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eleny

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Sun Oct 14, 2018, 03:08 PM Oct 2018

Trump's FEMA failing again Citizens without water and food for days from Hurricane Michael [View all]

"For his part, Governor Scott seems more distant and inattentive than with last year's Hurricane Irma. His answer, "everyone just needs to help each other, right now". Resources seem to be allocated for law enforcement and power, but little else. One might ask, where are those pre-positioned supplies FEMA bragged about. Is FEMA suffering from poor resources given to the agency? And rural areas away from the coast aren't seeing any assistance. From the daily beast article again:

Word about not getting water or meals had not yet reached rural communities inundated by the hurricane’s rains and storm surge. In Gadsden County, outside Tallahassee, where the storm killed four people, county commissioner Anthony Viegbesie said he had not seen a single relief agency.

“This is a community that lives on agriculture. Without electricity, the wells don’t work,” he said. “We survive primitively.” "
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/10/14/1804277/-Trump-s-FEMA-failing-again-Citizens-without-water-and-food-for-days-from-Hurricane-Michael

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O)%@& Grrrrrrrr Iliyah Oct 2018 #1
Trump: "Panama City? Is that even in America?" TheBlackAdder Oct 2018 #18
Trump: Gotta build that wall around Mexico Beach... Make 'em pay for it. keithbvadu2 Oct 2018 #32
"America First" my ass!!! Ohiogal Oct 2018 #2
Trump is America Lindsay Oct 2018 #3
He even said that they were prepared for this storm eleny Oct 2018 #4
This will get real ugly in two days max malaise Oct 2018 #5
thanks for the videos Hermit-The-Prog Oct 2018 #23
Yep malaise Oct 2018 #25
Didn't he raid FEMA to pay for the children's detention centers? -nt CrispyQ Oct 2018 #6
Yea - I think he took 10 million from FEMA womanofthehills Oct 2018 #15
Yes. nt Blue_true Oct 2018 #17
Trump: Those cheap cages still cost money and my friends need to make a profit. keithbvadu2 Oct 2018 #33
FLORIDA: The Puerto Rico of the Mainland BamaRefugee Oct 2018 #7
Here in PR Ramsey Barner Oct 2018 #14
Yes, because of all the trouble that Mayor gives us over that Panama Canal he has there BamaRefugee Oct 2018 #21
With the frequency of storms increasing I do not expect Republicans to step up. BeckyDem Oct 2018 #8
How can this be a FEMA emergency FakeNoose Oct 2018 #9
Trump to travel to Florida to view Hurricane Michael damage at Mar-a-Lago keithbvadu2 Oct 2018 #34
Where is the mainstream media on this? BadgerMom Oct 2018 #10
The shit will hit the fan hen he gets there malaise Oct 2018 #12
K&R! Omaha Steve Oct 2018 #11
And he*s out golfing today Achilleaze Oct 2018 #13
Can't interrupt Drumpt's golfing today. kairos12 Oct 2018 #16
Sounds like another A+ to me ... lillypaddle Oct 2018 #19
Don't worry, be happy Racerdog1 Oct 2018 #20
But, but ... Trump said left-of-center2012 Oct 2018 #22
Accordng to the 2016 city data page for Mexico Beach, Florida 71% voted for Trump in the general eleny Oct 2018 #24
Boy, are they gonna have a real epiphany. roamer65 Oct 2018 #31
OK then malaise Oct 2018 #26
Trump transferred $9.8M from FEMA to ICE vlyons Oct 2018 #27
Yes I remember that True_Blue Oct 2018 #29
He's busy. Those golf balls aren't gonna hit themselves. nt tblue37 Oct 2018 #28
It's time to start the retreat inland. roamer65 Oct 2018 #30
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