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Originally Posted by Mick
President Bush Jr. viewed the damage left by Katrina from a window on Air Force One and allowed the Press to take a photo of him doing it. It was a PR disaster for him, as it gave the impression he was 'disconnected and distant' from the damage far below him.
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Not just that but when it becomes clear FEMA was not able to cope with the disaster his administration was very slow to react. Really there isn't too much for the White House to do in these cases aside from approve funding. Instead the success of the response is in the hands of the emergency services and government agencies. There was a lack of planning before hand and a inadequate response afterwards.
Since then these agencies are much better the response and you can see that with how remarkably effective the Texan emergency services have been. They were out on boats quickly, there are places to keep people that aren't as unsanitary as Katrina was and all the services work together.
Looking back it's still borderline criminal what happened at Katrina. It was worse than what Texas is getting but the response now compared to then shows how many people died needlessly.