I was wrong. According to the CBC news at 9pm, the US government has accepted the offers of assistance from other countries. The first plane load of Canadian aid has already landed in the US. More aid should reach America later this week from around the world. But to save face the American government pointed out that they did not ask for the assistance.
In a form of indirect aid, the Canadian Forces are also sending some CH146 Griffon helicopters to Boston to take over the routine Search and Rescue missions normally flown by the USCG in that area.
As for the blame game, it is just politics as usual down south. I think that the response to the hurricane, as well as the finger pointing, would have been more or less the same, regardless of who (GWB or JFK) was in the Whitehouse.
Things could get worst down there. This is only the middle of hurricane season. There is a very real possibly that the US could be hit by another major hurricane in the next two months.
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06-09-05, 04:37
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