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Re:Photos: what Puerto Rico’s unfolding humanitarian disaste... by zo7 on Saturday September 30, 2017 @02:44PM (#15374362)
Her speech is really kinda chilling too: https://twitter.com/NBCNews/status/913871652768878592

Cities should not have to beg for aid. The government should have prepared and started relief efforts in full force as soon as the storm cleared. Instead he's politicizing the disaster and playing with people's lives just to shake up another outrage firestorm that distracts from the real issue.

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Re:Photos: what Puerto Rico’s unfolding humanitarian disaste... by gfodor on Saturday September 30, 2017 @02:48PM (#15374400)
Is it true that there has been a less-than-full relief effort? I'm looking for facts not speeches or tweets.
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Re:Photos: what Puerto Rico’s unfolding humanitarian disaste... by zo7 on Saturday September 30, 2017 @03:10PM (#15374530)
Perhaps my frustration should be directed at leadership instead. I actually wrote that without any data on what the government has done vs what they could have done, but the white house at least has been notably slower to react now than with past storms:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/lost-weekend-how-tru...

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Re:Photos: what Puerto Rico’s unfolding humanitarian disaste... by jquery on Saturday September 30, 2017 @02:51PM (#15374420)
The government started relief efforts immediately and in full force, despite two other hurricanes stretching FEMA to the limit. Believe it or not the power of the federal government is not infinite.
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Re:Photos: what Puerto Rico’s unfolding humanitarian disaste... by forapurpose on Saturday September 30, 2017 @02:55PM (#15374437)
Can you provide some basis for that? There is a lot of reporting that says otherwise. For example:

https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2017/9/30/16389640/pu...

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Re:Photos: what Puerto Rico’s unfolding humanitarian disaste... by jquery on Saturday September 30, 2017 @03:04PM (#15374495)
Could you provide some basis otherwise? Some angry tweets aren't evidence that we weren't sending them food/supplies/assistance.

Evidence for us providing maximum support (yes it's just Twitter, but so was that Vox article): https://twitter.com/abbydphillip/status/914124370422976513

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Re:Photos: what Puerto Rico’s unfolding humanitarian disaste... by zo7 on Saturday September 30, 2017 @04:17PM (#15374808)
You know what? I started looking for more facts on this, and to be honest I don't think there are any. All of the news, especially since Trump tweeted this morning, is extremely politicized. For any source that provided evidence one way or another I could not untangle any objective facts from whatever agendas I felt they were trying to push. Most of what I found was just fluff that blew up some quip or minuscule fact that I honestly only thought was worthwhile because it was presented in a way to exploit my confirmation bias.

But this is the tactic this administration has been using to scatter people's attention and make it impossible to find reliable information about what is actually going on. Cause some outrage that exacerbates biases in the media, claim that news is unreliable because of bias, and then present the facts as you would like it.

Everyone realized the storm was worse than anyone predicted, mayor criticizes government and pleads for more help, DT creates some outrage, and now they can deflect any criticism by saying that their critics are out for their throats.

I have two undeniable facts though:

* Shit's bad.

* The WH's slow response and DT's comments are not helping.

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