Game:Name a major US disaster.

[StClone]

Then whether it occurred or started during a D or R Presidency.

I'll start with three totally random-

Great Depression: Hubert Hoover R
Katrina: Bush II R
Iraq War: Bush II R

Keep going and it is frightfully apparent the Rs attract, cause or get whacked by fate pretty hard and take us along for the ride.

[Roland99]

1. 9/11: Bush II -R-

PDB: Bin Laden Determined To Strike In The US

[DonaldsRump]

2. Trump Virus: Donald Trump R

[Roland99]

3. 2008 Financial Meltdown - Bush II - R-

[dewsgirl]

4. Challenger Space Shuttle 1986 Reagan R

[cwydro]

7. Columbia was Bush also.

Hmm.

[dewsgirl]

10. They are a disaster.

[cwydro]

12. Sure seems so.

Might be a great ad for us!

[DFW]

5. Inauguration of Donald Trump

January 20, 2017, Washington DC

Transition from a D presidency to an R presidency.

[cwydro]

6. Hurricane Camille.

Nixon, I think.

[CanonRay]

8. Galveston hurricane

McKinley R

[StClone]

47. Hurricane Sandy (unofficially referred to as Superstorm Sandy) was Obama D

Thank God as his adm. handled it as best a super costly storm could be handled.

[pecosbob]

9. What I want to know is who gave the carveout to big corporations

When House aides went home Friday night, there was a provision to provide paid sick leave for all American workers. When they returned Monday, there was a huge carvout for corporations with more than five hundred employees. Corporations with more than 500 employees will not have to give you or me paid sick leave if we get ill with the virus.

And now my workplace health insurer Anthem emails me to tell me that I can't even go to see a doctor if I get the virus...I have to use a new online medical app. I'm kinda pissed right now.

[subana]

71. McConnell is a good guess

or any republican, really!

[CanonRay]

11. 1929 market crash, Hoover R

[kozar]

13. Frisco earthquakes

Teddy Roosevelt in 1906
GWHBush in 89

[NewJeffCT]

14. Marine Barracks in Beirut

Reagan

[NewJeffCT]

15. 9/11

George W Bush - Republican

[Laelth]

16. The Civil War (or, The War between the States), 1861-1865.

That was, almost certainly, our greatest national disaster.

It started precisely because a Republican was elected President.

-Laelth

[cwydro]

21. Whoa, blaming Lincoln now?

[Laelth]

27. Place blame as you see fit.

I maintain that the Civil War was the greatest calamity in American history and that the Civil War started because Abraham Lincoln was elected president ... for better or for worse (and, ultimately, I would argue it was for the better, despite the extremely high cost).

[cwydro]

42. Lincoln ended slavery.

It was a huge cost, but I’m not going to include him in this game the OP started.

[Polybius]

58. Perhaps he could have tried harder or done something to prevent it?

650,000 died. Many who lived had to have their leg amputated with no painkillers. Not blaming Lincoln for this but many suffered countless pain.

[subana]

72. he could have tried harder?

have you ever tried to change a republican's mind, even on little issues? How did that go? Southerners seem to love their racism & are unlikely to give it up after the past 150 years!

[uponit7771]

53. No, a conservative proceeded the socially liberal Lincoln and it was that conservatives INACTION...

... and partisanship that brought on the civil war

[appalachiablue]

17. The Dust Bowl (1930- 1936) Hoover-R

FDR's New Deal farm and soil conservation programs helped treat the soil erosion and effects of the dust Bowl in the 'Dirty Thirties.'

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dust_Bowl

[DEbluedude]

18. Jun 14, 1946

The day Trump was born.

[Historic NY]

70. His father caused that...

should have pulled out.

[Meowmee]

19. Here are two

Fake election of W, fake election of dump.

[Polybius]

64. Good picks

But they happened under two fantastic presidents (Clinton and Obama) unfortunately.

[Meowmee]

65. Yep

Here is another ine Covid 19 dumpster R

[sakabatou]

20. Galveston Hurricane (Hoover R)

[BGBD]

22. Great Chicago Fire

1871 - Ulysses S. Grant - R

[jayschool2013]

35. 1869's "Black Friday" gold panic

Grant (R-Bourbon)

[Yavin4]

23. Iran/Contra: Reagan R n/t

[KayF]

24. Tan Suit

[MuseRider]

28. LOL you made me laugh! n/t

[backtoblue]

25. War of 1812 and New Madrid earthquake

James Madison

[appalachiablue]

40. good choices, and Lil Jemmy

[Polybius]

63. A Democratic-Republican

I guess that's listed as D-R?

[stillcool]

26. a disaster for who?

[happybird]

29. Johnstown Flood of 1889

Not necessarily political, but the rich folk (steel barrons from Pittsburgh) had modifications made to the dam to keep the fish stocked at the South Fork Hunting and Fishing Club. The dam collapsed and resulted in the largest loss of civilian lives until surpassed by the Galveston Hurricane about a decade later.

The vacation ‘cabins’ of the rich were fine, the working class towns below the dam were wiped out.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnstown_Flood

(My Mom is from South Fork, we were up there visiting during the 1977 flood.)

[StClone]

44. My wife is a nut about the Johnstown Flood has planned a vacation around it

[happybird]

50. Be sure to take ride on the the Incline Plane!

[MoonlitKnight]

30. Apollo 13

Nixon

[StClone]

46. Fire in Apollo Test killing three Astronauts was LBJ D

[lpbk2713]

31. Hurricane Maria -- Puerto Rico. The Orange Menace was president.

Two weeks after Hurricane Irma. They are still struggling
to get over it. Asshole handed out paper towels.

[MoonlitKnight]

32. Ishtar

During Reagan administration.

[tandem5]

49. Telling the truth can be dangerous business.

After all, honesty and popular don’t go hand in hand. I guess what I'm saying is that if you admit that you can play the accordion, probably no one will hire you in a rock n' roll band. I mean I could be wrong.

[tblue37]

62. Sorry--i loved"Ishtar." nt

[crickets]

33. Three Mile Island, Mount St. Helens - Carter

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Mile_Island_accident
I am so glad that a Democrat, and one educated and intelligent enough to understand the situation, was in charge then. He handled it very well.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_St._Helens
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2016/03/160320-mount-st-helens-eruption-logging-volcano-olson-ngbooktalk/
He didn't handle this one quite as well by being a bit heavy handed in victim blaming. Still, given the unusual nature and scope of a volcano eruption, I give him a bit of a pass on this one.

[Beakybird]

34. Janet Jackson showed her boob at the Superbowl - GWB

R

[2naSalit]

36. Bowling Green Masacre?

[StClone]

45. Dummies confused it with Kent State (Nixon-R)

[John Fante]

37. 1906 San Francisco earthquake - TR

[John Fante]

38. The Lakers losing to the Celtics in 1984, a series they probably should

have swept: Reagan

[blueinredohio]

39. Michelle Obama's sleeveless dress.

[Hortensis]

41. The Donald (aka COVID-19): Trump R.

[maryellen99]

43. Hurricane Camille-R-Nixon Hurricane Andrew-R- HW Bush

[leftyladyfrommo]

48. 1908 Galveston hurricane. nt

[juxtaposed]

51. molasses, boston

[KY_EnviroGuy]

52. Texas City Disaster 1947 - Truman (D)

Wiki:

The Texas City disaster was an industrial accident that occurred April 16, 1947, in the Port of Texas City, Texas, at Galveston Bay. It was the deadliest industrial accident in U.S. history, and one of history's largest non-nuclear explosions. A mid-morning fire started on board the French-registered vessel SS Grandcamp (docked in the port), and detonated her cargo of approximately 2,200 tons (approximately 2,100 metric tons) of ammonium nitrate. This started a chain reaction of additional fires and explosions in other ships and nearby oil-storage facilities. The events killed a total of at least 581 people, including all but one member of the Texas City fire department. The disaster triggered the first-ever class action lawsuit against the United States government, under the recently enacted Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA), on behalf of 8,485 victims.

KY...........

[lapfog_1]

54. Challenger and Columbia

Reagn (R) and Bush II (R).

[Glorfindel]

55. The invasion of Grenada - Reagan (R)

Staged to divert attention from the deaths of US Marines in the Beirut bombings. Grenada is 134 square miles, the size of a small county in the USA. It is also a country where Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II is Head of State. Reagan did not notify Her Majesty's government prior to the invasion. Needless to say, she was not amused.

[AJT]

56. Disco

[lastlib]

57. Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire 1911 - R (Taft)

[tblue37]

59. Donald Trump. (R)

[MoonlitKnight]

60. Milli Vanilli

George HW Bush

[Polybius]

61. The Civil War (R), Pearl Harbor (D), and 9/11 (R)

Last edited Thu Mar 19, 2020, 01:09 PM - Edit history (1)

Those are probably the Big Three in US history. It's not always the fault of the President however. In Bush's case though, he ignored the warnings.

[whistler162]

67. 9/11 - Bush R not D

[Polybius]

69. Edited

Thanks, I wrote that way past my bedtime.

[whistler162]

66. Spanish Influenza - Wilson D

"Where did the Spanish flu really originate?
For many years, medical historians and epidemiologists hypothesized that the outbreak could have started at a British army base in Étaples, France, or at Fort Riley in Kansas, where the first American cases of this new strain of flu were recorded in March of 1918"

https://www.history.com/news/why-was-the-1918-influenza-pandemic-called-the-spanish-flu

[Tommy_Carcetti]

68. At random, I went way back and picked the Johnstown Flood.

I admit I had to Google it, but the President at the time was Benjamin Harrison, who was--yes--a Republican.