Jeb says, "Jump!" FEMA says, "How High, Boss???"

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060612/ap_on_go_ot/tropical_weather_washington_1;_ylt=AmCLO6DyS0s7nE.CMHZSWQOCbpwv;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl

FEMA stockpile supplies ahead of Alberto

WASHINGTON - The nation's disaster response agency said Monday that evacuation buses and truckloads of food, water and ice were standing by for the year's first big tropical storm but state officials across the Gulf Coast hadn't asked any immediate help from Washington.

tornados, flooding and storm surge and all.

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Florida has lots of wealthy white people. Naturally we want to help them.

yes, it's true. But it's hardly a dominant factor of the state. Florida is a massively diverse state, much like California, and has a huge disparity of incomes, classes, races and nationalities. If you think we're nothing but wealthy white people, I invite you to drive through Miami's Little Haiti sometime. :hi:

...just that I think I know where all those relief supplies will be going when the hurricane hits the fan. It won't be to Little Haiti.

:thumbsup:

If FEMA is ready to go, it's only to save the rich, straight, white Republicans, because they don't care about anyone else. (See Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans 2005, for details.)

:eyes:


Oh and blacks? Yeah, we don't have any of them either.... well, aside from the few million Haitians. But never mind them :eyes: :eyes:

BTW, that little tiny hurricane with 75mph winds and 8-12 foot storm surge is headed STRAIGHT at my little coastal town.

Jeb's a different character than W, he actually gets results as far as his response to the many storms we face every summer.

But Jeb was really late here.

Watched Jeb on the latest press conference at around 3:00. I was both laughing and pissed. He said that FEMA had been on the ground here for the past two days, ready with supplies and help!!! Two days ago this thing was a tropical depression!!! There are so many issues at play here -- is FEMA finally getting their act together and improving (although maybe over zealously, as I've seen way worse rainstorms than this)? Are they kissing ass because of the Republican leadership in this state? Do red states/areas get better treatment from the government? Who knows?

As someone from Louisiana who now lives in Florida, this proactive response from the state and FEMA breaks my heart in multiple ways. I don't know who to be mad at. I just know I'm mad.

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

that will keep them nice and protected.

awwww, aint it sweet?