Jeb Bush's Aggressive Hurricane Prep Plan For Florida Didn't Pan Out

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http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGBNFNYKBFE.html


MIAMI (AP) - Florida disaster response officials thought their vast experience with hurricanes meant they could design an effective plan to distribute water, ice and other supplies only hours after Hurricane Wilma's winds subsided.

It didn't pan out as they intended. snip

As Wilma approached last week, Florida officials repeatedly insisted they were ready and assured they would avoid the chaos that followed Hurricane Katrina in Louisiana. Gov. Jeb Bush, a Republican who is President Bush's brother, said his state had a "unified command" that would contrast with the sluggish state and federal response in Louisiana.

After Katrina, thousands of people waited for days in New Orleans before food, water and other relief reached them. When Rita threatened the Gulf Coast weeks later, the Federal Emergency Management Agency had already stockpiled hundreds of truckloads of ice, food and water in forward positions in Texas and Louisiana.

Florida figured it could do even better as Wilma approached. snip

Bush's acknowledgment of failures comes after he has spent weeks crusading against an expanded federal role in disasters, which some politicians have proposed to avoid another Katrina debacle. Bush testified before a U.S. House on Oct. 19 in opposition to the idea, contending that states are best able to handle storm response because they are closer to the people and know their own communities.

[xultar]

1. I loved how Jebby kept saying we have # of tons of ice pre positioned

:rofl:

Why aren't people calling Jeb disfunctional?

[Kahuna]

2. LOL! Did you see Jeb doing his Barney Fife routine on CNN?

<sniff> Yep, Ang.' I'm a virtual expert at dealing with hurricanes. If you look up hurrican expert in the dictionary, you see my picture. <sniff>

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[malaise]

4. All Jebbie has shown is that neither he nor his brother

has a clue. In the same way that people in hurricane zones keep their non-electric telephones, cities must have gas stations that can function without electricity. Can you imagine how FEMA would deal with a major earthquake if they can't handle gas supplies four days after a hurricane.

All Bushes should just shut the fuck up. Everytime one opens his or her mouth, there's a foot waiting to jump in within minutes.

[...of J.Temperance]

3. Are they going to savage him like they did Governor Blanco?

Oh I forgot, Blanco's a Democrat...Jethro's a Repuke, like Barbour and Riley, so silly me for thinking he'd get beaten up.

[cliss]

5. The facts are in:

this is a country which is destroying itself due to cronyism and corruption.

Just like the Soviet Union, we are sinking down, down to the bottom because we are not efficient any more. EVERY job, every position is given to cronies.

This causes massive inefficiency and corruption. Nothing gets done. Everybody is on the dole, stealing funds or giving fat, juicy contracts to their brother in law.

We're seeing this every day now. Let's just hope we don't go the same way as the U.S.S.R.

[wakeme2008]

6. Jeb is ALSO blaming the people of Florida

for not having 72 hours worth of food and water on hand with them at all times. This is not practical for some.

[uppityperson]

7. Jeb's taking state blame to get the heat off his idiot brother

If, as Jeb says, it is Florida's fault, you can't blame FEMA or federal government. I think it is a sneaky way of saying neener neener neener at people who blame the feds for the poor post-Katrina showing. See, it's the state's fault, not the feds so don't blame the administration. jerks

[Kahuna]

8. Another catastrophe at the end of the month when people

on fixed incomes are out of money and out of luck.