[Netizen]

Political note now....Pres. Bush and Gov. Bush had better respond strongly and quickly to this disaster. It looks like they are doing so at the moment, which is a very good sign. Pres. G. H. W. Bush was rather slow on the response to Andrew...even though he still won FL in 1992...I think the slow response hurt him beyond the borders of FL. All possible aid should be brought in as quickly as possible...by military or any other means.

Any ideas on why G.H.W. Bush waited?

[Howlin]

The governor of Florida didn't ask him for help.

[wxdawg]

Oh, don't blame him really for the slow response...no one at the time knew how bad the damage was in South Dade Co....like I said earlier, it was many, many hours before anyone got into Homestead to report. However, he did know a Cat 4 (later upgraded to a Cat 5) had hit a populated area of S. Florida....yet, aid was extremely slow in getting to the worst hit areas.

We have learned our lesson from Andrew...I do not want to see it repeated this time.