Originally Posted by scotzoidman

….The subject of natural disasters, how the govt. responds, & how the incompetence of the appointed hacks affects that response reminds me of the story of Chicago some years back.… hit with a major blizzard that paralysed the whole city...the legendary & infamous Mayor Daly, understanding that his political machine couldn't possibly cope with this thing, exhorted residents to pitch in & help themselves out of the mess, which interestingly enough kept him from shoudering the blame for being unable to respond to an emergency...a lesson that was lost on a succeeding administration, after his death, that got hit with another snowstorm, & had no response of any kind to deal with it......