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                            <p><span style="font-style:italic;font-size:16px">By  <a target="_self" href="https://www.vox.com/2017/8/26/16208292/hurricane-harvey-trump-response">Samantha Montano</a></span>  </p>
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<p>Whatever he says while it&#8217;s still unfolding matters far less than what he does in the coming weeks.</p>
<p><a target="_self" href="https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2017/8/24/16198030/hurricane-harvey-2017-texas-gulf-corpus-christi-galveston-houston">Hurricane Harvey</a> is pummeling Texas with one of the worst storms in recent American history this weekend, threatening businesses, homes, and lives with <a target="_self" href="https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2017/8/26/16206554/hurricane-harvey-2017-flood">catastrophic flooding</a> and storm surge. For many Americans, one question looms: How will President Trump, whose administration has been engulfed in chaos since Day One, manage it?</p>
<p>I study emergency management, and I&#8217;ve begun to assess the same question, placing this White House in a long history of presidential response to disasters.</p>
<p>Major natural disasters often last just moments or days, but the recovery can take years. The test of leadership is not measured in tweets, but in the tedium of making government resources work on behalf of people suffering.</p>
<p>Despite the limited operational role of the president, a disaster response is their responsibility in the eyes of the public, and they typically use it to demonstrate leadership, compassion, and clear communication. </p>
<p>On Friday night, when a reporter asked him for a message for Texas, he <a target="_self" href="https://twitter.com/TreyYingst/status/901160024696901632">replied</a>, “Good luck to everybody.” Which certainly does not inspire much confidence in his ability to take this seriously.</p>
<p>But whatever Trump says or does with regard to the hurricane while it&#8217;s still unfolding matters far less than what he says or does in the coming weeks. It&#8217;s the recovery where his leadership will matter most.</p>
<p>It&#8217;ll be tempting to gauge Trump by his social media impact. But the real test is in his work over the long haul. Here are five things to watch for to see how well he&#8217;s responding as a president. </p>
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<h3><strong>1) Giving Texas the initial resources it will need </strong></h3>
<p>Hurricane Harvey is not a surprising disaster. A Category 4 storm hitting the Texas coast is a well-considered scenario. Every indication suggests state and local resources will be overwhelmed and this will be a major disaster requiring extensive federal resources.</p>
<p>On Friday night, Trump signed the Presidential Disaster Declaration, per the request of Texas Governor Greg Abbott, opening up access to federal resources. Over the next few days we should expect to see regular updates from the White House, in coordination with FEMA, about the status of response efforts including evacuations, sheltering, search and rescue, and significant damages.</p>
<p>Trump has completed the most important job he has for right now, signing the Texas declaration. During a disaster, at the request of the governor and recommendation from FEMA, the president can declare a disaster under the Stafford Act. Doing so opens up federal resources and aid to assist state and local governments. </p>
<p>Traditionally the president uses their platform to emphasize important lifesaving information and direct attention towards state and local officials. Then we&#8217;d expect to see a visit from the president to the coast, regular updates from federal agencies about the status of recovery, and discussion of how the federal government will financially contribute to recovery efforts. </p>
<h3><strong>2) Who&#8217;s in charge of FEMA</strong></h3>
<p>The person who is arguably more important at a federal level during the response to a disaster is the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) administrator. Currently, unlike several other federal agencies, FEMA is staffed and has a qualified administrator, Brock Long. Long was appointed by Trump in April and confirmed in June. He has an extensive background in emergency management and, because he comes from Alabama, experience with hurricanes. The <a target="_self" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/21/us/politics/trumps-leader-for-fema-wins-praise-but-proposed-budget-cuts-dont.html">general consensus</a> is the Long is a respectable choice. </p>
<p>The importance of appointing an individual with actual emergency management was made clear during Katrina when FEMA was led by Michael Brown, who had no emergency management experience. Since 2005, presidents, including Trump, have made sure that the FEMA administrator is qualified. FEMA in 2017 is very different from FEMA in 2005, thanks in large part to efforts taken during the Obama administration.</p>
<p>Judging from the public communication put out by FEMA so far it seems that they are operating in a way that is similar to how they would have operated during a response under Obama.</p>
<h3>3) Listening to advisors</h3>
<p>Despite the limited operational role of the president, a disaster response easily becomes their responsibility, and they typically use their role to demonstrate leadership, compassion, and clear communication. There is certainly something to be said to turn on your TV and see the president assuring us that the full resources of the United States government are addressing the disaster.</p>
<p>Bush was largely praised for his leadership in the days immediately following 9/11. A few years later his leadership came under fire with the disastrous response to Hurricane Katrina and the New Orleans levee failure. Both disasters ended with major policy changes that reshaped emergency management across the country. </p>
<p>In responding to the many disasters during his tenure — such as Ebola, the BP oil disaster, and Superstorm Sandy — Obama committed to listening to his advisors and providing them with the resources they needed to respond. Response and recovery rarely, if ever, go perfectly. But the Obama administration certainly made an effort to analyze mistakes and do better next time. Nonetheless there were criticisms made related to optics — for instance when he went on vacation during the <a target="_self" href="http://www.cnn.com/2016/08/18/politics/obama-vacation-louisiana-flooding/index.html">2016 Louisiana floods. </a></p>
<h3>4) Most emergency management is independent from the president</h3>
<p>Despite concerns about the federal government it is worth remembering that the majority of disaster response occurs at the state and local levels. Most of the emergency management system operates independently from the president and even the federal government during response. </p>
<p>They are the ones closest to the disaster, they have the most information about the disaster, and the understand the needs of the community. Survivors are rarely helpless during disasters. They self-organize, form groups, and improvise throughout the response and recovery to address their needs.</p>
<p>Some actions taken by Trump today are unusual compared to previous presidents. On Friday he tweeted a video of his tour of FEMA headquarters earlier this month that said, “The U.S.A is the most resilient nation on earth, because <a href="https://www.vox.com/2017/8/26/16208292/hurricane-harvey-trump-response" target="_self" class="rssmi_more"> &#8230;read more</a> </p>
<p>Read more here: <a href="https://www.vox.com/2017/8/26/16208292/hurricane-harvey-trump-response" target="_self" title="Here’s when Trump’s response to Hurricane Harvey will really matter">Here’s when Trump’s response to Hurricane Harvey will really matter</a></p>
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