Helene Disaster Response: The Regime leaving Red States to die?

[RLLD]

I think any expectation that government can or will move fast is just silly

[purdygood]

Just now, RLLD said:

I think any expectation that government can or will move fast is just silly

Most people don't realize our best and brightest don't run for office or get government jobs.  The smartest people in the country avoid such positions.

[RLLD]

2 minutes ago, purdygood said:

Most people don't realize our best and brightest don't run for office or get government jobs.  The smartest people in the country avoid such positions.

Concur.  I have met good people who were politicians, but not many. Trent Lott was a better person than people think,  McCain was a pretty good guy too, McConnell....is filth....for years I was in and out of their offices daily over there in the Russell, Dirksen and Hart

[thegeneral]

47 minutes ago, Tree of Knowledge said:

That’s why they will vote for Trump if enough patriots survive this flood.  He is hands on providing humanitarian aid.  I am sure the Democrat Party is working right now to try and take advantage of the situation to steal the election.  That’s who they are. 

South Carolina:

 

[thegeneral]

46 minutes ago, Tree of Knowledge said:

That’s why they will vote for Trump if enough patriots survive this flood.  He is hands on providing humanitarian aid.  I am sure the Democrat Party is working right now to try and take advantage of the situation to steal the election.  That’s who they are. 

Georgia:

 

[thegeneral]

47 minutes ago, Tree of Knowledge said:

That’s why they will vote for Trump if enough patriots survive this flood.  He is hands on providing humanitarian aid.  I am sure the Democrat Party is working right now to try and take advantage of the situation to steal the election.  That’s who they are. 

North Carolina:

 

[thegeneral]

22 minutes ago, RLLD said:

I think any expectation that government can or will move fast is just silly

Moving resources across multiple states without roads, power, running water, dispersing hundreds of millions in aide to people does take some time.

[The Psychic Observer]

When Trump is gone - and he will be - and Trumpism finally subsides - which it will - history will speak to the size and fervor of the cult and how easily so many were gaslit - how they embraced the most flawed cult leader ever - how they rallied around grievance just for the sake of grievance - how they railed against their own best interests and how they succumbed to such an obvious con.   But - mark my words - the real unforeseen disaster that will have almost taken down the American experiment - that the history books will record as such - will not have been about Trump or the cult - it will have been our media's widespread normalization of a madman.

[purdygood]

Imagine Trump is in office and "the big one" hits somewhere in CA.  How fast do you think that response will be?  "Many people are saying CA should have prevented this. They didn't vote for me. Well, some people did. Very fine people. It's sad it's sad. But crooked Gavin and Shady Nancy should have been better prepared. We have the best people working on it. Oh, wait I just fired all my best people? Ok, buy my crypto and we'll make CA great again!"

[Hardcore troubadour]

Just now, purdygood said:

Imagine Trump is in office and "the big one" hits somewhere in CA.  How fast do you think that response will be?  "Many people are saying CA should have prevented this. They didn't vote for me. Well, some people did. Very fine people. It's sad it's sad. But crooked Gavin and Shady Nancy should have been better prepared. We have the best people working on it. Oh, wait I just fired all my best people? Ok, buy my crypto and we'll make CA great again!"

If only we could look back and see how he responded to a disaster in California when he was president.  

[purdygood]

Just now, Hardcore troubadour said:

If only we could look back and see how he responded to a disaster in California when he was president.  

He said we should rake the forests.  The forests that are Federal Land.

[MDC]

16 minutes ago, thegeneral said:

Georgia:

 

Georgia = flyover country for people who commute from Tennessee to Cuba.  

[squistion]

4 minutes ago, purdygood said:

He said we should rake the forests.  The forests that are Federal Land.

Exactly. Appalling response to a disaster.

https://www.politico.com/states/california/story/2020/08/20/trump-blames-california-for-wildfires-tells-state-you-gotta-clean-your-floors-1311059

Trump blames California for wildfires, tells state ‘you gotta clean your floors’

OAKLAND — President Donald Trump on Thursday blamed California for its raging wildfires and threatened to withhold federal money, reprising his attacks from previous rounds of catastrophic blazes.

“I see again the forest fires are starting,” he said at a rally in swing-state Pennsylvania. “They’re starting again in California. I said, you gotta clean your floors, you gotta clean your forests — there are many, many years of leaves and broken trees and they’re like, like, so flammable, you touch them and it goes up.”

“Maybe we’re just going to have to make them pay for it because they don’t listen to us,” he added.

The combination of assigning blame while fires still burn and offering questionable remedies have become as familiar to Californians as the conflagrations that ignite each year. Those fires have spurred a predictable response from the president: blame the Democrat-dominated state and then threaten to punish it by withholding money. He did so as fires burned in 2018, and again in 2019.

“I’ve been telling them this now for three years, but they don’t want to listen,” Trump said on Thursday. “‘The environment, the environment,’ but they have massive fires again.”

 

[Hardcore troubadour]

9 minutes ago, purdygood said:

He said we should rake the forests.  The forests that are Federal Land.

We should.  Duh. Unless you think leaving kindling laying around is a good idea. 

[Hardcore troubadour]

500 million set aside to clean up Forrest fire fuel.   Bleach! 

[purdygood]

Just now, Hardcore troubadour said:

We should.  Duh. Unless you think leaving kindling laying around is a good idea. 

"WE" as in the Federal Government led by Donald Trump who didn't do that in his 4 years in charge on the land the Federal Government owns.

[thegeneral]

Trump’s response to one of these was to show a map he hand drew on and spend days talking about a state that wasn’t hit because he was getting made fun of

Just move on Trump nuthuggers. 

[Hardcore troubadour]

2 minutes ago, purdygood said:

"WE" as in the Federal Government led by Donald Trump who didn't do that in his 4 years in charge on the land the Federal Government owns.

More ignorance. The removal of shrubs and dead trees and branches was prohibited.  Keep up the good work.   

[The Psychic Observer]

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/apr/22/hurricane-maria-puerto-rico-trump-delayed-aid

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/new-probe-confirms-trump-officials-blocked-puerto-rico-receiving-hurri-rcna749

The Trump administration delayed more than $20bn in hurricane relief aid for Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria, according to a report by the housing department’s office of the inspector General.

The efforts to deliver recovery funding to the island were “unnecessarily delayed by bureaucratic obstacles”, according to the 46-page report. The hurricane, which hit the island in 2017, killed thousands of people and left thousands more without electricity or water for months.

 

One of the main hurdles was the requirement imposed by the Office of Management and Budget, which established an interagency review before grant approvals, according to a report from the Department of Housing and Urban Development (Hud). The process, which was never before required for allocating disaster funds, prevented Hud from publishing its draft notice of funding by the target date.

 

[purdygood]

Just now, Hardcore troubadour said:

More ignorance. The removal of shrubs and dead trees and branches was prohibited.  Keep up the good work.   

Maybe we can have some Illegals gain their citizenship by removing shrubs and dead trees.  Bring me 500 bags and here is your green card!

[squistion]

14 minutes ago, The Psychic Observer said:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/apr/22/hurricane-maria-puerto-rico-trump-delayed-aid

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/new-probe-confirms-trump-officials-blocked-puerto-rico-receiving-hurri-rcna749

The Trump administration delayed more than $20bn in hurricane relief aid for Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria, according to a report by the housing department’s office of the inspector General.

The efforts to deliver recovery funding to the island were “unnecessarily delayed by bureaucratic obstacles”, according to the 46-page report. The hurricane, which hit the island in 2017, killed thousands of people and left thousands more without electricity or water for months.

One of the main hurdles was the requirement imposed by the Office of Management and Budget, which established an interagency review before grant approvals, according to a report from the Department of Housing and Urban Development (Hud). The process, which was never before required for allocating disaster funds, prevented Hud from publishing its draft notice of funding by the target date.

In Trump's defense he threw out rolls of paper towels to the hurricane victims. 

[Hardcore troubadour]

2 minutes ago, purdygood said:

Maybe we can have some Illegals gain their citizenship by removing shrubs and dead trees.  Bring me 500 bags and here is your green card!

Your quips suck.   But congrats on the ass whupping you have received here.  Enjoy. 

[IndyColtsFan]

32 minutes ago, thegeneral said:

Moving resources across multiple states without roads, power, running water, dispersing hundreds of millions in aide to people does take some time.

MAGAturd clowns are desperate to jump on anything and spin it negatively when it comes to the Biden administration.

Social media is populated with Urkraine replacing Carolina on the U.S. map. And then there is a fake pic of Cownzo wading through floodwaters. People are believing it and making it their profile photos.

The way disaster relief works is from ground up. Once city and county resources are deployed, then it goes to state and then federal government.

That's just how FEMA and federal response works. 

Southeast Texas and Southwest Louisiana got the shaft after Hurricane Rita when the damage didn't turn out to be as bad as Hurricane Katrina and our asshat Gov. Rick Perry called it a "glancing blow," and I was right there covering his appearance.

The storm size was almost identicial to Katrina, but it didn't cause the horrific flooding issues.

It took months to get the federal government to realize how bad it really was.

[Tree of Knowledge]

You guys are not doing The Regime any favors. The rain stopped Friday and Biden did not get off the beach to make a call until Sunday?  Kamala is too busy fundraising to be bothered.  
 

Thank God Trump and Elon advocated for these poor souls or they would still be waiting. 
 

https://climate.ncsu.edu/blog/2024/09/rapid-reaction-historic-flooding-follows-helene-in-western-nc/

 

[Tree of Knowledge]

44 minutes ago, thegeneral said:

Moving resources across multiple states without roads, power, running water, dispersing hundreds of millions in aide to people does take some time.

Unless it’s Ukraine

[purdygood]

Just now, Hardcore troubadour said:

Your quips suck.   But congrats on the ass whupping you have received here.  Enjoy. 

Thanks! Is that how you spell whooping? Or do you pronounce it like Cool "H"wip. Like Stewie in Family Guy?

[Tree of Knowledge]

16 minutes ago, The Psychic Observer said:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/apr/22/hurricane-maria-puerto-rico-trump-delayed-aid

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/new-probe-confirms-trump-officials-blocked-puerto-rico-receiving-hurri-rcna749

The Trump administration delayed more than $20bn in hurricane relief aid for Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria, according to a report by the housing department’s office of the inspector General.

The efforts to deliver recovery funding to the island were “unnecessarily delayed by bureaucratic obstacles”, according to the 46-page report. The hurricane, which hit the island in 2017, killed thousands of people and left thousands more without electricity or water for months.

 

One of the main hurdles was the requirement imposed by the Office of Management and Budget, which established an interagency review before grant approvals, according to a report from the Department of Housing and Urban Development (Hud). The process, which was never before required for allocating disaster funds, prevented Hud from publishing its draft notice of funding by the target date.

 

You mean the corrupt Puerto Rican administration left supplies to rot rather than distribute?

[thegeneral]

4 minutes ago, Tree of Knowledge said:

You guys are not doing The Regime any favors. The rain stopped Friday and Biden did not get off the beach to make a call until Sunday?  Kamala is too busy fundraising to be bothered.  
 

Thank God Trump and Elon advocated for these poor souls or they would still be waiting. 
 

https://climate.ncsu.edu/blog/2024/09/rapid-reaction-historic-flooding-follows-helene-in-western-nc/

 

This is some character you are playing, right? 

[thegeneral]

5 minutes ago, Tree of Knowledge said:

Unless it’s Ukraine

Getting Ukraine aid has to go through Congress. Has been delayed quite a few times as it is negotiated.

[Hardcore troubadour]

Kamala’s Katrina is trending 

[thegeneral]

2 minutes ago, Hardcore troubadour said:

Kamala’s Katrina is trending 

Oh my trending on Twitter! Wow!!! Keep us posted like a teenager

[The Psychic Observer]

3 minutes ago, Hardcore troubadour said:

Kamala’s Katrina is trending 

https://x.com/explore/tabs/keyword

It's not.

[RLLD]

58 minutes ago, thegeneral said:

Moving resources across multiple states without roads, power, running water, dispersing hundreds of millions in aide to people does take some time.

It absolutely does, and the government will be terrible at doing it as a rule.  It sucks for the poor people there, but we really need to be patient, Red Cross can get in there and do great work, and religious organizations are also pretty effective.

[Mike Honcho]

49 minutes ago, purdygood said:

He said we should rake the forests.  The forests that are Federal Land.

I raked my back yard yesterday, so I should be safe. 

[Hardcore troubadour]

Trump says California needs to take their forests. California starts to rake their forests. Trump is so stupid. Bleach! HQC will kill ya! 

[Mike Honcho]

42 minutes ago, squistion said:

Exactly. Appalling response to a disaster.

https://www.politico.com/states/california/story/2020/08/20/trump-blames-california-for-wildfires-tells-state-you-gotta-clean-your-floors-1311059

Trump blames California for wildfires, tells state ‘you gotta clean your floors’

OAKLAND — President Donald Trump on Thursday blamed California for its raging wildfires and threatened to withhold federal money, reprising his attacks from previous rounds of catastrophic blazes.

“I see again the forest fires are starting,” he said at a rally in swing-state Pennsylvania. “They’re starting again in California. I said, you gotta clean your floors, you gotta clean your forests — there are many, many years of leaves and broken trees and they’re like, like, so flammable, you touch them and it goes up.”

“Maybe we’re just going to have to make them pay for it because they don’t listen to us,” he added.

The combination of assigning blame while fires still burn and offering questionable remedies have become as familiar to Californians as the conflagrations that ignite each year. Those fires have spurred a predictable response from the president: blame the Democrat-dominated state and then threaten to punish it by withholding money. He did so as fires burned in 2018, and again in 2019.

“I’ve been telling them this now for three years, but they don’t want to listen,” Trump said on Thursday. “‘The environment, the environment,’ but they have massive fires again.”

 

His uncle was a professor at MIT, so you know he's got, like a really big brain. 

[The Psychic Observer]

Just now, Mike Honcho said:

His uncle was a professor at MIT, so you know he's got, like a really big brain. 

Nobody knows more about forest fires than Trump.

[Tree of Knowledge]

7 minutes ago, thegeneral said:

Oh my trending on Twitter! Wow!!! Keep us posted like a teenager

I think he was mocking your #2 Squissy.  

[Hardcore troubadour]

Just now, Tree of Knowledge said:

I think he was mocking your #2 Squissy.  

Leave them be. 

[thegeneral]

Just now, RLLD said:

It absolutely does, and the government will be terrible at doing it as a rule.  It sucks for the poor people there, but we really need to be patient, Red Cross can get in there and do great work, and religious organizations are also pretty effective.

Red Cross does great work…but does a fraction of what the US government will do here.