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In reply to the discussion: Nobody should laugh at people who are experiencing hardship from abnormal weather in their region [View all]hueymahl
(2,626 posts)And our elected officials deserve all the mocking and ridicule you can heap on them. Totally screwed the pooch on this one. Not prepared, did not deploy the resources they had, slow to make decisions, unable to respond, deflected blame at each other (and worse, the meteorologists who gave them plenty of warning).
Complete and utter fuck up. And for those of you that are laughing because you think this is another example of stupid republicans, there is plenty of blame to go around. Atlanta (city) and Fulton and Dekalb (the largest counties by population and consisting of virtually all of the core city area) are led by democrats. The suburbs and state are led mostly by republicans. Everyone blew it.
That said, the citizens stepped up. Literally thousands of volunteers were out on the roads helping stranded motorists, bringing them food and water and providing shelter. We may have shitty elected leaders, but we still have our deservedly famed hospitality.