Your firefighters and national guard and militaries are doing everything that can be done and any bills to be signed for recovery from the fires are going to have to wait until after the fires are finished anyway.
Perry came out to our local fire and voiced support for the fine firefighters who were protecting our homes. I imagine they appreciated his support and compliments. Many of them worked for long, long hours against a wind-blown fire in overly dry country. They deserve our support and encouragement.
I imagine Perry was in a lose-lose situation with the media and some of his opponents here. They could either portray him as caring more about politics than the people suffering from the fires if he stayed in South Carolina or say that his visits to the fires here were just grandstanding.
Or claim that he’s not able to handle the presidency because he had to fly home to do what could have been done on the road.