ready to be served. Mobile satellite communication stations are prepared and waiting. A combined Federal – State Task force is coordinating all of this; plus coordinating the efforts of the Red Cross, Salvation Army and others.
Why is it disturbing to me? Because I just read about this happening in Florida…about a year ago. (Atlantic Monthly) This is what the Bush administration did in advance of Hurricane Frances. If you had watched the news, you would have seen the president passing out bottles of water to those (voters) driven from their homes. Of course, the fact that the election was to be held in just two months might have had something to do with it, especially since Florida’s 27 electoral votes were up for grabs.
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