Replies to post #16508 on LEE KRAMER'S ROOM: With Views

[lee kramer]

Sorry Ripper, it has nothing to do with "progressive beliefs." Nor have I called you uneducated. We just look at something; you see it one way, I see it another way. Relax.

But many things that could have been done were not done. We knew for many days that this killer hurricane was coming. And little was done.

[zab]

It is not progressive, or anything you want to call it. It is called deciding for yourself what is right for you. Those decisions are never easy, as an example in my lifetime Vietnam was my turning point.

To this day, that time in my life still bothers me. The family and friends who are no longer apart of my life was decided during the eight years it effected me.

As for your comment about the hurricane, I was lucky living through Hurricane Andrew, living through discomfort, and seeing the destruction that happened just 30 miles south of me. Now those people lost everything, entire areas were gone, and those people took years to recover, and some never did.

We think that some pallets of water and food, and slowly watching equipment get shipped to Puerto Rico will make everything just fine. I watched the response for Hurricane Irma, days before utility trucks were heading south at a terrific rate, and as soon as the storm was over they were in those areas and restoring power.

These are the Islands, none of that happened until long after the hurricane passed over, and even then they had to come by ship, logistics just doesn't allow for that kind of response. Besides it did take Trump seven days to wave the Logan Act.

That Act slowed any process, it should of been suspended from day one, if not a week before. But then we had people like Rush Limbaugh telling people that the storm was all Hype, of course when it turned out to be real, Limbaugh left for 10 days for California. Everyone else had to live through those storms.

I lived in South Florida, Hurricanes are always tricky, they zigzag all of the time, and turn when they get close. Thirty miles in either direction means the difference between some fences taken down, and losing your roof.

In America the response is handled better. I have watched the tornadoes that hit us many years ago, living for a week without electricity was difficult, we need that power to do everything.

Now we have the islands, when you have no power, nothing works, the pumps for gasoline, the ATM's for money, and refrigeration to keep food for more than a few hours. It is also damn hot in the Islands, so now you throw in no roads to get anywhere, and it is really hard to do more than just exist.

Asking for help when your hospitals are not working is not a big deal, Puerto Rico has one hospital working, not much for an Island with a population of 3 1/2 Million.