Oh. I didn't say that. Although not enough people have been saved. I think anyone with a heart can agree with that.
You seem to assume quite a lot about how aid and assistance rolls out.
Aren’t you pretending to be an expert?
The response has been slower than Katrina. Where’s the outrage this time?
OK. So you have a path of severe damage from the Tampa area of Florida all the way up through the Carolinas and into Tennessee. About 800 miles long and 350 miles wide. Roughly 400 roads are impassable, some gone altogether. Lots of communities lost all forms of communication with the outside world. Every one of those places has city, county, and state-level first responders, disaster recovery specialists, and semi-professional volunteer groups like the Cajun Navy...all at individual states of readiness depending on whether the particular group's facilities/supplies/employees/etc were damaged by the storm. And because communications are down, it's extraordinarily difficult to coordinate between agencies. Oh, and don't forget....state's rights and all. The local community has to request state assistance, and the state has to request federal assistance.
Actually you did... "It should not take 5 days to save dying Americans." That means you feel it took 5 days to save people.
Ideally, everyone is saved. But is that realistic? Sure, with hindsight, knowing what's needed and where, maybe it's possible.
OK. You think you know better. Maybe you should apply to work for FEMA.
I think 5 days is too long to save human lives. Of course, that is just my opinion. And I am so happy that volunteers feel the same way.
Again, lives were being saved on Day 1. And yes, unfortunately, lives were also lost on Day 1. I'm sure they learned some things with this disaster, like they learn at every disaster, but every disaster is also different.
I agree so much with you here. I hope they/we learned and continue to learn. And I also pray that the hundreds missing are just cut off from society now and have no cell service and they will be rescued soon.
Asking again. WHERE do you send the soldiers along an 800-mile long, 350-mile wide swath of damage? Do you just air drop them wherever and let them figure it out? No coordination whatsoever?
So thankful for volunteers that were able to coordinate their rescue efforts immediately.
Neighbors trying to check on their neighbors has happened since the beginning of time. It's the most basic (and important) first step. Then the more organized aid and assistance rolls out in the hours and days after.
Thank you Dan
I ask the same question when people complain that the president and VP haven’t been to the storm sites. Well, which sites should they visit? You want them to helicopter in and give people a pep talk? Or do you want them in DC coordinating relief efforts? Are they supposed to help with search efforts? I just don’t get the things people complain about. The local officials have said the president called and offered whatever aid they need.
I still haven't forgiven George W Bush for his press appearance in the wake of Katrina. Rolled into town, totally disrupting recovery efforts, and set up in Jackson Square with a generator to run the lights. Gave some stupid speech that accomplished nothing, then had his team pack up the freaking generator and they hauled butt out of there. Really? You couldn't even leave the generator???
It did take 5 days to save people. And more people need to be saved. But I did not say "Nobody has been saved " as you stated earlier. That is ridiculous to suggest that.
Why are you trying so hard to defend the federal government now?
