![]() ![]() Bush immediately destroyed that effectiveness with cronyism and corruption, appointing his oafish horse breeder pal Michael Brown (a man with zero disaster management experience) to run FEMA, who then grotesquely botched the response to Hurricane Katrina. President Clinton appointed James Lee Witt to run the Federal Emergency Management Agency, who was widely hailed as turning the agency into a model of competence and efficiency. Democrats, for all their other faults, are generally pretty good at this. ![]() The United States is very rich, and should be able to handle anything short of the most severe disasters.īut Republicans are not only apathetic and incompetent at governance in general, they are particularly terrible at emergency response. For instance, a 2010 earthquake in Haiti killed perhaps 100,000 people, while a much, much stronger one in Chile killed only 525 (mainly due to superior building construction). Democrats should not hesitate to point this out.įirst, natural disasters become humanitarian emergencies primarily due to poor preparation and response, either through incompetence or poverty. It's time to realize one simple truth: Republicans are very largely to blame. This torrential rain also flooded and shut down stretches of Interstate 95 in both North and South Carolina and Interstate 40 north of Wilmington.Yet for all of its destruction, it's just one of many terrible weather events that have caused humanitarian disasters in the United States over the past two years - most notably Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico. 19 just over 2 feet higher than the crest during Matthew, the highest level there since the record flood from September 1945.įlorence's rain vaulted Wilmington, North Carolina, to its wettest year on record, topping the previous record-wet year set in 1877, with still over three months to go in 2018. Cape Fear River at Fayetteville, North Carolina: Crested Sept. - Lumber River at Lumberton, North Carolina: The level came close to Hurricane Matthew's record of 24.39 feet at its last observation on Sept. Some other notable river gauges include the following. 17, topping Matthew's flood level of 27.92 feet. Black River near Tomahawk, North Carolina: Record flooding began Sept. 16, crushing Hurricane Matthew's previous record flood level of 32.19 feet. Little River at Manchester, North Carolina: Record flooding began on Sept. 16, surpassing Hurricane Floyd's flood level of 28.42 feet. Trent River at Trenton, North Carolina: A new record crest was set on Sept. 17, breaking the previous record at this location, set by Hurricane Floyd in 1999. Cape Fear River at Burgaw, North Carolina: The river topped 23.7 feet Sept. 16, topping the previous record of 23.5 feet from Hurricane Floyd in 1999. Cape Fear River at Chinquapin, North Carolina: This location set a new record flood level on Sept. (NOAA/WPC)Īfter receiving such extreme amounts of rain, major to record river flooding developed in the Carolinas.Īt least five river gauges observed record flooding, topping what was seen in Hurricane Matthew (2016) and Hurricane Floyd (1999). Rainfall totals from Hurricane Florence from Sep. ![]()
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