Jeb Bush: FLA vs Tsunami ... which is the better photo op?

[DrZeeLit]

I just got this missive from a friend in Florida:

Look for the Tallahassee Democrat Online, today's
edition, and look at the pics of remaining damage in
the Pensacola area. Cristy's father ran the Tiki in
the 70s and would let us stay in the honeymoon suite
whenever the place was not full so we could lounge in
the pool; none of those rooms are habitable four
months after the storm. The intramural ball fields on
the north side of Pensacola have debris piles taller
than 5-story buildings, and smoke curls out of them
from internal fires.
My mother on the northern fringe of Pensacola has a
Blue Roof (tarps) and the insurance company has issued
her two checks she can't cash because they're payable
to both her and a mortgage company (she has never had
a mortgage on that house or land).
My mom spent weeks maneuvering a red wagon through
debris-filled streets to meet up with a friend on the
other side of the worst blockages, drive in the
friend's car to a store, and buy milk etc for the
multiple families staying in the house she and her
90-year-old husband were staying in. (My brother and
his teenager had come from two states over to cut a
bit of a path, and had lugged in pickup-truckloads of
nonperishable food plus water to last the house until
clean water and electricity were restored.) Then she
had to get the groceries back through the debris via
that kiddy wagon. With todders--peoples'
great-grandchildren--staying in the house, a milk run
had to be made almost daily. Luckily, they had
running water after only a couple of weeks, and
electricity after 6 weeks. I tell her she ought to
raise political hell, especially about the insurance
problems, but she's a very private person.
The house we used to live in on Pensacola Beach can't
be located without a GPS. The brick house we lived in
outside Gulf Breeze is a foundation with pipes
sticking out of it, and the block house we lived in
inside Gulf Breeze is wholly roofless. But Bush finds
better photo ops on the other side of the world.

And.... then there's the $50 Mill for the coronation.
Disgusting. Obscene. Embarassing.
We are so screwed when the majority of the "free press" isn't covering the story.

[FloridaPat]

1. I was wondering just this morning where the $12 billion go.

Still wondering. But the promise did by the Florida electors. And Miami-Dade got a nice chunk of the money. Too bad they didn't get a chunch of the hurricanes.

There are tons of downed trees and blue roofs here in central Florida. FEMA doesn't pay for them. I talked to a lady in a mobile home that got drenched. She is still living in it. She needs someone to condem it so she can get a check from FEMA because she has no mortgage or insurance. People are still living with friends.

These people are disgusting.

[rucky]

2. Wherver there is destruction, Jebby is there! n/t