Bush's help for hurricane Frances in Florida

[Hamlette]

Frances happened on Sunday, September 5, 2004. Here is what Bush had done by Monday, September 6, 2004 at noon (from the white house web site)

As of noon Monday, in response to Hurricane Frances, FEMA and other Federal response agencies have taken the following actions:

* About one hundred trucks of water and 280 trucks of ice are present or will arrive in the Jacksonville staging area today. 900,000 Meals-Ready-to-Eat are on site in Jacksonville, ready to be distributed.
* Over 7,000 cases of food (e.g., vegetables, fruits, cheese, ham, and turkey) are scheduled to arrive in Winter Haven today. Disaster Medical Assistance Teams (DMAT) are on the ground and setting up comfort stations. FEMA community relations personnel will coordinate with DMATs to assist victims.
* Urban Search and Rescue Teams are completing reconnaissance missions in coordination with state officials.
* FEMA is coordinating with the Department of Energy and the state to ensure that necessary fuel supplies can be distributed throughout the state, with a special focus on hospitals and other emergency facilities that are running on generators.
* The Army Corps of Engineers will soon begin its efforts to provide tarps to tens of thousands of owners of homes and buildings that have seen damage to their roofs.
* The National Guard has called up 4,100 troops in Florida, as well as thousands in other nearby states to assist in the distribution of supplies and in preparation for any flooding.
* The Departments of Health and Human Services, Veterans Affairs, and Defense together have organized 300 medical personnel to be on standby. Medical personnel will begin deployment to Florida tomorrow.
* FEMA is coordinating public information messages with Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama, and North Carolina so that evacuees from Florida can be informed when it is safe to return.
* In addition to federal personnel already in place to respond to Hurricane Charley, 1,000 additional community relations personnel are being deployed to Atlanta for training and further assignment in Florida.

[dflprincess]

1. Silly liberal

2004 was an election year.

[Hamlette]

4. good point, and it was his brother's state. Think of what it would be

like had it done this for Katrina.

[SmokingJacket]

2. Holy shit!!!

a smoking gun, for sure

[Halliburton]

3. 900,000 meals?

damn I'm sure the people at the NO convention center could use those meals

[DoYouEverWonder]

5. Hey, it was an election year

Bush had to keep up appearences. He really needed the FL vote.

[BlackVelvetElvis]

6. What is the difference here?

Was it just an election year difference?
Am I reaching here?
Are Bush and Cheney not mentally/physically able to provide leadership like last year. WHY? What's up with the missing VP? Is Bush now completely living in a fantasy world?
Who else is missing from this administration that could provide some leadership?
Are any of his cronies so scared to approach him with "real life issues" that they are walking on eggshells around him? Something is different.
Oh, how I would love to be a fly on the wall in the west wing.

[LouisianaLiberal]

7. Baton Rouge received more winds from Katrina

than Orlando received from Frances. I was in those cities during both hurricanes, and believe me, I'll take Frances any day.

Pure, unadulterated politics here.

Two friends who lived through the hell that is currently NO got to my house this afternoon. I didn't get back to town until ten so they left for relatives before I got home. I will talk to them tomorrow and post details of their ordeal.