Bob Schwartz

Hurricanes and other storms don’t recognize American state borders. That’s a fact. Some states may be harder hit than others, but a number of states can be severely affected at once.

Which is just one of the reasons federal involvement is essential and mandated by Congress. Yet up to this moment, the demand from the administration is that the states take care when disaster strikes, to the point of eliminating the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

It isn’t necessary to list all the states that each of our worst hurricanes have devastated. We can hope against hope that future hurricanes, including this season, limit any damage to just one state, if there is damage at all.

Hard realities make ideologically-driven politicians and officials sound stupid. If sounding stupid is all it is.