[listenhillary]

I remember US providing power via nuclear subs in the Indonesian situation. (I think I remember this)

I’m pretty sure that they did manage to get smaller generating units in, but had trouble getting that solution to work. Not big enough, couldn’t make the connections. It’s been a couple of days.

[HeartlandOfAmerica]

Yeah, but how much power can it take? We're talking about a few water pumps here. Who cares if the control panel's lights are lit up. They can't jump-start the pumps?

I guess my point is that they seem to not be acting so much as re-acting and coming up with half-baked solutions off the cuff as each new disaster rears its ugly head.

Or it could just be me ;)