Subj : Re: Yet another poll
To   : alt.tv.farscape
From : Ken McElhaney
Date : Wed Sep 14 2005 13:37:21

From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape


John Iwaniszek wrote:
> TNW7Z7Z7Z12345 <TNW7Z7Z7Z12345@aol.com> 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.
> >
> > <http://www.usatoday.com/weather/huricane/1999/atlantic/wfclintn.htm>
> >
> > 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.

Floyd was indeed one of the most damaging hurricanes in US history.
However, it should be noted that in terms of cost, Floyd ranks behind
SIX hurricanes that have hit the US since Bush took office;
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/pastcost.shtml

This list does not include Katrina, so that's why you only see five.

Of course, in terms of human cost the champ is probably still going to
be the hurricane that decimated Galvestion, Texas in 1900 with nearly
8,000 killed. It appears (I certainly hope) that a lot more people got
out of New Orleans before the flood hit than the Mayor originally
thought, but we'll have to wait 'n see.

Ken

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