I'm missing something about Puerto Rico.

[csziggy]

10. You're not missing a thing

Here is what bugs me - the USNS Comfort is being prepped to ship out to Puerto Rico in harbor at Norfol, VA. It will take four days to supply the ship and recall the crew, five to get the ship to the island.

In 2010 the Comfort was sent to Haiti from where it was berthed in Chesapeake Bay - it took FOUR DAYS to get it there with no advanced warning.

We KNEW for DAYS that Maria would hit Puerto Rico. We have known for a WEEK how badly the island was hit. Why the FUCK wasn't the ship prepped BEFORE Maria hit? It should have been ready to leave port as soon as weather conditions allowed for safe passage to PR.

Thousands of people will die because little or no advanced preparation was done. Sure, no one wanted to send out ships in the direction of a Cat 5 hurricane - but there were moves that could have been made to get supplies and aid moved in the general direction.

And this bullshit about the Jones Act - it's been a burden on Puerto Rico for years and a waiver should have been approved in anticipation of the crisis.

Here is what we are missing, TomSlick - the Republicans in power should own this fiasco and be held responsible for each and every death that has and that WILL happen because of the delay in aid. We should be pounding the fact that every time a disaster happens during a Republican presidential term people DIE because the Republicans are incompetent and do not care about people.