Obama Sends Disaster Aid to West Virginia

[JI7]

<President Obama is sending federal assistance to West Virginia, where schools and businesses are closed after a chemical spill Thursday into a Charleston river.

"The President today declared an emergency exists in the State of West Virginia and ordered federal aid to supplement state and local response efforts," said an administration statement on Friday morning.

Under the order, the Department of Homeland Security and Federal Emergency Management Agency will coordinate efforts with local officials.

"Schools and restaurants closed, grocery stores sold out of bottled water, and state legislators who had just started their session canceled the day's business after a chemical spill in the Elk River in Charleston shut down much of the city and surrounding counties even as the cause and extent of the incident remained unclear.

"The federal government joined the state early Friday in declaring a disaster, and the West Virginia National Guard planned to distribute bottled drinking water to emergency services agencies in the nine affected counties.>

http://www.usatoday.com/story/theoval/2014/01/10/obama-west-virginia-chemical-spill-emergency-aid/4404257/

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1. Obama is such a pinko Commie

Is this Phase 1 of marching citizens off to FEMA camps?

This is so scary and there's no telling when water will be safe again. Yeah, baggers, let's eliminate the EPA or at least repeal the Clean Water Act. After all, businesses can police themselves, right? Can you imagine how much bigger of a clusterfuck this would be if everything were privatized like baggers want? $20 for a gallon of water? I feel so sorry for the citizens but I am REALLY worried about the animals in shelters & elsewhere. How are they managing?

I hope this now allows for rapid delivery of adequate supplies of water reaching those who need it.

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2. Even after many in WV opposed aid to hurricane Sandy and

Katrina victims. Especially Katrina victims I heard a lot of sick jokes about
those people.

[JI7]

4. i'm pretty sure the 2 Dem Senators didn't vote against it

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3. And they hate him soooo much...

[JI7]

5. good thing Obama isn't like Christie "those are kids of mccain voters"

[Cha]

6. Exactly, JI7. Good thing for WV PBO's not a

bully who would feel the need to rain retribution down on their scruz-limpbaugh loving heads. Or like the bush-cheney duo's reign of terror to political enemies.