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Joe Biden Speaks Out: "We Have an American President Who Has Emboldened White Supremacists"

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Decatur Deb8/27/2017 3:54:44 pm PDT

re: #285 lawhawk

To be fair, this is day 2 of the response. The communications is still available with Houston proper. The USCG is on site, and they can communicate up chain of command. The forecasts were known to all for several days now. Everyone knows or has reason to know of the historic flooding underway.

The logistics moves can be set in motion - ordering Navy assets to sea, getting military deployed to move into the region.

Suspect the real damage and loss of life is in the hinterland around the cities. We have Andrew and Katrina experience to build on. Until Andrew response by active duty forces was not considered a core mission at all. In fact we had trouble with the posse comitatus law and other boundaries to the extent that only the FL National Guard could carry ammo.