There was an article posted yesterday that said that FEMA has been in Kentucky since the ice storm, and the governor just requested that Kentucky be declared a major disaster area. Apparently, the destruction has to exceed $45 million before they can get the “major” designation. What should have happened?
No, that isn't what the article said. KY requested STUFF from FEMA. They sent some stuff for the KY National Guard to use and distribute. That stuff MAY have arrived on Friday, but no one has ever really said when the stuff arrived or how much was sent. Read the articles and you see NO mention of FEMA "doing" anything at all. They are barely mentioned in more than a dozen articles.
Gov Beshear should have known by mid-day or evening on Thursday how much destruction was present. They don't have to SPEND $45 million and write it down on little pads of paper with itemized columns before they can get a major disaster declaration.
Bottom line, Beshear screwed up. Obama's fault. Because that's how we're told the world works.