President Barack Obama has declared an emergency in the state of Florida and has ordered federal aid to supplement state, tribal, and local response efforts to Hurricane Matthew.
Obama’s action authorizes the Department of Homeland Security and the Federal Emergency Management Agency to coordinate efforts to alleviate the suffering caused by the hurricane. The directive applies to more than two dozen counties in Florida.
Emergency declarations are designed to help provide emergency services to protect lives and property, and to lessen the threat of a catastrophe.
(AP)
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I am majorly surprised. Obama was the one to once say, “A crisis should never be wasted”, or something similar to that. The impending hurricane should have been used as a challenge to Trump to stop it, and that the failure to do so proves that he is not presidential material. That is consistent with the almost 8 years of nonsense spewed by this clown.
The Floridians should “look forward to the future”, and “hope for some loose change” – is what Obama meant to say.