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When will George Bush visit areas impacted by Hurricane Gustav?

Settled as Bush visits in 24 hours to 48 hours

Bush visited damaged areas on Wednesday

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080903/sc_nm/storm_gustav_dc

Background:

While Hurricane Gustav continues to strengthen, some are already expecting the worst:

Gustav "could be as bad as it gets", Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal said of the hurricane, which reached Category 4 strength Saturday.

"We could see tidal surges of as much as 15 to 20 feet. We could see flooding even worse than what we saw in Hurricane Katrina," he said Saturday.

Gulf Coast residents flee 'extremely dangerous' Gustav

Forecasts currently have Gustav hitting Louisiana just days after the 3 year anniversary of Huricane Katrina.

Shortly after Katrina hit (on Aug 29th, 2005), the Bush administration was heavily criticized for it's response: "Due to the slow response by the federal government to the hurricane, New Orleans's top emergency management official called the effort a "national disgrace" and "Bush was criticised for not flying to Lousianna until after Wednesday afternoon, more than a day after the hurricane hit on Monday."

Criticism of government response to Hurricane Katrina

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This question is asking how long will it take George Bush to visit areas devastated by Hurricane Gustav?

Time should be measured by the time of landfall (as determined by the National Hurricane Center http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/ and any reports of Bush visiting/inspecting (so, he does not have to step on land - flying over to examine would count).

Possibilities:

It took Bush just over 24 hours to visit after Katrina (for which he was criticized). So, will he make more of an effort to demonstrate a prompt response this time?

Depending on the damage and feasibility of accessing these areas, it could take longer.

As the GOP convention is scheduled for next week, this could be a distraction (as Bush is attending; is involved with; decides to address the nation from there; etc).


Settlement details: As reported by a major mainstream news source.

 
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Settled

Bush visits in less than 24 hours
15%
Bush visits in 24 hours to 48 hours
25%
Bush visits in 48 hours to 72 hours
19%
Bush visits between 72 hours up to September 7th
21%
Bush does not visit by Septemeber 7th
20%
Activity: H$7,900
Settled as Bush visits in 24 hours to 48 hours on Thu 4th Sep 9:03am PDT

Suspend date: Tue 2nd Sep 10am PDT Settlement date: Thu 4th Sep 9:03am PDTPrediction cut-off: Predictions on this question after Tue 2nd Sep 10am PDT have been voided because they were made after the question could be settled

Initial likelihoods: Bush visits in less than 24 hours: 20%, Bush visits in 24 hours to 48 hours: 40%, Bush visits in 48 hours to 72 hours: 25%, Bush visits between 72 hours up to September 7th: 10%, Bush does not visit by Septemeber 7th: 5%

Action history:

Created Sat 30th Aug 5:10pm PDT by mrperfkt[Admin]
Suspended Tue 2nd Sep 10am PDT : Suspend date reached
Settlement requested Wed 3rd Sep 6:40am PDT by mrperfkt[Admin]: Story indicates that he is heading there today:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080903/sc_nm/storm_gustav_dc
Settled as 'Bush visits in 24 hours to 48 hours' Thu 4th Sep 9:03am PDT by ryanj[Admin]: Bush visited damaged areas on Wednesday

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080903/sc_nm/storm_gustav_dc

Suspend date: Tue 2nd Sep 10am PDT Settlement date: Thu 4th Sep 9:03am PDTPrediction cut-off: Predictions on this question after Tue 2nd Sep 10am PDT have been voided because they were made after the question could be settled
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teamdiscoverychannel predicted Bush visits in 24 hours to 48 hours (H$100 at 24%)
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Comments (3)

  1 curios
  2 randburg
Last I heard, he was "monitoring" the situation from Crawford.

Wait a minute: ISN'T THAT WHERE HE RELAXES?
posted 13 weeks ago
  3 curios
@randburg
you are right he relaxes there while the rest(no pun intended) while the rest of the country goes down the tube!!
posted 13 weeks ago

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