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Interesting comparison
Times have changed.
>> Subject: LIST: Past Presidents & Hurricanes
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>> President: Nixon
>> Danger: Category-5 Hurricane Camille (August 1969)
>> Area: About the same area as that affected by
>> Katrina
>> Response: Nixon prepared the National Guard in
>> advance, ordering rescue ships from Tampa, FL and
>> Houston, TX to stand waiting along with over a
>> thousand regular military, 24+ helicopters to assist
>> the Coast Guard and National Guard about as soon as
>> the hurricane passed.
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>> President: Bush the Elder
>> Danger: Hurricane Andrew (August 92)
>> Area: Florida
>> Response: In the middle of a re-election campaign,
>> Bush ceased campaigning the day before the
>> hurricane,
>> went to Washington, and assembled one of the largest
>> military forces ever mustered on U.S. soil. Seven
>> thousand National Guard and 22,000 regular military
>> were sent in with the necessary equipment shortly
>> after the hurricane passed through.
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>> President: Clinton
>> Danger: Category-3 Hurricane Floyd (September 1999)
>> Area: Virginia and Carolinas
>> Response: Meeting with China's president Jiang in
>> New
>> Zealand, Clinton immediately declared the
>> hurricane-affected areas as federal disasters,
>> allowing the military and National Guard to move in
>> and help. Clinton flew home immediately, one day
>> before the hurricane hit, to help coordinate the
>> rescue.
President: Bush the Lesser Danger: Category-5
Hurricane
Katrina (August 2005)
Area: Gulf Coast
Response: National Guard troops are down about 8,000
members because they are in Iraq with much of the
necessary rescue equipment needed. Bush was on
vacation, riding his bike for two hours the day
before the hurricane lands. On the day Katrina landed, Bush
attended a birthday party for John McCain. The
levees began to crack. While emergency 1.5-ton sandbags
were ready to be placed to steady the levee and absorb
water, there were insufficient numbers of helicopters
and pilots to set them before the levees break. Nagin,
the mayor of NO, pleaded for federal-level assistance
and got none. Bush went to San Diego to play guitar
with a country singer and end his vacation early --
but not until the next day, because he had tickets
to a San Diego Padres game.
Perhaps, with weather modification capabilities, this hurricane was meant to be destructive and directed. Might explain the military explosives that broke the levi in 2 strong places which did most of the damage.
If we follow the money trial following the disaster, we will see who pays and who wins. Lot's of prime gulf real estate will be going cheap. Who's hands will it fall into. First the banks then ???
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