Hurricane Ian’s Staggering Scale of Wreckage Becomes Clear in Florida

By artappraiser on Fri, 09/30/2022 - 2:06am |

The scale of the wreckage from Hurricane Ian was staggering, even to Florida residents who had survived and rebuilt after other powerful hurricanes. https://t.co/sPJ35TQivA
— The New York Times (@nytimes) September 30, 2022

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https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/29/us/hurricane-ian-florida-damage.html

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for disaster porn fans, this is trending on Twitter:

Terrifying. https://t.co/Eqyl8y1hNu
— BuzzFeed (@BuzzFeed) September 30, 2022

by artappraiser on Sat, 10/01/2022 - 2:45pm

Lt. Gen Russel Honore: Leaders Must Convince Some FL Residents to Move https://t.co/asWpROlpDK via @msnbc @POTUS @VP @GovRonDeSantis @FEMA_Deanne @HUDgov @AnaCabrera @11thHour @KyraPhillips @NicolleDWallace
— Russel L. Honore' (@ltgrusselhonore) October 1, 2022

by artappraiser on Sat, 10/01/2022 - 11:40pm

“Cape Coral now has 200,000 residents. It’s got no colleges, tourist attractions, or major industries—its top employers are its government, hospital, and supermarkets …it still one of America’s fastest-growing cities …” https://t.co/9ELzhzEE4i
— Richard Florida (@Richard_Florida) October 2, 2022

by artappraiser on Sun, 10/02/2022 - 1:01pm

Florida's Rubio challenged over his past opposition to disaster relief -- and gets fact-checked https://t.co/E8iaKue8L2
— Heal the Planet (@fwtoney) October 2, 2022

by artappraiser on Sun, 10/02/2022 - 2:10pm

^ what was that complaint again about CNN trying to court more of a right-of-center audience? that it's a bad thing?

by artappraiser on Sun, 10/02/2022 - 2:14pm

Apparently Dana Bash was all into "messaging" or some other weak tea the day after Jan6 insurrection.
Maybe she's getting harder, or just had a good day. In any case, keep it up.
Marcy Wheeler's fighting against people just echoing & amplifying Trump rather than figuring out how to highlight his lies and counter his messaging & spin. Lots of reporters think they're reporting, but they're just playing into his game anyway. Same goes for much of the GOP messaging - absurd, but gets promoted & air time, even as more important stuff gets put on the backburner.

by PeraclesPlease on Mon, 10/03/2022 - 3:26am

Well, you just made it powerful.

You not only made it powerful, but you replicated it and said, "wow, this is powerful, don't ignore the power."
— emptywheel (@emptywheel) October 2, 2022

(sorry to mix threads...)

by PeraclesPlease on Mon, 10/03/2022 - 3:43am

De Santis hard at work - when not dragging refugees off to Martha's Vineyard, delaying evacuation til the last minute on natural crises. Remember all the press time given to Al Gore's slight misstatement over FEMA? I'm sure they won't hold De Santis to near that standard. Guess I'm bitter....

Until day before Ian made landfall. https://t.co/MLy69wlW8b
— Daniel Uhlfelder (@DWUhlfelderLaw) October 2, 2022

by PeraclesPlease on Mon, 10/03/2022 - 3:28am

ROTFLMAO. I've always said best way to fracture the black vote is w/straight working class black men. Once you do that, Dems can't win bc their deficit they have w/loss of WWC voters requires a ridiculously high percentage of non-white voters just to even still be in contention. https://t.co/lfdEOKq71R
— Sarcastic Cupcake (@SarcasticCupcak) October 3, 2022

by artappraiser on Mon, 10/03/2022 - 11:56am

He'll even enjoy waking up in Martha's Vineyard.

by PeraclesPlease on Mon, 10/03/2022 - 1:42pm

For Ron DeSantis, what a difference a deluge makes https://t.co/PQvWr2RFqJ
— MAEggert (@eggertma) October 3, 2022

and one reply to Mr. Death's tweets:

They're going to try and Katrina DeSantis. How predictable. https://t.co/goy7vJjNX9
— Erik (@winefishdawg) October 3, 2022

by artappraiser on Mon, 10/03/2022 - 1:57pm

pic.twitter.com/s5IPPZgpSx
— Melinda S. (@mindylee26) October 4, 2022

by PeraclesPlease on Tue, 10/04/2022 - 8:22am

a valid point to think about:

Thinking about how many Floridians screaming for FEMA handouts MOVED TO FLORIDA TO ESCAPE TAXES
— Marie Myung-Ok (@MarieMyungOkLee) October 4, 2022

at the same time, there's so many easy comebacks, i.e., how much help from the Feds aided victims of forest fires in northern California?

In the end, the question is: Are natural disaster victims really satisfied with the help they get from Federal sources? Is it the best way this should be done?

by artappraiser on Tue, 10/04/2022 - 11:42am

An army of more than 42,000 utility workers have descended on southwest Florida since Hurricane Ian left 2.6 million homes and businesses without power in one of the worst storms to ever hit the US https://t.co/E4Vigdlj42
— Bloomberg (@business) October 5, 2022

by artappraiser on Wed, 10/05/2022 - 1:51pm

Proof IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE A ZERO-SUM GAME:

"What the governor's done is pretty remarkable," Biden says of DeSantis' handling of the storm
— Kathryn Watson (@kathrynw5) October 5, 2022

"I think he's done a good job," Biden adds, recognizing they have "different political philosophies," but has done a good job handling the crisis
— Kathryn Watson (@kathrynw5) October 5, 2022

“I want to thank President Biden,” said DeSantis in Fort Myers Beach, following Biden’s immediate approval of the governor’s request for a disaster declaration before Ian even hit...
— S.V. Dáte (@svdate) October 5, 2022

, as well as a doubling of the normal 30-day window in which affected areas can get full reimbursement for debris removal. “Mr. President, welcome to Florida. We appreciate working together.”
— S.V. Dáte (@svdate) October 5, 2022

Biden, for his part, had only praise for DeSantis.

“I think he’s done a good job. Look, I called him ― I think even before he called me — when I heard this storm was on its way. We worked hand-in-glove."
— S.V. Dáte (@svdate) October 5, 2022

"We have very different political philosophies, and — but we worked hand-in-glove,” Biden said. “And he’s been on — on things related to dealing with this crisis, we’ve been completely lockstep. There’s been no difference.”
— S.V. Dáte (@svdate) October 5, 2022

I saw this my very self live on CNN teevee earlier today. Not click producing tho

Ditto:

This is great we need more of this. Not just opposing everything someone does because they're from a different party
— Sol Gerrera (@SolutionOrganic) October 5, 2022

Not only that, I have seen "liberal media" earlier try to imply that DeSantis purposely didn't give evacuation orders in certain areas in enough time and what I think of that is: BULLSHIT. I saw more than one of DeSantis' press conferences during the crisis live and his caring and professionalism came across very strong.

It became ever clearer that his culture warring shit is targeted at a national audience to "own the libs.". Those of you buying it and getting all outraged are being USED. Basically: every liberal and lefty attack on him helps him, he sets his sight on exactly that, never aggravating most Floridians.

For the umpteenth time: if the Democratic party wants to win swing areas like Florida, they have to disavow The Woke left, as they take the bait from GOP figures to reveal themselves on culture wars. And the center wants nothing to do with their views, doesn't want to see them coddled, want to see them disavowed.

by artappraiser on Wed, 10/05/2022 - 7:58pm

p.s. what I saw of Biden's official remarks in FL, they were EXCELLENT. Seriously the best I've ever seen from a president during a major disaster. Importantly stressing his own role of breaking through the Federal bureaucracy and getting aid moving, seeing what he could do about insurance law, etc.

by artappraiser on Wed, 10/05/2022 - 8:05pm

some video:

DeSantis: We were very fortunate to have good coordination with the White House and FEMA.. We got a major disaster declaration approved by the President and we really appreciated that and that basically set off the massive mobilization that we had ready pic.twitter.com/aQJxVvibnA
— Acyn (@Acyn) October 5, 2022

by artappraiser on Wed, 10/05/2022 - 8:15pm

Governor’s Wife Has High-Profile Role After Florida Hurricane https://t.co/dmlNv921lc
— Florida Issues (@FloridaIssues) October 7, 2022

by artappraiser on Thu, 10/06/2022 - 11:08pm

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