It’s OK - Obama is sending Al Gore there to let them know that it’s really getting warmer.
It’s not like 0bama’s FEMA Director wasn’t prepared, it’s just that he had stockpiled millions of bamboo fans in order to be ready for the heat wave.
I just got off from one of the hardest shifts I've ever worked at Lowe's. When I got there, I had to go to the back and help unload an emergency shipment truck from our distribution center that was loaded with generators, kerosene heaters, and other emergency supplies. Once the stuff was unloaded, we started hauling the pallets out onto the floor, but the customers were emptying them before we could go fifty feet.
In less than one hour, we sold 186 generators, 182 kerosene heaters, over 1,000 extension cords, 360 gas or kerosene cans, and assorted kerosene wicks, cord plugs, wire, etc... By the time the store closed nine hours later, we only had thirteen replacement extension cord ends left from that entire truck, and we could easily sell another two or three truckloads just like that one.