“How do you prepare for something that’s never happened?”
It’s down to scrambling for water.
We keep seeing new images, each more terrible than the last, and the reporters on the scene seem more and more shaken.
“How do you prepare for something that’s never happened?”
It’s down to scrambling for water.
We keep seeing new images, each more terrible than the last, and the reporters on the scene seem more and more shaken.
Firstly, all of this is awful.
But, in a more detached way, this is turning into the potential ‘October Surprise’. Biden’s going to have to be very vigorous and upfront in dealing with this (neither of them current strong suits) or it’s going to cost votes in the election. Americans ALWAYS blame the President – it doesn’t matter one iota if that’s fair or not. Helene appears nearing the impact of Katrina (probably not in lives cost, but certainly in devastation), and it’s worth noting what happened there:
https://www.usnews.com/news/the-report/articles/2015/08/28/hurricane-katrina-was-the-beginning-of-the-end-for-george-w-bush
How does that fall on Biden, other than in your head?
I see it as a different wakeup: grow thinker skin. This is the new norm, get with the program or get out
Aah, it IS always the president’s fault. A actual statistical study found that simple everyday bad weather hurts the incumbent in the election, Alternately, Ref Winston Churchill, ‘The best argument against democracy is a 5 minute conservation with the average voter.’
Exactly. Biden is going to get blamed no matter what, but he can limit the damage by appearing to be on top of the problem.