Subj : Re: Yet another poll To : alt.tv.farscape From : John Iwaniszek Date : Wed Sep 14 2005 02:57:59 From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape TNW7Z7Z7Z12345 wrote in news:43275685.972D0E80@aol.com: > Ken McElhaney wrote: >> >> TNW7Z7Z7Z12345 wrote: >> > Ken McElhaney wrote: >> > > TNW7Z7Z7Z12345 wrote: >> > > > Ken McElhaney wrote: >> > >> > [much snipped all the way through] >> > >> > >> > > > The governor declared a state of emergency a day before Bush >> > > > did (before the hurricane hit) and asked Bush for help >> > > > directly. >> > > >> > > Funny that you leave out that Bush made his declaration BEFORE >> > > the hurricane hit, which was a rather unusual move in historic >> > > terms for presidents to make. >> > >> > I believe Clinton did with Hurricane Floyd. And possibly some >> > others. >> >> I'd probably like to see some research on that. > > I could only find info. on Floyd. Perhaps that was the only one. > Ignore the "page not found" text - scroll down and you'll see the > article. From USA Today. > > > > Also, Clinton immediately cancelled his plans and flew home. > > > - TNW > > [To e-mail me, remove 12345 from my address.] > Floyd was a real disaster. Towns dissappeared and downstream areas were flooded due to upstream anti-flooding measures. It lacked the breadth of Katrina, but the flood zone was comparable. .