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I think you do not understand the tweet (it means that the various agencies listed had responded and were in the act of responding - '3- "Then, after every depa
by throwaway5752 9y ago
I think you do not understand the tweet (it means that the various agencies listed had responded and were in the act of responding - '3- "Then, after every department reported their activities and projections,
it was time for the White House to issue their report."' - but specifically the office of the president had nothing planned). I don't know why one would be skeptical of that. The President's public activities after it made landfall on 9/20 were 1) the infamous Alabama rally for Luther Strange 2 days post-landfall 2) a weekend tweeting against NFL 3-4 days post-landfall, continuing into the next week 3) taking 7 days to issue a temporary waiver for the Jones act (after shipping industry comments) 4) and now he is on vacation golfing ... it's very obvious where his mind is. Here is a Twitter source supporting that: https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump. One supportive tweet the day of landfall, then nothing until 5 days later that when he said, "Texas & Florida are doing great but Puerto Rico, which was already suffering from broken infrastructure & massive debt, is in deep trouble." (https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/912478274508423168 https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/91247827450842316...). It's 6 days in his timeline after landfall before he realizes it's an issue for him.
- sehugg 9y agoNote also that the USNS Comfort was deployed more quickly to Haiti in 2010 (for an earthquake which had zero days warning) than to Puerto Rico, where the order was given seven days after the storm struck: https://www.usnews.com/news/national-news/articles/2017-09-27/navy-hospital-ship-usns-comfort-prepping-for-puerto-rico-rescue-mission https://www.usnews.com/news/national-news/articles/2017-09-2...
- mistermann 9y agoThis seems like a more realistic, tangible criticism.
- WillPostForFood 9y agoThe Navy pre deployed 4 ships before the hurricane hit: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-hurricane-irma-military-preparations-20170906-story.html http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-hurricane-... The hospital ship was at Norfolk and in reduced operational status, so wasn't ready to go. https://www.military1.com/search-and-rescue/article/1835536014-navy-hospital-ship-preparing-to-head-to-puerto-rico/ https://www.military1.com/search-and-rescue/article/18355360...
- rgbrenner 9y agoPredeployed for Irma. Then two of those ships went home after helping Florida... as maria was bearing down on PR they were sailing away in the opposite direction. https://www.news4jax.com/weather/hurricane-irma/jacksonville-unit-among-those-supporting-uss-iwo-jima-new-york https://www.news4jax.com/weather/hurricane-irma/jacksonville...