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Diverse Debates => News & Current Events => Topic started by: DKG on August 14, 2023, 11:53:40 AM

Title: Maui blaze now deadliest US wildfire in over 100 years
Post by: DKG on August 14, 2023, 11:53:40 AM
Vacationing President Joe Biden's recent reaction to being asked about the American tragedy in Hawaii has been deemed as "heartless" by many.

As of Sunday, the death toll had risen to 93 people, plus more than 1,000 are still missing, according to Newsweek. The Lahaina wildfire is the deadliest in the United States since the 1918 Cloquet fire that killed 453 people in drought-stricken northern Minnesota.

President Joe Biden spent the weekend vacationing at his beach home in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware.

On Sunday evening, Bloomberg White House correspondent Justin Sink wrote on Twitter, "After a couple hours on the Rehoboth beach, POTUS was asked about the rising death toll in Hawaii, 'No comment,' he said before heading home."
https://twitter.com/justinsink/status/1690861939746852864?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1690861939746852864%7Ctwgr%5Ed5987fd19e40604632364c636bd02860c0227df2%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theblaze.com%2Fnews%2Fmaui-wildfires-death-toll-biden-twitter-reactions
Title: Re: Maui blaze now deadliest US wildfire in over 100 years
Post by: Oliver the Second on August 14, 2023, 03:34:25 PM
Where the hell are the National Guard? Isn't this what they're here for, to go in when disaster strikes and help out? Why aren't I hearing about them being deployed to Maui?


Title: Re: Maui blaze now deadliest US wildfire in over 100 years
Post by: Oerdin on August 14, 2023, 05:42:22 PM
This was some crazy shit.
Title: Re: Maui blaze now deadliest US wildfire in over 100 years
Post by: Adolf Oliver Bush on August 14, 2023, 11:04:24 PM
Quote from: Oliver the Second on August 14, 2023, 03:34:25 PM
Where the hell are the National Guard? Isn't this what they're here for, to go in when disaster strikes and help out? Why aren't I hearing about them being deployed to Maui?
Because a good crisis should never be allowed to go to waste. I don't suppose you saw the footage of live powerlines being blown over in gale force winds on the 8th of August?

This event could have been prevented. It wasn't. The National Guard could be deployed to clean up the mess. They aren't.

Do the math.