It all gets back to local and state governments NOT BEING PREPARED. Maybe someday the people with DEMAND ACCOUNTABILITY from the people that readily demand their tax dollars.
It gets back to individuals not being prepared. Anyone who can catch gray water (rain) can flush a toilet. Anyone with an ounce of sense these days has a supply of bottled water and canned food on hand. Anyone who doesn't absolutely need to fill the gas tank to drive...should not.
It all gets back to local and state governments NOT BEING PREPARED
Actually it all gets back to people not being prepared. They are complaining they don't have the supplies they were told a week ago to go get.
during the 1994 earthquake here in So Cal i in no way expected the government to bring me water/food. we were without water/electricity for days. i don't recall hearing whining. honestly, this nation is becoming so infantilized by the left and their expectations of the nanny state.
NO! It comes down to people not being prepared. They knew well in advance that the storm was comming. They're complaining about long lines for water and ice, yet they had plenty of time to fill their freezers up with ice and stockpile drinking water beforehand.
There's no excuse for not having water and a few days of food on hand after all the storms that have cause problems there.
People want to complain about long gas lines. There's long gas lines for the same reason there were long gas lines when Carter capped gas prices.
Get rid of the price gouging laws on gasoline, and people will find a way to get gas to the stations. However, it costs a lot of money to move large quantities of gasoline into position after a major storm, and they can't pass those costs onto consumers.
There's no reason for them to move more tanker trucks into position to get gas there quickly. The profit isn't there to justify the expense.
The government should not step in and provide people with things they should have stockpiled on their own except for when the need is critical. The government has limited supplies, and the shouldn't have to give them to people who were too lazy to get what they needed themselves.
This isn't a failure of the government. It's the people becoming to reliant on the government to help themselves.
I'm sick of my tax dollars being spent to give lazy, stupid people bags of ice.
My parents live in Florida. My father is there recovering from open heart surgery. Their neighbors helped my mother put up the storm shutters. Members of their church showed up to clear away debris and take down the storm shutters.
My parents have plenty of food and water stored up. They also have a generator to keep the refridgerator running, and keep the cell phone charged. They have a decent stockpile of gas for the generator and they can siphon more from the car if they need it.
I agree we should demand accountability for our tax dollars. We should demand that people quit relying on FEMA to come in and give them stuff after a hurricane.
What about the poor? Well my parents happen to be white, but they beling to a relatively poor, predominantly black church. Those were the people who came to help because my father was off his feet recovering from surgery.
I suppose the loss of electrical power to 3.2 million customers is Jeb Bush's fault also? I wasn't aware that the electric companies were owned by the government. I also wasn't aware that they are responsible for fixing the power lines and substations. I thought that was Florida Power and Light's job.
No, it all gets back to people not bothering to prepare themselves. This morning on Fox, people were whining that they had to wait in lines for water. It's only been two days since Wilma hit. These people couldn't fill some containers with water before the storm hit? They couldn't stock up on canned goods before the storm hit? They couldn't fill their cars up with gasoline before the storm hit? Why should it be up to the government? Must the government also hold their hands when they go take a leak?
Then, a short while later, another person they interviewed said that the Publix stores were open in most areas, and that they had food, water, and other supplies.
I guess it's just not the same unless Nanny Government gives it to you...
No- it all gets back to the citizens themselves ignoring the strong suggestions made by their local and state governments.
I know- I live in Florida and they were warning us for days about this storm. If Max Mayfield said it once- he said it 10 times- "it may be a cat 2-but prepare for a cat 3 because we just don't know"
Maybe these idiots should exercise a little self-initiative and get ready for the storm themselves.
I keep 400# of food (rice and beans keep forever and are cheap) prepped in my house in case disaster strikes. these retards could put a couple of barrels of water and food aside considering they live in a hurricane strike zone and were warned well over a week in advance.
"It all gets back to local and state governments NOT BEING PREPARED."
Does a county prepare for 100% electrical grid failure?
Bullshiite. It is the people not prepared... that demand to be taken care of...
It is called personal responsibility.
I watch the news, and see a lot of well-dressed, clean people standing in line for handouts. hmmmmmmmmm....
Resources have been very stretched the last two months, just what do people want "The Wizard of Oz".