Pappy Bush's 1992 "Where in the hell is the cavalry on this one" fiasco

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First, a story on Yahoo regarding the wait for urgently needed supplies in Florida:

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=578&u=/nm/20040817/ts_nm/weather_charley_dc_50

Then, a story on Bush's political need for "a quick response"...

"Bush Visits Hurricane-Stricken Florida, Promises Quick Response"

http://www.usnews.com/usnews/politics/bulletin/archive/bull040816f.htm

NBC Nightly News showed footage of the President saying, "The lesson is respond quickly. We are responding quickly," adding that Bush was "trying to avoid the criticism leveled at his father's Administration after Hurricane Andrew in 1992, also an election year." The Miami Herald also said the President was "seeking to avoid the missteps his father made in 1992 when federal officials were excoriated for a lethargic response to Hurricane Andrew's chaos in South Dade. Bush made it clear Sunday that he has learned from President George H.W. Bush's experience. 'That was then, this is now,' he told reporters."

Next, an MSNBC excerpt containing the "cavalry" quote.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5716031/

President Bush and his brother Jeb, Florida’s governor, know the lessons of August 1992, when their father, President George H.W. Bush, reacted too slowly with federal aid to help speed recovery after Hurricane Andrew ravaged Florida.

The now-famous quote that August from Dade County's emergency operations director, Kate Hale — “Where in the hell is the cavalry on this one? For God's sake, where are they?'' — summed up the frustration that many people in Florida voiced in the days after Andrew hit.

And last but not least, a great article on Kate Hale:

http://www.sptimes.com/2002/webspecials02/andrew/day3/story1.shtml

"10 years ago, her angry plea got hurricane aid moving"