Quite so.
And... while we're evaluating the political components of this: The left once again made a really big mistake of getting out in front of the facts.
Personally, I think that once more and more becomes known about this disaster, the more miraculous the efforts of the responders will seem. One of the reasons that there is any back-biting is merely because those doing the second-guessing have *zero* clue about the magnitude of the problem.
Your hitting on all cylinders on your posts.