And that was the downfall of GWs Fathers election. If GHW Bush had got off his high horse and personally saw to it that things got done faster down there after Andrew, he might have won that election.
I remember that when Andrew hit, Bush 41 wanted to send in federal aid immediately, but that Florida's democrat governor waited several days before making the request, and by then everyone, especially the media, was all over Bush 41 for not responding fast enough. Bush 41 should have sent in the aid immediately and made a big issue over the governor's unexcusable delays in making the requests.