Georgia’s GOP governor blasted for ‘gamble’ on snowstorm preparations

[unhappycamper]

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/01/29/georgias-gop-governor-blasted-for-gamble-on-snowstorm-preparations/

Georgia’s GOP governor blasted for ‘gamble’ on snowstorm preparations
By David Ferguson
Wednesday, January 29, 2014 14:10 EST

Georgia’s Republican Gov. Nathan Deal is taking heat from meteorologists and critics for claiming that the snowstorm that paralyzed Atlanta and left thousands stranded overnight was “unexpected.” Activists and even NBC’s Al Roker slammed the governor for delaying action on the storm and insisting that no one could have predicted what meteorologists had been predicting for days.

Better Georgia activist Bryan Long blasted the governor for his lackadaisical approach to the storm.

“Governor Deal and Mayor Reed continue to make excuses for their lack of response to the winter storm that created gridlock on Atlanta’s roads and trapped children on school buses,” Long said in a statement to Raw Story. “It is shocking that just moments ago, Gov. Deal told reporters that he believed that they had done a ‘reasonable’ job of managing this crisis. Those who are still stranded and the parents who waited at home for their children would disagree.

Deal and Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed’s “flat-footed response” to the storm, Long said, “put thousands at risk. It’s time for them both to fully accept responsibility.”


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It's kinda like the Blizzard of '78 we had heah in Boston minus the really big snow:



Route 128 / I-95 in Needham, MA

[riverwalker]

1. GOP philosophy

No taxes, small government, pull yourself up with bootstraps, deny science, profit the few, ignore the common good. Watching this mess unfold, I can't help but think it is a metaphor for GOP governance.

I gleefully pay taxes for roads paved with newest technology.

'Ice-free' surfaces repel freezing water
http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2010/11/12/Ice-free-surfaces-repel-freezing-water/UPI-30181289610504/

[groundloop]

2. Nathan Deal, January 2011... "I'll make sure we're prepared the next time".

Nathan Deal, January 2014...."I'll make sure we're prepared the next time".

What a complete fucking idiot. I just got home a few hours ago after spending 2 days in a motel and I'm PISSED. (And I readily admit that I was one of the lucky ones because I was able to get a motel room where I was warm and had a bed to sleep in.) This was absolute insanity, they were completely unprepared.