SANDY - OBAMA'S KATRINA

I was fortunate enough not to live in a part of the country where Hurricane Sandy hit, but I've been reading on blogs and and hearing on Fox News about how bad it really is. In 2005, hours after Hurricane Katrina hit, the Democrats were hitting President Bush for his "mishandeling" of the situation, before he even had time to react.

Obama has had 8 days since Sandy devestated the East Coast, and he has yet to do ANYTHING TO HELP.

Why are we not OUTRAGED? PEOPLE ARE DYING EVERY DAY!

Do any of you live in the northeast? What have you seen as a result of Obama's incompetence?

This is Obama's Katrina. We should be trying to hit him hard on this!

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Permalink Reply by Lisa Tullo on November 3, 2012 at 12:24pm

6 New dead found in Long Island.

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Permalink Reply by Richard Anderson on November 4, 2012 at 8:39am

Actually, it's been 6 days. And, despite knowing that Katrina was going to hit the Gulf Coast, President Bush was on vacation at his ranch. On August 27, 2005, after Katrina made landfall, President Bush finally ordered a state of emergency. August 29, Katrina destroys New Orleans. August 31, Michael Brown & FEMA send help to New Orleans & President Bush cuts his vacation short, does a fly-over of New Orleans. September 1, Red Cross & rescue teams from as far as California are halted from relief efforts in New Orleans. FEMA begins to send aid to millions trapped in Superdome & convention center. September 2, Pres. Bush signs relief act & visits New Orleans for the first time.

From October 23 to October 26, 2012, FEMA talks with local OEMs to prepare for Hurricane Sandy. October 28, President Obama signs emergency declarations for the states that would be affected. October 29, travel has been cancelled, evacuations issued, Sandy makes landfall in the afternoon. October 30, National Guard & FEMA begin rescue efforts. October 31, President Obama visits New Jersey with Gov. Chris Christie.

So, it took President Bush waited a day before signing emergency declarations, something President Obama did before Sandy hit. FEMA response took longer under Bush. Bush waited 5 days before visiting the ravaged New Orleans. President Obama was in New Jersey two days after Sandy ripped through the Jersey Shore. Your timeline seems to be a bit off.

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Permalink Reply by Lou Woods on November 4, 2012 at 1:07pm

It seems that there is some mis-information coming out of Fox News, and this serves no one.

Living in this area, there is a lot of damage and shortages. Trees on power lines are being taken care of in a systematic manner.

We've even seen service trucks from as far away as Quebec and Texas here working.

The National Guard was bringing in fuel to hit areas as of a couple of days ago.

There's plenty of fuel at stations when the electricity is brought back on line.

The President was ahead of the curve and was making preparations days before Sandy hit.

In fact, Mike "Brownie" Brown (Bush's incompetent head of FEMA who resigned 2 weeks after Katrina) condemned Obama for acting too early. Too early? With a storm this size? Are you kidding me?

We prepared by filling our cars, checking our generator, making sure we had plenty of food (we maintain 4-6 weeks minimum, anyway) and looking at plans for evacuation. This way we can be here for others when needed and can get out of needed. Something everyone should have done, of able.

There will be some deaths, but the response is in place, organized and they are getting to these people in need and there will be far fewer deaths than if the Bush/Brown team was running this.

At the moment, we have 1/2 dozen people sleeping here and double that using our house for showers and cooking. A community working together to make thing better for everybody.

Christie, Bloomberg, Cuomo are all very pleased with the level of preparation and response. As are most in the area.

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Permalink Reply by John B on November 4, 2012 at 7:01pm

Did Hurricane Sandy put NY in play for the President & US Senate elections? The disruption Sandy caused in NYC will probably depress Election Day turnout in liberal NYC & Eastern Nassau county. While conservative Upstate, Western Nassau, & Suffolk County had little major effects from Sandy.

There are only two statewide NY races in 2012 are the President & US Senate. Usually the vote from the NYC region decides statewide races. If the Upstate turnout is high, could Mitt Romney & US Senate candidate Wendy Long now win in NY ?