Past Presidents & Hurricanes

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.
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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.

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Gov. Blanco’s request to the Bush adminisatration. Lets get back to the CIA leak crap. At least that put Rove on the defensive. The repug spin machine is in high gear. Man I can’t believe that my stupid fucking family in California actually believes this shit. I am not shutting up with them though. I remember my sister railing against Pres. Clinton. I just let her say what she would. Didn’t call her stupid or talk over her or anything like that. Now if I try to talk about Bush I can’t get two words out and she is yelling at me, thats right yelling….. So I guess that free speech is only for the supporters of the mega asshole bush. They are all fucking lairs. What are we going to do? How are we going to get control of the country’s perception of reality? Because that is what will drive the country to oust this criminal.

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