<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en-US" xmlns:fb="https://www.facebook.com/2008/fbml" xmlns:addthis="https://www.addthis.com/help/api-spec"  >
<head>

<link rel="profile" href="http://gmpg.org/xfn/11" />


<!-- RICHARD EDIT -->
<!-- <link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto" rel="stylesheet"> -->
<!-- <link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Source+Sans+Pro:400,400i,700,700i" rel="stylesheet"> -->
<script type="text/javascript" src="https://shareblue.com/wp-content/themes/grandnews/js/sharecounts.js"></script>
<link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Libre+Franklin:400,400i,700,700i" rel="stylesheet">
<!-- RICHARD EDIT -->
<!-- Nurettin Edit- Manually adding fb:appid -->
<meta property="fb:app_id" content="1784677101858434"/>
<!-- Nurettin Edit -->


<!-- Begin Quantcast -->
<script type="text/javascript">
var _qevents = _qevents || [];

(function() {
var elem = document.createElement('script');
elem.src = (document.location.protocol == "https:" ? "https://secure" : "http://edge") + ".quantserve.com/quant.js";
elem.async = true;
elem.type = "text/javascript";
var scpt = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0];
scpt.parentNode.insertBefore(elem, scpt);
})();
</script>
<!-- End Quantcast -->

 

<title>Trump obliterated Obama’s flood protection standards days before Hurricane Harvey took off</title>

<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v6.1.1 - https://yoa.st/1yg?utm_content=6.1.1 -->
<meta name="description" content="Trump&#039;s actions — or lack thereof — are leaving Americans less safe in the face of such natural disasters, now and in the future."/>
<meta name="news_keywords" content="issues, news, trump news, breaking news, daily news, donald trump, politics, news headlines" />
<meta name="original-source" content="https://shareblue.com/trump-obliterated-obamas-flood-protection-standards-days-before-hurricane-harvey-took-off/" />
<link rel="canonical" href="https://shareblue.com/trump-obliterated-obamas-flood-protection-standards-days-before-hurricane-harvey-took-off/" />
<meta name="twitter:card" content="summary_large_image" />
<meta name="twitter:description" content="Trump&#039;s actions — or lack thereof — are leaving Americans less safe in the face of such natural disasters, now and in the future." />
<meta name="twitter:title" content="Trump obliterated Obama’s flood protection standards days before Hurricane Harvey took off" />
<meta name="twitter:site" content="@shareblue" />
<meta name="twitter:image" content="https://shareblue.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/AP_17078850332894.jpg" />
<meta name="twitter:creator" content="@shareblue" />
<script type='application/ld+json'>{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org","@type":"WebSite","@id":"#website","url":"https:\/\/shareblue.com\/","name":"Shareblue Media","alternateName":"ShareBlue","potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":"https:\/\/shareblue.com\/?s={search_term_string}","query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}</script>
<script type='application/ld+json'>{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Organization","url":"https:\/\/shareblue.com\/trump-obliterated-obamas-flood-protection-standards-days-before-hurricane-harvey-took-off\/","sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/shareblue","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/sharebluemedia\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCWYaThWSZT8e4cNCTjcO73A","https:\/\/twitter.com\/shareblue"],"@id":"#organization","name":"Shareblue Media","logo":"https:\/\/shareblue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/SM_532x140_logo-02.png"}</script>
<!-- / Yoast SEO plugin. -->

<link rel='dns-prefetch' href='//s.w.org' />
<link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="Shareblue Media &raquo; Feed" href="https://shareblue.com/feed/" />
<meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1, maximum-scale=1" /><meta name="format-detection" content="telephone=no"><meta property="og:type" content="article" /><meta property="og:image" content="https://shareblue.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/AP_17078850332894.jpg"/><meta property="og:title" content="Trump obliterated Obama’s flood protection standards days before Hurricane Harvey took off"/><meta property="og:url" content="https://shareblue.com/trump-obliterated-obamas-flood-protection-standards-days-before-hurricane-harvey-took-off/"/><meta property="og:description" content="Trump&#039;s actions — or lack thereof — are leaving Americans less safe in the face of such natural disasters, now and in the future."/><!-- This site uses the Google Analytics by MonsterInsights plugin v6.2.6 - Using Analytics tracking - https://www.monsterinsights.com/ -->
<script type="text/javascript" data-cfasync="false">
		var disableStr = 'ga-disable-UA-83863185-1';

	/* Function to detect opted out users */
	function __gaTrackerIsOptedOut() {
		return document.cookie.indexOf(disableStr + '=true') > -1;
	}

	/* Disable tracking if the opt-out cookie exists. */
	if ( __gaTrackerIsOptedOut() ) {
		window[disableStr] = true;
	}

	/* Opt-out function */
	function __gaTrackerOptout() {
	  document.cookie = disableStr + '=true; expires=Thu, 31 Dec 2099 23:59:59 UTC; path=/';
	  window[disableStr] = true;
	}
		(function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){
		(i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o),
		m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m)
	})(window,document,'script','//www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','__gaTracker');

	__gaTracker('create', 'UA-83863185-1', 'auto');
	__gaTracker('set', 'forceSSL', true);
	__gaTracker('send','pageview');
</script>
<!-- / Google Analytics by MonsterInsights -->
		<script type="text/javascript">
			window._wpemojiSettings = {"baseUrl":"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/2.3\/72x72\/","ext":".png","svgUrl":"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/2.3\/svg\/","svgExt":".svg","source":{"concatemoji":"https:\/\/shareblue.com\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-emoji-release.min.js"}};
			!function(a,b,c){function d(a,b){var c=String.fromCharCode;l.clearRect(0,0,k.width,k.height),l.fillText(c.apply(this,a),0,0);var d=k.toDataURL();l.clearRect(0,0,k.width,k.height),l.fillText(c.apply(this,b),0,0);var e=k.toDataURL();return d===e}function e(a){var b;if(!l||!l.fillText)return!1;switch(l.textBaseline="top",l.font="600 32px Arial",a){case"flag":return!(b=d([55356,56826,55356,56819],[55356,56826,8203,55356,56819]))&&(b=d([55356,57332,56128,56423,56128,56418,56128,56421,56128,56430,56128,56423,56128,56447],[55356,57332,8203,56128,56423,8203,56128,56418,8203,56128,56421,8203,56128,56430,8203,56128,56423,8203,56128,56447]),!b);case"emoji":return b=d([55358,56794,8205,9794,65039],[55358,56794,8203,9794,65039]),!b}return!1}function f(a){var c=b.createElement("script");c.src=a,c.defer=c.type="text/javascript",b.getElementsByTagName("head")[0].appendChild(c)}var g,h,i,j,k=b.createElement("canvas"),l=k.getContext&&k.getContext("2d");for(j=Array("flag","emoji"),c.supports={everything:!0,everythingExceptFlag:!0},i=0;i<j.length;i++)c.supports[j[i]]=e(j[i]),c.supports.everything=c.supports.everything&&c.supports[j[i]],"flag"!==j[i]&&(c.supports.everythingExceptFlag=c.supports.everythingExceptFlag&&c.supports[j[i]]);c.supports.everythingExceptFlag=c.supports.everythingExceptFlag&&!c.supports.flag,c.DOMReady=!1,c.readyCallback=function(){c.DOMReady=!0},c.supports.everything||(h=function(){c.readyCallback()},b.addEventListener?(b.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",h,!1),a.addEventListener("load",h,!1)):(a.attachEvent("onload",h),b.attachEvent("onreadystatechange",function(){"complete"===b.readyState&&c.readyCallback()})),g=c.source||{},g.concatemoji?f(g.concatemoji):g.wpemoji&&g.twemoji&&(f(g.twemoji),f(g.wpemoji)))}(window,document,window._wpemojiSettings);
		</script>
		<!-- managing ads with Advanced Ads --><!--noptimize--><script>
					advanced_ads_ready=function(){var fns=[],listener,doc=typeof document==="object"&&document,hack=doc&&doc.documentElement.doScroll,domContentLoaded="DOMContentLoaded",loaded=doc&&(hack?/^loaded|^c/:/^loaded|^i|^c/).test(doc.readyState);if(!loaded&&doc){listener=function(){doc.removeEventListener(domContentLoaded,listener);window.removeEventListener("load",listener);loaded=1;while(listener=fns.shift())listener()};doc.addEventListener(domContentLoaded,listener);window.addEventListener("load",listener)}return function(fn){loaded?setTimeout(fn,0):fns.push(fn)}}();
			</script><!--/noptimize-->
		<style type="text/css">
img.wp-smiley,
img.emoji {
	display: inline !important;
	border: none !important;
	box-shadow: none !important;
	height: 1em !important;
	width: 1em !important;
	margin: 0 .07em !important;
	vertical-align: -0.1em !important;
	background: none !important;
	padding: 0 !important;
}
</style>
<link rel='stylesheet' id='contact-form-7-css'  href='https://shareblue.com/wp-content/plugins/contact-form-7/includes/css/styles.css' type='text/css' media='all' />
<link rel='stylesheet' id='media-credit-css'  href='https://shareblue.com/wp-content/plugins/media-credit/public/css/media-credit.css' type='text/css' media='all' />
<link rel='stylesheet' id='grandnews-reset-css-css'  href='https://shareblue.com/wp-content/themes/grandnews/css/reset.css' type='text/css' media='all' />
<link rel='stylesheet' id='grandnews-wordpress-css-css'  href='https://shareblue.com/wp-content/themes/grandnews/css/wordpress.css' type='text/css' media='all' />
<link rel='stylesheet' id='grandnews-animation-css'  href='https://shareblue.com/wp-content/themes/grandnews/css/animation.css' type='text/css' media='all' />
<link rel='stylesheet' id='ilightbox-css'  href='https://shareblue.com/wp-content/themes/grandnews/css/ilightbox/ilightbox.css' type='text/css' media='all' />
<link rel='stylesheet' id='jquery-ui-css'  href='https://shareblue.com/wp-content/themes/grandnews/css/jqueryui/custom.css' type='text/css' media='all' />
<link rel='stylesheet' id='flexslider-css'  href='https://shareblue.com/wp-content/themes/grandnews/js/flexslider/flexslider.css' type='text/css' media='all' />
<link rel='stylesheet' id='grandnews-screen-css-css'  href='https://shareblue.com/wp-content/themes/grandnews/css/screen.css' type='text/css' media='all' />
<link rel='stylesheet' id='grandnews-custom-menu-css-css'  href='https://shareblue.com/wp-content/themes/grandnews/css/menu/left-align.css' type='text/css' media='all' />
<link rel='stylesheet' id='fontawesome-css'  href='https://shareblue.com/wp-content/themes/grandnews/css/font-awesome.min.css' type='text/css' media='all' />
<link rel='stylesheet' id='grandnews-childtheme-css-css'  href='https://shareblue.com/wp-content/themes/grandnews-child/style.css' type='text/css' media='all' />
<link rel='stylesheet' id='scroll-triggered-boxes-css'  href='https://shareblue.com/wp-content/plugins/scroll-triggered-boxes/assets/css/styles.min.css' type='text/css' media='all' />
<link rel='stylesheet' id='addthis_all_pages-css'  href='https://shareblue.com/wp-content/plugins/addthis/frontend/build/addthis_wordpress_public.min.css' type='text/css' media='all' />
<link rel='stylesheet' id='kirki-styles-global-css'  href='https://shareblue.com/wp-content/themes/grandnews/modules/kirki/assets/css/kirki-styles.css' type='text/css' media='all' />
<style id='kirki-styles-global-inline-css' type='text/css'>
body, input[type=text], input[type=email], input[type=url], input[type=password], textarea{font-family:Roboto;}body{font-size:14px;}h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, h7, blockquote{font-family:Roboto;}h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, h7{font-weight:700;}h1{font-size:34px;}h2{font-size:30px;}h3{font-size:26px;}h4{font-size:22px;}h5{font-size:18px;}h6{font-size:16px;}.header_cart_wrapper .cart_count, .post_img .post_icon_circle, .ppb_blog_half_content_slider .slides li .slider_image .post_icon_circle, #post_info_bar #post_indicator, .post_circle_thumb .post_number, .post_category_tag a, .post_category_tag span, .newsticker_label, .sk-cube-grid .sk-cube, .ppb_blog_video .one.div_wrapper .post_icon_circle, .ppb_blog_random .one_fifth_bg .content_link, .Grand_News_Category ul li .category_count, .ppb_blog_grid_with_posts .one_third.last .post_img .now_playing{background:#1273a3;}.read_next_wrapper:before, .read_next_wrapper .post_content .read_next_label, .social_share_counter_number{color:#1273a3;}ul.post_filter li a.selected{border-color:#1273a3;}body, #gallery_lightbox h2, .slider_wrapper .gallery_image_caption h2, .post_info a{color:#444444;}::selection{background-color:#444444;}a{color:#1273a3;}a:hover, a:active{color:#4985a3;}h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, pre, code, tt, blockquote, .post_header h5 a, .post_header h2 a, .post_header h3 a, .post_header.grid h6 a, .post_header.fullwidth h4 a, .post_header h5 a, .newsticker li a, blockquote, .site_loading_logo_item i, .subscribe_tagline, .post_info_author a, #post_info_bar #post_info_share, #post_info_bar #post_info_comment, .readmore, .post_info_comment a, .post_info_comment, .post_info_view, .woocommerce .woocommerce-ordering select, .woocommerce #page_content_wrapper a.button, .woocommerce.columns-4 ul.products li.product a.add_to_cart_button, .woocommerce.columns-4 ul.products li.product a.add_to_cart_button:hover, .ui-accordion .ui-accordion-header a, .tabs .ui-state-active a, body.woocommerce div.product .woocommerce-tabs ul.tabs li.active a, body.woocommerce-page div.product .woocommerce-tabs ul.tabs li.active a, body.woocommerce #content div.product .woocommerce-tabs ul.tabs li.active a, body.woocommerce-page #content div.product .woocommerce-tabs ul.tabs li.active a, .woocommerce div.product .woocommerce-tabs ul.tabs li a, .post_pagination a, .post_pagination a:hover, .post_pagination a:active, .post_related strong a, .pagination a, ul.post_filter li a, .read_next_wrapper .post_content .next_post_title h3 a, .author_social li a{color:#252525;}#social_share_wrapper, hr, #social_share_wrapper, .post.type-post, .comment .right, .widget_tag_cloud div a, .meta-tags a, .tag_cloud a, #footer, #post_more_wrapper, #page_content_wrapper .inner .sidebar_wrapper ul.sidebar_widget li.widget_nav_menu ul.menu li.current-menu-item a, .page_content_wrapper .inner .sidebar_wrapper ul.sidebar_widget li.widget_nav_menu ul.menu li.current-menu-item a, #autocomplete, #nav_wrapper, #page_content_wrapper .sidebar .content .sidebar_widget li h2.widgettitle:before, .top_bar.scroll, .read_next_wrapper, #menu_wrapper .nav ul li.catmenu > .catmenu_wrapper, #menu_wrapper div .nav li.catmenu > .catmenu_wrapper, , .woocommerce ul.products li.product, .woocommerce-page ul.products li.product, .woocommerce ul.products li.product .price, .woocommerce-page ul.products li.product .price, #page_content_wrapper .inner .sidebar_content, #page_content_wrapper .inner .sidebar_content.left_sidebar, .ajax_close, .ajax_next, .ajax_prev, .portfolio_next, .portfolio_prev, .portfolio_next_prev_wrapper.video .portfolio_prev, .portfolio_next_prev_wrapper.video .portfolio_next, .separated, .blog_next_prev_wrapper, #post_more_wrapper h5, #ajax_portfolio_wrapper.hidding, #ajax_portfolio_wrapper.visible, .tabs.vertical .ui-tabs-panel, .woocommerce div.product .woocommerce-tabs ul.tabs li, .woocommerce #content div.product .woocommerce-tabs ul.tabs li, .woocommerce-page div.product .woocommerce-tabs ul.tabs li, .woocommerce-page #content div.product .woocommerce-tabs ul.tabs li, .woocommerce div.product .woocommerce-tabs .panel, .woocommerce-page div.product .woocommerce-tabs .panel, .woocommerce #content div.product .woocommerce-tabs .panel, .woocommerce-page #content div.product .woocommerce-tabs .panel, .woocommerce table.shop_table, .woocommerce-page table.shop_table, table tr td, .woocommerce .cart-collaterals .cart_totals, .woocommerce-page .cart-collaterals .cart_totals, .woocommerce .cart-collaterals .shipping_calculator, .woocommerce-page .cart-collaterals .shipping_calculator, .woocommerce .cart-collaterals .cart_totals tr td, .woocommerce .cart-collaterals .cart_totals tr th, .woocommerce-page .cart-collaterals .cart_totals tr td, .woocommerce-page .cart-collaterals .cart_totals tr th, table tr th, .woocommerce #payment, .woocommerce-page #payment, .woocommerce #payment ul.payment_methods li, .woocommerce-page #payment ul.payment_methods li, .woocommerce #payment div.form-row, .woocommerce-page #payment div.form-row, .ui-tabs li:first-child, .ui-tabs .ui-tabs-nav li, .ui-tabs.vertical .ui-tabs-nav li, .ui-tabs.vertical.right .ui-tabs-nav li.ui-state-active, .ui-tabs.vertical .ui-tabs-nav li:last-child, #page_content_wrapper .inner .sidebar_wrapper ul.sidebar_widget li.widget_nav_menu ul.menu li.current-menu-item a, .page_content_wrapper .inner .sidebar_wrapper ul.sidebar_widget li.widget_nav_menu ul.menu li.current-menu-item a, .pricing_wrapper, .pricing_wrapper li, .ui-accordion .ui-accordion-header, .ui-accordion .ui-accordion-content, #page_content_wrapper .sidebar .content .sidebar_widget li h2.widgettitle:before, h2.widgettitle:before, #autocomplete, .ppb_blog_minimal .one_third_bg, #page_content_wrapper .sidebar .content .sidebar_widget li h2.widgettitle, h2.widgettitle, h5.event_title, .tabs .ui-tabs-panel, .ui-tabs .ui-tabs-nav li, .ui-tabs li:first-child, .ui-tabs.vertical .ui-tabs-nav li:last-child, .woocommerce .woocommerce-ordering select, .woocommerce div.product .woocommerce-tabs ul.tabs li.active, .woocommerce-page div.product .woocommerce-tabs ul.tabs li.active, .woocommerce #content div.product .woocommerce-tabs ul.tabs li.active, .woocommerce-page #content div.product .woocommerce-tabs ul.tabs li.active, .woocommerce-page table.cart th, table.shop_table thead tr th, #page_caption, #nav_wrapper, .header_style_wrapper .top_bar{border-color:#e1e1e1;}input[type=text], input[type=password], input[type=email], input[type=url], textarea{background-color:#ffffff;color:#111111;border-color:#e1e1e1;}input[type=text]:focus, input[type=password]:focus, input[type=email]:focus, input[type=url]:focus, textarea:focus{border-color:#000000;}input[type=submit], input[type=button], a.button, .button, .woocommerce .page_slider a.button, a.button.fullwidth, .woocommerce-page div.product form.cart .button, .woocommerce #respond input#submit.alt, .woocommerce a.button.alt, .woocommerce button.button.alt, .woocommerce input.button.alt{font-family:sans-serif;}input[type=submit], input[type=button], a.button, .button, .woocommerce .footer_bar .button, .woocommerce .footer_bar .button:hover, .woocommerce-page div.product form.cart .button, .woocommerce #respond input#submit.alt, .woocommerce a.button.alt, .woocommerce button.button.alt, .woocommerce input.button.alt{background-color:#1273a3;color:#ffffff;border-color:#1273a3;}.frame_top, .frame_bottom, .frame_left, .frame_right{background:#222222;}#menu_wrapper .nav ul li a, #menu_wrapper div .nav li > a{font-family:Raleway;font-size:14px;letter-spacing:0px;text-transform:none;}#menu_wrapper .nav ul li a, #menu_wrapper div .nav li > a, .mobile_main_nav li a, #sub_menu li a{font-weight:600;}#menu_wrapper .nav ul li a, #menu_wrapper div .nav li > a, .header_cart_wrapper a, #search_icon, #page_share{color:#111111;}#mobile_nav_icon{border-color:#111111;}#menu_wrapper .nav ul li a.hover, #menu_wrapper .nav ul li a:hover, #menu_wrapper div .nav li a.hover, #menu_wrapper div .nav li a:hover, #menu_wrapper div .nav > li.current-menu-item > a, #menu_wrapper div .nav > li.current-menu-parent > a, #menu_wrapper div .nav > li.current-menu-ancestor > a{color:#111111;}#menu_wrapper div .nav > li.current-menu-item > a, #menu_wrapper div .nav > li.current-menu-parent > a, #menu_wrapper div .nav > li.current-menu-ancestor > a{color:#111111;}.header_style_wrapper .top_bar, #nav_wrapper{border-color:#e1e1e1;}#nav_wrapper, body.left_align .top_bar{background-color:rgba(256,256,256,100);background-image:url("");background-repeat:no-repeat;background-size:cover;background-attachment:scroll;background-position:left top;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-ms-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;}#menu_wrapper .nav ul li ul li a, #menu_wrapper div .nav li ul li a, #menu_wrapper div .nav li.current-menu-parent ul li a{font-size:11px;font-weight:600;letter-spacing:0px;text-transform:uppercase;color:#111111;}#menu_wrapper .nav ul li ul li a:hover, #menu_wrapper div .nav li ul li a:hover, #menu_wrapper div .nav li.current-menu-parent ul li a, #menu_wrapper div .nav li.current-menu-parent ul li a:hover, #menu_wrapper .nav ul li.megamenu ul li ul li a:hover, #menu_wrapper div .nav li.megamenu ul li ul li a:hover, #menu_wrapper .nav ul li.megamenu ul li ul li a:active, #menu_wrapper div .nav li.megamenu ul li ul li a:active{color:#222222;}#menu_wrapper .nav ul li ul li a:hover, #menu_wrapper div .nav li ul li a:hover, #menu_wrapper div .nav li.current-menu-parent ul li a:hover, #menu_wrapper .nav ul li.megamenu ul li ul li a:hover, #menu_wrapper div .nav li.megamenu ul li ul li a:hover, #menu_wrapper .nav ul li.megamenu ul li ul li a:active, #menu_wrapper div .nav li.megamenu ul li ul li a:active{background:#f2f2f2;}#menu_wrapper .nav ul li ul, #menu_wrapper div .nav li ul{background:#ffffff;}#menu_wrapper .nav ul li ul, #menu_wrapper div .nav li ul, #menu_wrapper .nav ul li ul li a, #menu_wrapper div .nav li ul li a, #menu_wrapper div .nav li.current-menu-parent ul li a{border-color:#e1e1e1;}#menu_wrapper div .nav li.megamenu ul li > a, #menu_wrapper div .nav li.megamenu ul li > a:hover, #menu_wrapper div .nav li.megamenu ul li > a:active{color:#222222;}#menu_wrapper div .nav li.megamenu ul li{border-color:#eeeeee;}.above_top_bar{background:#222222;}.above_top_bar .today_time, #top_menu li a, .above_top_bar .social_wrapper ul li a, .above_top_bar .social_wrapper ul li a:hover, .above_top_bar .social_wrapper ul li a:active{color:#ffffff;}.mobile_menu_wrapper{background-color:rgba(255,255,255,1);background-image:url("");background-repeat:no-repeat;background-size:cover;background-attachment:scroll;background-position:left top;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-ms-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;}.mobile_main_nav li a, #sub_menu li a{font-family:Raleway;font-size:11px;text-transform:uppercase;letter-spacing:2px;}.mobile_main_nav li a, #sub_menu li a, .mobile_menu_wrapper .sidebar_wrapper a, .mobile_menu_wrapper .sidebar_wrapper, #close_mobile_menu i, .mobile_menu_wrapper .sidebar_wrapper h2.widgettitle{color:#444444;}#close_mobile_menu_button{background-color:#444444;}#page_caption, #page_caption h1 span{background-color:#f2f2f2;}#page_caption{padding-top:20px;padding-bottom:20px;}#page_caption h1{font-size:30px;}#page_caption h1, .post_caption h1{font-weight:900;text-transform:none;letter-spacing:0px;color:#222222;}#page_caption .page_title_wrapper, .page_title_wrapper{text-align:center;}#page_caption.hasbg{height:60vh;}.page_tagline{color:#999999;font-size:11px;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:2px;text-transform:uppercase;}#page_content_wrapper .sidebar .content .sidebar_widget li h2.widgettitle, h2.widgettitle, h5.widgettitle, .single_subtitle{font-family:Raleway;font-size:16px;font-weight:900;letter-spacing:0px;text-transform:uppercase;}#page_content_wrapper .inner .sidebar_wrapper .sidebar .content, .page_content_wrapper .inner .sidebar_wrapper .sidebar .content{color:#444444;}#page_content_wrapper .inner .sidebar_wrapper a, .page_content_wrapper .inner .sidebar_wrapper a{color:#111111;}#page_content_wrapper .inner .sidebar_wrapper a:hover, #page_content_wrapper .inner .sidebar_wrapper a:active, .page_content_wrapper .inner .sidebar_wrapper a:hover, .page_content_wrapper .inner .sidebar_wrapper a:active{color:#444444;}#page_content_wrapper .sidebar .content .sidebar_widget li h2.widgettitle, h2.widgettitle, h5.widgettitle{color:#222222;}#footer_mailchimp_subscription{background-color:rgba(242,242,242,1);background-image:url("");background-repeat:no-repeat;background-size:cover;background-attachment:scroll;background-position:center center;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-ms-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;}.footer_bar{background-color:rgba(17,17,17,1);background-image:url("");background-repeat:no-repeat;background-size:cover;background-attachment:scroll;background-position:center center;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-ms-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;}#footer, #copyright{color:#cccccc;}#copyright a, #copyright a:active, #footer a, #footer a:active, #footer .sidebar_widget li h2.widgettitle{color:#ffffff;}#copyright a:hover, #footer a:hover, .social_wrapper ul li a:hover{color:#ffffff;}.footer_bar_wrapper, .footer_bar{border-color:#333333;}#footer .widget_tag_cloud div a{background:#333333;}.footer_bar_wrapper .social_wrapper ul li a{color:#ffffff;}#page_content_wrapper .inner .sidebar_content.full_width.blog_f, body.single-post #page_content_wrapper .inner .sidebar_content.full_width{width:100%;}.post_header:not(.single) h5, body.single-post .post_header_title h1, #post_featured_slider li .slider_image .slide_post h2, #autocomplete li strong, .post_related strong, #footer ul.sidebar_widget .posts.blog li a, #post_info_bar .post_info .post_info_title, .post_header h2, .newsticker li a, .ppb_blog_fullwidth_slider ul.slides li .slider_image .slider_post_title h2, #menu_wrapper div .nav li.catmenu2 > .catmenu_wrapper .one_third h6, .catmenu_wrapper .one_fifth h6, #autocomplete a h6, #page_content_wrapper .posts.blog li a, .page_content_wrapper .posts.blog li a, #menu_wrapper div .nav li.catmenu2 > .catmenu_wrapper a.post_title{font-family:Raleway;text-transform:none;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:0px;}
</style>
<link rel='stylesheet' id='grandnews-script-responsive-css-css'  href='https://shareblue.com/wp-content/themes/grandnews/css/grid.css' type='text/css' media='all' />
<link rel='stylesheet' id='grandnews-custom-menu-responsive-css-css'  href='https://shareblue.com/wp-content/themes/grandnews/css/menu/left-align-grid.css' type='text/css' media='all' />
<link rel='stylesheet' id='grandnews-script-custom-css-css'  href='https://shareblue.com/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=grandnews_custom_css' type='text/css' media='all' />
<script type='text/javascript'>
/* <![CDATA[ */
var monsterinsights_frontend = {"js_events_tracking":"true","is_debug_mode":"false","download_extensions":"doc,exe,js,pdf,ppt,tgz,zip,xls","inbound_paths":"","home_url":"https:\/\/shareblue.com","track_download_as":"event","internal_label":"int","hash_tracking":"false"};
/* ]]> */
</script>
<script type='text/javascript' src='https://shareblue.com/wp-content/plugins/google-analytics-for-wordpress/assets/js/frontend.min.js'></script>
<script type='text/javascript' src='https://shareblue.com/wp-includes/js/jquery/jquery.js'></script>
<script type='text/javascript' src='https://shareblue.com/wp-includes/js/jquery/jquery-migrate.min.js'></script>
<script type='text/javascript' src='https://shareblue.com/wp-content/themes/grandnews-child/wp-advanced-search/js/scripts.js'></script>
<script type='text/javascript'>
/* <![CDATA[ */
var WPAS_Ajax = {"ajaxurl":"https:\/\/shareblue.com\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php"};
/* ]]> */
</script>
<script type='text/javascript' src='https://shareblue.com/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php'></script>
<link rel="EditURI" type="application/rsd+xml" title="RSD" href="https://shareblue.com/xmlrpc.php?rsd" />
<link rel="wlwmanifest" type="application/wlwmanifest+xml" href="https://shareblue.com/wp-includes/wlwmanifest.xml" /> 
<meta name="generator" content="WordPress 4.9.2" />
<link rel='shortlink' href='https://shareblue.com/?p=159121' />
<link rel="alternate" type="application/json+oembed" href="https://shareblue.com/wp-json/oembed/1.0/embed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fshareblue.com%2Ftrump-obliterated-obamas-flood-protection-standards-days-before-hurricane-harvey-took-off%2F" />
<link rel="alternate" type="text/xml+oembed" href="https://shareblue.com/wp-json/oembed/1.0/embed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fshareblue.com%2Ftrump-obliterated-obamas-flood-protection-standards-days-before-hurricane-harvey-took-off%2F&#038;format=xml" />

<script type="text/javascript">var _sf_startpt=(new Date()).getTime()</script>


<!-- Plugin: Open external links a new window. Plugin by Kristian Risager Larsen, http://kristianrisagerlarsen.dk . Download it at http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/open-external-links-in-a-new-window/ -->
<script type="text/javascript">//<![CDATA[
	function external_links_in_new_windows_loop() {
		if (!document.links) {
			document.links = document.getElementsByTagName('a');
		}
		var change_link = false;
		var force = '';
		var ignore = '';

		for (var t=0; t<document.links.length; t++) {
			var all_links = document.links[t];
			change_link = false;
			
			if(document.links[t].hasAttribute('onClick') == false) {
				// forced if the address starts with http (or also https), but does not link to the current domain
				if(all_links.href.search(/^http/) != -1 && all_links.href.search('shareblue.com') == -1) {
					// alert('Changeda '+all_links.href);
					change_link = true;
				}
					
				if(force != '' && all_links.href.search(force) != -1) {
					// forced
					// alert('force '+all_links.href);
					change_link = true;
				}
				
				if(ignore != '' && all_links.href.search(ignore) != -1) {
					// alert('ignore '+all_links.href);
					// ignored
					change_link = false;
				}

				if(change_link == true) {
					// alert('Changed '+all_links.href);
					document.links[t].setAttribute('onClick', 'javascript:window.open(\''+all_links.href+'\'); return false;');
					document.links[t].removeAttribute('target');
				}
			}
		}
	}
	
	// Load
	function external_links_in_new_windows_load(func)
	{	
		var oldonload = window.onload;
		if (typeof window.onload != 'function'){
			window.onload = func;
		} else {
			window.onload = function(){
				oldonload();
				func();
			}
		}
	}

	external_links_in_new_windows_load(external_links_in_new_windows_loop);
	//]]></script>

<style type="text/css">
/* Custom Styles for Box 261 */
.stb-261 {
border-width: 20px !important;
@media ( max-width: 767px ) { #stb-261 { display: none !important; } }
}

</style>

<link rel="icon" href="https://shareblue.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/cropped-sb-icon-32x32.png" sizes="32x32" />
<link rel="icon" href="https://shareblue.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/cropped-sb-icon-192x192.png" sizes="192x192" />
<link rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed" href="https://shareblue.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/cropped-sb-icon-180x180.png" />
<meta name="msapplication-TileImage" content="https://shareblue.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/cropped-sb-icon-270x270.png" />
<link rel="pingback" href="https://shareblue.com/xmlrpc.php" />

<!-- Mixpanel Begins  edited by Nurettin -->
<!-- start Mixpanel --><script type="text/javascript">(function(e,a){if(!a.__SV){var b=window;try{var c,l,i,j=b.location,g=j.hash;c=function(a,b){return(l=a.match(RegExp(b+"=([^&]*)")))?l[1]:null};g&&c(g,"state")&&(i=JSON.parse(decodeURIComponent(c(g,"state"))),"mpeditor"===i.action&&(b.sessionStorage.setItem("_mpcehash",g),history.replaceState(i.desiredHash||"",e.title,j.pathname+j.search)))}catch(m){}var k,h;window.mixpanel=a;a._i=[];a.init=function(b,c,f){function e(b,a){var c=a.split(".");2==c.length&&(b=b[c[0]],a=c[1]);b[a]=function(){b.push([a].concat(Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments,
0)))}}var d=a;"undefined"!==typeof f?d=a[f]=[]:f="mixpanel";d.people=d.people||[];d.toString=function(b){var a="mixpanel";"mixpanel"!==f&&(a+="."+f);b||(a+=" (stub)");return a};d.people.toString=function(){return d.toString(1)+".people (stub)"};k="disable time_event track track_pageview track_links track_forms register register_once alias unregister identify name_tag set_config reset people.set people.set_once people.increment people.append people.union people.track_charge people.clear_charges people.delete_user".split(" ");
for(h=0;h<k.length;h++)e(d,k[h]);a._i.push([b,c,f])};a.__SV=1.2;b=e.createElement("script");b.type="text/javascript";b.async=!0;b.src="undefined"!==typeof MIXPANEL_CUSTOM_LIB_URL?MIXPANEL_CUSTOM_LIB_URL:"file:"===e.location.protocol&&"//cdn.mxpnl.com/libs/mixpanel-2-latest.min.js".match(/^\/\//)?"https://cdn.mxpnl.com/libs/mixpanel-2-latest.min.js":"//cdn.mxpnl.com/libs/mixpanel-2-latest.min.js";c=e.getElementsByTagName("script")[0];c.parentNode.insertBefore(b,c)}})(document,window.mixpanel||[]);
mixpanel.init("20811910032e8faa08182ce8201a3840");</script><!-- end Mixpanel -->
<!-- Mixpanel Ends -->

<!-- Facebook Pixel Code -->
<script>
!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?
n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;
n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;
t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,
document,'script','https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/fbevents.js');
fbq('init', '1262511953803923', {
em: 'insert_email_variable,'
});
fbq('track', 'PageView');
</script>
<noscript><img height="1" width="1" style="display:none"
src="https://www.facebook.com/tr?id=1262511953803923&ev=PageView&noscript=1"
/></noscript>
<!-- DO NOT MODIFY -->
<!-- End Facebook Pixel Code -->

<!-- ADVERTISING - Digital Strategies -->
<script type='text/javascript'>
var googletag = googletag || {};
googletag.cmd = googletag.cmd || [];
(function() {
	var gads = document.createElement('script');
	gads.async = true;
	gads.type = 'text/javascript';
	var useSSL = 'https:' == document.location.protocol;
	gads.src = (useSSL ? 'https:' : 'http:') + 
	'//www.googletagservices.com/tag/js/gpt.js';
	var node = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0];
	node.parentNode.insertBefore(gads, node);
})();
</script>

<script>
googletag.cmd.push(function() {
	
	var mappingLeaderboard = googletag.sizeMapping().
		addSize([1240, 0], [728, 90]).
		addSize([816, 0], [320, 50]).
		addSize([0, 0], []).
		build();
	var mappingLeaderboardBtm = googletag.sizeMapping().
		addSize([1240, 0], [728, 90]).
		addSize([816, 0], [320, 50]).
		addSize([0, 0], [300, 250]).
		build();
	var mappingSidebar = googletag.sizeMapping().
		addSize([964, 0], [[160, 600], [300, 600], [300, 250]]).
		addSize([768, 0], [160, 600]).
		addSize([0, 0], []).
		build();
	var mappingPost = googletag.sizeMapping().
		addSize([1080, 0], []).
		addSize([0, 0], [300, 250]).
		build();

	googletag
		.defineSlot('/3925315/shareblue-leaderboard-bottom', [[320, 50], [728, 90], [300, 250]], 'div-gpt-ad-1503005984145-0')
		.defineSizeMapping(mappingLeaderboardBtm)
		.addService(googletag.pubads());
	googletag
		.defineSlot('/3925315/shareblue-leaderboard-top', [[320, 50], [728, 90]], 'div-gpt-ad-1503005984145-1')
		.defineSizeMapping(mappingLeaderboard)
		.addService(googletag.pubads());
	googletag
		.defineSlot('/3925315/shareblue-sidebar-top', [[300, 600], [160, 600], [300, 250]], 'div-gpt-ad-1503005984145-3')
		.defineSizeMapping(mappingSidebar)
		.addService(googletag.pubads());
    googletag.defineSlot('/3925315/shareblue-in-post', [300, 250], 'div-gpt-ad-1507316882468-0')
		.defineSizeMapping(mappingPost)
        .addService(googletag.pubads());
	googletag
		.pubads()
		.enableSingleRequest();
	googletag
		.pubads()
		.collapseEmptyDivs();
	googletag
		.enableServices();
});
</script>

<!-- Begin comScore Tag -->
<script>
  var _comscore = _comscore || [];
  _comscore.push({ c1: "2", c2: "25595994" });
  (function() {
    var s = document.createElement("script"), el = document.getElementsByTagName("script")[0]; s.async = true;
    s.src = (document.location.protocol == "https:" ? "https://sb" : "http://b") + ".scorecardresearch.com/beacon.js";
    el.parentNode.insertBefore(s, el);
  })();
</script>
<noscript>
  <img src="http://b.scorecardresearch.com/p?c1=2&c2=25595994&cv=2.0&cj=1" />
</noscript>
<!-- End comScore Tag --> 
<!-- ADVERTISING - Digital Strategies -->

</head>

<body class="post-template-default single single-post postid-159121 single-format-standard left_align">

		<input type="hidden" id="pp_enable_right_click" name="pp_enable_right_click" value=""/>
	<input type="hidden" id="pp_enable_dragging" name="pp_enable_dragging" value=""/>
	<input type="hidden" id="pp_image_path" name="pp_image_path" value="https://shareblue.com/wp-content/themes/grandnews/images/"/>
	<input type="hidden" id="pp_homepage_url" name="pp_homepage_url" value="https://shareblue.com/"/>
	<input type="hidden" id="pp_ajax_search" name="pp_ajax_search" value="1"/>
	<input type="hidden" id="pp_fixed_menu" name="pp_fixed_menu" value="1"/>
	<input type="hidden" id="tg_sidebar_sticky" name="tg_sidebar_sticky" value=""/>
	<input type="hidden" id="pp_topbar" name="pp_topbar" value="0"/>
	<input type="hidden" id="pp_page_title_img_blur" name="pp_page_title_img_blur" value=""/>
	<input type="hidden" id="tg_blog_slider_layout" name="tg_blog_slider_layout" value=""/>
	<input type="hidden" id="pp_back" name="pp_back" value="Back"/>
	<input type="hidden" id="tg_lightbox_skin" name="tg_lightbox_skin" value="metro-black"/>
	<input type="hidden" id="tg_lightbox_thumbnails" name="tg_lightbox_thumbnails" value="horizontal"/>
	<input type="hidden" id="tg_lightbox_opacity" name="tg_lightbox_opacity" value="0.95"/>
	<input type="hidden" id="tg_enable_lazy" name="tg_enable_lazy" value=""/>
	
		<input type="hidden" id="pp_footer_style" name="pp_footer_style" value="3"/>
	
	<!-- Begin mobile menu -->
	<a id="close_mobile_menu" href="javascript:;"></a>
	
	
        <div class="mobile_menu_wrapper">
            <a id="close_mobile_menu_button" href="javascript:;"><i class="fa fa-bars"></i></a>

            <div class="menu-main-menu-container"><ul id="mobile_main_menu" class="mobile_main_nav"><li id="menu-item-192" class="sb-social-sidenav twitter menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-192"><a href="https://twitter.com/shareblue">twitter</a></li>
<li id="menu-item-191" class="sb-social-sidenav facebook menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-191"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/shareblue">Facebook</a></li>
<li id="menu-item-193" class="sb-social-sidenav instagram menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-193"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/sharebluemedia/">instagram</a></li>
<li id="menu-item-225" class="sb-social-sidenav youtube menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-225"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWYaThWSZT8e4cNCTjcO73A%20">youtube</a></li>
<li id="menu-item-33" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-33"><a href="https://shareblue.com/company/">Company</a></li>
<li id="menu-item-80651" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-80651"><a href="https://shareblue.com/careers/">Careers</a></li>
<li id="menu-item-29" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-29"><a href="https://shareblue.com/contact/">Contact</a></li>
<li id="menu-item-32" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-32"><a href="https://shareblue.com/terms/">Terms</a></li>
<li id="menu-item-30" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-30"><a href="https://shareblue.com/privacy/">Privacy</a></li>
</ul></div>
            <!-- Begin side menu sidebar -->
            <div class="page_content_wrapper"> 
                <div class="sidebar_wrapper">
                    <div class="sidebar">

                        <div class="content">

                            <ul class="sidebar_widget">
                                                        </ul>

                        </div>

                    </div>
                </div>
            </div>
            <!-- End side menu sidebar -->
        </div>
	
	<!-- End mobile menu -->

	<!-- Begin template wrapper -->
	<div id="wrapper">
	
	
<div class="header_style_wrapper"> 



<div class="top_bar">
    
     
    
    <div id="breakingNews"> </div>
    
    <div class="standard_wrapper">
    
	    <!-- Begin logo -->
	    <div id="logo_wrapper">
	    	    <div class="header-date">Tuesday, February 13<sup>th</sup>, 2018</div>	    
	    <div id="socialIcons">
	        <ul>
	            <li><a href="https://www.facebook.com/shareblue"><img src="/wp-content/themes/grandnews-child/imgs/face_ico-noSpace.png";></a></li>
	            <li><a href="https://twitter.com/shareblue"><img src="/wp-content/themes/grandnews-child/imgs/twitt_ico-noSpace.png";></a></li>
	            <li><a href="https://www.instagram.com/sharebluemedia/"><img src="/wp-content/themes/grandnews-child/imgs/instagram_ico-noSpace.png";></a></li>
	        	<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWYaThWSZT8e4cNCTjcO73A"><img src="/wp-content/themes/grandnews-child/imgs/youtube_ico-noSpace.png";></a></li>
	        </ul>
	    </div>
	    
	    	    <div id="logo_normal" class="logo_container">
	        <div class="logo_align">
		        <a id="custom_logo" class="logo_wrapper default" href="https://shareblue.com/">
		        			    		<img src="https://shareblue.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/SM_532x140_logo-02.png" alt="" width="266" height="70"/>
		    				        </a>
	        </div>
	    </div>
	    	    <!-- End logo -->
	    
	    
	    <div id="menu_wrapper">
	    
	    <!-- Begin right corner buttons -->
		<div id="logo_right_button">
		    <!-- div class="post_share_wrapper">
		    	<a id="page_share" href="javascript:;"><i class="fa fa-share-alt"></i></a>
		    </div -->
		    
		    		    
		    <!-- Begin search icon -->
		    <a href="https://shareblue.com/search" id="sb_search_icon"><i class="fa fa-search"></i></a>
		    <!-- End side menu -->
		
		    <!-- Begin search icon -->
		    <a href="javascript:;" id="mobile_nav_icon"><i class="fa fa-bars"></i></a>
		    <!-- End side menu -->
		    
		</div>
		<!-- End right corner buttons -->
	    
			      <div id="nav_wrapper">
	      	<div class="nav_wrapper_inner">
	      		<div id="menu_border_wrapper">
	      			<div class="notice">Setup Menu via Wordpress Dashboard &gt; Appearance &gt; Menus</div>	      		</div>
	      	</div>
	      </div>
	      <!-- End main nav -->
	  	  
  	</div>
  	
  	  	
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>





<!-- Begin content -->
<div id="page_content_wrapper" class="">
<div class="inner">

	<!-- Begin main content -->
	<div class="inner_wrapper ofPost">

		<div class="sidebar_content">

<!-- /3925315/shareblue-leaderboard-top -->
<div id='div-gpt-ad-1503005984145-1' class="ad">
<script>
googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1503005984145-1'); });
</script>
</div>



<!-- Begin each blog post -->
<div id="post-159121" class="post-159121 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-current-events category-donald-trump tag-issues">

	<div class="post_wrapper">

	    <div class="post_content_wrapper">

	    	
	    	<div class="post_header">
				<div class="post_header_title">
				 	<div class="post_info_cat">
				 		<div class="breadcrumb"><a href="https://shareblue.com">Home</a>  » <a href="https://shareblue.com/category/current-events/">Current Events</a> <a href="https://shareblue.com/category/donald-trump/">Donald Trump</a> </div>				 	</div>
				   	<h1>Trump obliterated Obama’s flood protection standards days before Hurricane Harvey took off</h1>

						<div class="totalCountBox social_mobile">
            	<h1></h1>
              <h3>Shares</h3>
            </div>

				   					   	<div class="social_mobile">			<div class="textwidget"><div class="addthis_inline_share_toolbox"></div><div id="atstbx" class="fadeInLoad at-resp-share-element at-style-responsive addthis-smartlayers addthis-animated at4-show at-mobile" aria-labelledby="at-1e8675d3-3e8c-4127-a331-c7c17a252ba9" role="region"><div class="at-share-btn-elements"><a href="#" rel="nofollow" role="button" onclick="window.print(); return false;" tabindex="1" class="oslimstat at-icon-wrapper at-share-btn at-svc-printfriendly" style="background-color: rgb(115, 138, 141); border-radius: 0px; padding: 5px;"><span class="at4-visually-hidden"></span><span class="at-icon-wrapper" style="line-height: 20px; height: 20px; width: 20px;"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" viewBox="0 0 32 32" class="at-icon at-icon-print"><g><path d="M24.67 10.62h-2.86V7.49H10.82v3.12H7.95c-.5 0-.9.4-.9.9v7.66h3.77v1.31L15 24.66h6.81v-5.44h3.77v-7.7c-.01-.5-.41-.9-.91-.9zM11.88 8.56h8.86v2.06h-8.86V8.56zm10.98 9.18h-1.05v-2.1h-1.06v7.96H16.4c-1.58 0-.82-3.74-.82-3.74s-3.65.89-3.69-.78v-3.43h-1.06v2.06H9.77v-3.58h13.09v3.61zm.75-4.91c-.4 0-.72-.32-.72-.72s.32-.72.72-.72c.4 0 .72.32.72.72s-.32.72-.72.72zm-4.12 2.96h-6.1v1.06h6.1v-1.06zm-6.11 3.15h6.1v-1.06h-6.1v1.06z"></path></g></svg></span></a></div></div>
</div>
		</div>				   					   	<div class="post_detail post_date">
			      		<span class="post_info_author">
			      						      			<a href="https://shareblue.com/author/daniel/">By Dan Desai Martin&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;|</a>
			      		</span>
			      		<span class="post_info_date">
			      			  August 26, 2017			      		</span>
				  	</div>
				  	<div class="post_detail post_comment">
				  		<!-- <div class="post_info_comment">
							<a href=""><i class="fa fa-commenting"></i></a>
						</div> -->

										  	</div>
				</div>
			</div>

			<!-- <hr class="post_divider"/><br class="clear"/> -->

			<div id='customSummary'> <p>As Hurricane Harvey batters Texas, Donald Trump's actions — or lack thereof — are leaving Americans less safe in the face of such natural disasters, now and in the future.</p> </div>
			
	    	
						<div class="post_img static">
							<img src="https://shareblue.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/AP_17078850332894.jpg" alt="" class="" style="width:960px;height:631px;"/>
						</div>

						<div class="image-info group">
							<div class="image-caption"></div>
							<div class="image-credit">(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)</div>
						</div>


			
		    <div class="post_header single">

				<div class="at-above-post addthis_tool" data-url="https://shareblue.com/trump-obliterated-obamas-flood-protection-standards-days-before-hurricane-harvey-took-off/"></div><p>Hurricane Harvey is wreaking havoc in Texas, and the <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/26/us/hurricane-harvey-landfall/index.html">devastation will be catastrophic</a>. The totality of the destruction is not yet known, but predictions anticipate that this will be <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2017/08/24/harvey-is-life-threatening-hurricane-center-says.html">one of the worst storms</a> in more than a decade.</p>
<p>During the Obama administration, even though there was no Category 3 or higher hurricane to hit the U.S. mainland, serious efforts were underway to ensure a better prepared infrastructure and response when a storm inevitably hit — because that is how responsible leaders act.</p><div class="share-outstream-video-ad" style="margin-bottom: 10px; " id="share-786975013"><div id="outstreamer"></div>
<!-- Account: Shareblue Site: Shareblue - Outstream Zone: Shareblue - Outstream Format: OutStream -->
<script type="text/javascript">
 (function() {
   function loadIt() {
     console.log("DOM fully loaded and parsed");

     // Enter OutStream configuration options HERE //
     var configParams = {
       "width": 640,
       "height": 360,
       "k_pos": "after",
       "k_placement": "g/#outstreamer",
       "k_align": "center",
       "rp_kw":"auto",
       "k_label":"Advertisement",
       "k_close": 1,
       "p_aso.video.ext.skip": 1
     };

     // End OutStream configuration options //

     var doc = top.window.document;

     var as = doc.createElement('script'),
       aT = '//video-ads-apex.rubiconproject.com/apex/17052/158832/761396/203/apex.js?r=' + Math.random() * 10000000000000000;

     as.type = 'text/javascript';
     as.src = aT;
     as.async = true;

     if (as.textContent) {
       as.textContent = JSON.stringify(configParams);
     } else {
       as.innerText = JSON.stringify(configParams);
     }
     doc.body.appendChild(as);

   }


   if (document.readyState === "complete" || (document.readyState !== "loading" && !document.documentElement.doScroll)) {
     loadIt();
   } else {
     document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", loadIt);
   }

 }());
</script></div>
<p>Unsurprisingly, Donald Trump is choosing a different tack, systematically dismantling the work of his predecessor and putting Americans at further risk.</p>
<p>But hey, Trump did make sure to <a href="https://shareblue.com/good-luck-trump-bids-texans-a-heartless-farewell-as-they-prepare-for-hurricane-harvey/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wish everyone “good luck”</a> as he jetted off for more vacation time.</p>
<p>Trump’s actions are the “opposite to the ‘leave it better than you found it’ philosophy,” <a href="http://www.newsweek.com/harvey-approaches-trump-weather-cuts-loom-654844?amp=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to</a> David Titley, director of the Center for Solutions to Weather and Climate Risk at Penn State and retired Navy rear admiral.</p><div class="share-content" id="share-522653959"><!-- /3925315/shareblue-in-post -->
<div id="div-gpt-ad-1507316882468-0" style="height:250px; width:300px;" class="sb_ad">
<script>
googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1507316882468-0'); });
</script></div></div>
<p>In 2013, President Barack Obama issued <a href="https://perma.cc/S5FP-RGVW" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Executive Order 13653</a> to prepare the United States for the impacts of climate change. The order included directions for the federal government to work with state and local governments to look at infrastructure projects to help prepare for changes brought about by climate change, such as more powerful hurricanes.</p>
<p><a href="https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/sites/default/files/docs/climate_preparedness_report_updated_070915.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">A report</a> on that EO noted that the administration was “applying lessons learned from Hurricane Sandy and other extreme events … to build a stronger collaborative culture with communities and removing barriers to resilient rebuilding and recovery efforts.”</p>
<p>“Significant progress is being made across the Administration to modernize Federal programs and data collection and mapping,” the report continued.</p>
<p>But in March 2017, Trump rescinded this executive order. Because why bother preparing for climate change if you believe that it is <a href="https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/6/1/15726472/trump-tweets-global-warming-paris-climate-agreement" target="_blank" rel="noopener">no more than a hoax</a>?</p>
<p>And in mid-August, in the midst of hurricane season and less than two weeks prior to Hurricane Harvey making landfall, Trump <a href="http://columbiaclimatelaw.com/climate-deregulation-tracker/president-issues-executive-order-to-expedite-infrastructure-reviews-revoke-flood-management-standard/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">rescinded another Executive Order</a> put in place to protect communities from the devastation wreaked by natural disasters.</p>
<p>EO 13690, signed by President Obama in 2015, required all federal investments involving floodplains to meet higher flood risk management standards, to help ensure that infrastructure in those areas would be more resilient, less precarious, and less costly in both human and economic terms.</p>
<p>But Trump nixed that order and the protections it sought to implement, and the nation is already set to witness the damage his move could bring.</p>
<p>It is one more bullet point in Trump’s growing <a href="https://shareblue.com/trumps-obsession-with-president-obama-spins-dangerously-out-of-control/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">obsession with attacking President Obama’s legacy</a>, which also includes the massive cuts called for in Trump’s budget to the tools the federal government uses <a href="http://www.newsweek.com/harvey-approaches-trump-weather-cuts-loom-654844?amp=1">to monitor and warn about natural disasters</a>.</p>
<p>Trump’s budget “seeks to cut 26 percent from NOAA’s Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research, which supports data collection, climate and science, as well as research into more accurate weather forecasting models.”</p>
<p>Investments in weather-related science have had <a href="http://www.newsweek.com/harvey-approaches-trump-weather-cuts-loom-654844?amp=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">life-saving results:</a></p>
<blockquote><p>Scientists and meteorologists have worried that the cuts, and much more devastating reductions in climate change programs at NASA and other agencies, would harm the agency’s ability to forecast storms. <strong>In recent decades, the improvement in forecasting technologies has saved hundreds of lives, especially when it comes to tornadoes.</strong> The National Weather Service notes that hundreds used to die from pop up tornadoes like the ones that blew through Oklahoma in the mid-1970s, and that deaths are way down due to accurate predictions.</p></blockquote>
<p>It is horrifying, if <a href="https://shareblue.com/climate-disaster-trumps-budget-targets-the-earth/">sadly predictable</a>, to see such potentially deadly hostility to science enacted in the face of a roiling natural disaster.</p>
<p>To make matters worse, as Hurricane Harvey ravages through Texas, the Trump administration is <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/hurricane-season-begins-the-trump-administration-unprepared">woefully understaffed</a> to confront it, with no director at the Federal Emergency Management Agency or administrator at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in place.</p>
<p>State and local governments, as well as charities, hospitals, and volunteers, will need to do all they can to keep everyone safe, since the White House has made it clear that little help will be forthcoming.</p>
<p>It is just one more callous way that Donald Trump is <a href="https://shareblue.com/trump-breaks-with-tradition-at-the-border-sacrifices-safety-as-hurricane-harvey-approaches/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">failing at his job</a>, and failing the American people.</p>
<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings above via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings below via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons above via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons below via filter on the_content --><div class="at-below-post addthis_tool" data-url="https://shareblue.com/trump-obliterated-obamas-flood-protection-standards-days-before-hurricane-harvey-took-off/"></div><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->

<!-- 				<div class="post_share_center"> -->
				<!-- 				</div> -->


							</div>

		    			<br class="clear"/><br/>

			<div id="about_the_author">
   <div class="authorLine"> Author </div>
        <div class="gravatar">
       <img width="195" height="300" src="https://shareblue.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Dan-desai-martin-195x300.jpeg" class="attachment-medium size-medium" alt="" />     </div>
      <div class="author_detail">
     	<div class="author_content">
                <h6>Writer/Editor  SoCal Daily Media</h6>
             		<h4>Dan Desai Martin</h4>
     		Former international development advocate, communications consultant, education advocate, and freelance writer. Follow him on Twitter @DanMartinTalks.
		 	<ul class="author_social">
	     				    			    			    			    			 	</ul>
     	</div>
    </div>
    <br class="clear"/>
</div>

							<h3 class="artcile_bottom_share"></h3>
		   		<div class="social_article">			<div class="textwidget"><div class="addthis_inline_share_toolbox"></div><div id="atstbx" class="fadeInLoad at-resp-share-element at-style-responsive addthis-smartlayers addthis-animated at4-show at-mobile" aria-labelledby="at-1e8675d3-3e8c-4127-a331-c7c17a252ba9" role="region"><div class="at-share-btn-elements"><a href="#" rel="nofollow" role="button" onclick="window.print(); return false;" tabindex="1" class="oslimstat at-icon-wrapper at-share-btn at-svc-printfriendly" style="background-color: rgb(115, 138, 141); border-radius: 0px; padding: 5px;"><span class="at4-visually-hidden"></span><span class="at-icon-wrapper" style="line-height: 20px; height: 20px; width: 20px;"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" viewBox="0 0 32 32" class="at-icon at-icon-print"><g><path d="M24.67 10.62h-2.86V7.49H10.82v3.12H7.95c-.5 0-.9.4-.9.9v7.66h3.77v1.31L15 24.66h6.81v-5.44h3.77v-7.7c-.01-.5-.41-.9-.91-.9zM11.88 8.56h8.86v2.06h-8.86V8.56zm10.98 9.18h-1.05v-2.1h-1.06v7.96H16.4c-1.58 0-.82-3.74-.82-3.74s-3.65.89-3.69-.78v-3.43h-1.06v2.06H9.77v-3.58h13.09v3.61zm.75-4.91c-.4 0-.72-.32-.72-.72s.32-.72.72-.72c.4 0 .72.32.72.72s-.32.72-.72.72zm-4.12 2.96h-6.1v1.06h6.1v-1.06zm-6.11 3.15h6.1v-1.06h-6.1v1.06z"></path></g></svg></span></a></div></div>
</div>
		</div>		   	
<!-- /3925315/shareblue-leaderboard-bottom -->
<div id='div-gpt-ad-1503005984145-0' class="ad">
<script>
googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1503005984145-0'); });
</script>
</div>

														<h5 class="single_subtitle">More</h5>
				<div class="post_trending">
															<div class="one_half ">
							<div class="post_wrapper grid_layout">
								<div class="post_img small static">
									<a href="https://shareblue.com/fbi-director-destroys-white-house-lie-about-domestic-abuse-scandal/">
										<img width="906" height="640" src="https://shareblue.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Wray.jpg" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="FBI Director Christopher Wray" />									</a>
								</div>
								<div class="blog_grid_content">
									<div class="post_header grid">
										<div class="sb_border_bar">
											<h6><a href="https://shareblue.com/fbi-director-destroys-white-house-lie-about-domestic-abuse-scandal/" title="FBI director destroys White House lie about domestic abuse scandal">FBI director destroys White House lie about domestic abuse scandal</a></h6>
										</div>
									</div>
								</div>
							</div>
						</div>
																							<div class="one_half last">
							<div class="post_wrapper grid_layout">
								<div class="post_img small static">
									<a href="https://shareblue.com/trump-hotels-have-hired-zero-americans-for-seasonal-jobs-since-election/">
										<img width="939" height="640" src="https://shareblue.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/AP_17341731136596.jpg" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="Donald Trump" />									</a>
								</div>
								<div class="blog_grid_content">
									<div class="post_header grid">
										<div class="sb_border_bar">
											<h6><a href="https://shareblue.com/trump-hotels-have-hired-zero-americans-for-seasonal-jobs-since-election/" title="Trump hotels have hired zero Americans for seasonal jobs since election">Trump hotels have hired zero Americans for seasonal jobs since election</a></h6>
										</div>
									</div>
								</div>
							</div>
						</div>
																	</div>
							
			
			
			
	    </div>

	</div>

</div>
<!-- End each blog post -->




    	</div>

    		<div class="sidebar_wrapper">

    			<div class="sidebar_top"></div>

    			<div class="sidebar">

    				<div class="content" id="allSideContent">
            	<div class="totalCountBox" >
              	<h1></h1>
								<h3>Shares</h3>
							</div>
    							    	    		<ul class="sidebar_widget">
		    	    		<li id="text-3" class="widget widget_text">			<div class="textwidget"><div class="addthis_inline_share_toolbox"></div><div id="atstbx" class="fadeInLoad at-resp-share-element at-style-responsive addthis-smartlayers addthis-animated at4-show at-mobile" aria-labelledby="at-1e8675d3-3e8c-4127-a331-c7c17a252ba9" role="region"><div class="at-share-btn-elements"><a href="#" rel="nofollow" role="button" onclick="window.print(); return false;" tabindex="1" class="oslimstat at-icon-wrapper at-share-btn at-svc-printfriendly" style="background-color: rgb(115, 138, 141); border-radius: 0px; padding: 5px;"><span class="at4-visually-hidden"></span><span class="at-icon-wrapper" style="line-height: 20px; height: 20px; width: 20px;"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" viewBox="0 0 32 32" class="at-icon at-icon-print"><g><path d="M24.67 10.62h-2.86V7.49H10.82v3.12H7.95c-.5 0-.9.4-.9.9v7.66h3.77v1.31L15 24.66h6.81v-5.44h3.77v-7.7c-.01-.5-.41-.9-.91-.9zM11.88 8.56h8.86v2.06h-8.86V8.56zm10.98 9.18h-1.05v-2.1h-1.06v7.96H16.4c-1.58 0-.82-3.74-.82-3.74s-3.65.89-3.69-.78v-3.43h-1.06v2.06H9.77v-3.58h13.09v3.61zm.75-4.91c-.4 0-.72-.32-.72-.72s.32-.72.72-.72c.4 0 .72.32.72.72s-.32.72-.72.72zm-4.12 2.96h-6.1v1.06h6.1v-1.06zm-6.11 3.15h6.1v-1.06h-6.1v1.06z"></path></g></svg></span></a></div></div>
</div>
		</li>
<li id="grand_news_custom_ads-2" class="widget Grand_News_Custom_Ads"><div class="ads_label">- Advertisement -</div><!-- /3925315/shareblue-sidebar-top -->
<div id='div-gpt-ad-1503005984145-3' class="sb_ad">
<script>
googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1503005984145-3'); });
</script>
</div>
</li>
<li class="yarpp-related-widget"><h3>Recent</h3><div class="yarpp-thumbnails-horizontal"><div class="allRelated"><div class="relatedImg"><a href="https://shareblue.com/fbi-director-destroys-white-house-lie-about-domestic-abuse-scandal/"><img width="120" height="120" src="https://shareblue.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Wray-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-120x120 size-120x120 wp-post-image" alt="FBI Director Christopher Wray" /></a></div><div class="relatedDetails"><a href="https://shareblue.com/fbi-director-destroys-white-house-lie-about-domestic-abuse-scandal/">FBI director destroys White House lie about domestic abuse scandal</a></div></div><div class="allRelated"><div class="relatedImg"><a href="https://shareblue.com/trump-hotels-have-hired-zero-americans-for-seasonal-jobs-since-election/"><img width="120" height="120" src="https://shareblue.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/AP_17341731136596-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-120x120 size-120x120 wp-post-image" alt="Donald Trump" /></a></div><div class="relatedDetails"><a href="https://shareblue.com/trump-hotels-have-hired-zero-americans-for-seasonal-jobs-since-election/">Trump hotels have hired zero Americans for seasonal jobs since election</a></div></div><div class="allRelated"><div class="relatedImg"><a href="https://shareblue.com/gop-senator-joni-ernst-blasts-trump-for-domestic-abuse-cover-up/"><img width="120" height="120" src="https://shareblue.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Republican-Sen.-Joni-Ernst-150x150.png" class="attachment-120x120 size-120x120 wp-post-image" alt="Iowa Republican Sen. Joni Ernst" /></a></div><div class="relatedDetails"><a href="https://shareblue.com/gop-senator-joni-ernst-blasts-trump-for-domestic-abuse-cover-up/">GOP senator blasts Trump for domestic abuse cover-up</a></div></div><div class="allRelated"><div class="relatedImg"><a href="https://shareblue.com/trump-allowed-omarosa-to-use-the-military-as-her-personal-taxi-service/"><img width="120" height="120" src="https://shareblue.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Omarosa-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-120x120 size-120x120 wp-post-image" alt="Omarosa Manigault" /></a></div><div class="relatedDetails"><a href="https://shareblue.com/trump-allowed-omarosa-to-use-the-military-as-her-personal-taxi-service/">Trump allowed Omarosa to use the military as her personal taxi service</a></div></div><div class="allRelated"><div class="relatedImg"><a href="https://shareblue.com/white-house-cover-story-for-abusive-former-aide-completely-implodes/"><img width="120" height="120" src="https://shareblue.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Sarah-Huckabee-Sanders-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-120x120 size-120x120 wp-post-image" alt="Sarah Huckabee Sanders" /></a></div><div class="relatedDetails"><a href="https://shareblue.com/white-house-cover-story-for-abusive-former-aide-completely-implodes/">White House cover story for abusive former aide completely implodes</a></div></div></div></li>		    	    		</ul>
		    	    	
    				</div>

    			</div>
    			<br class="clear"/>

    			<div class="sidebar_bottom"></div>
    		</div>

    </div>
    <!-- End main content -->

</div>

</div>

<script>
    var allHeight =0;
    var sideHeight=0;
    var heightStop=0;
    var footer = 179;
    var diftopBar = 132;

    jQuery(window).load(function () {
        window.addthis.toolbox(".addthis_toolbox");
/*
        allHeight = jQuery("#wrapper").height();
        sideHeight = jQuery("#allSideContent").height();

        heightStop = allHeight - footer - sideHeight;
        newSidePos = (allHeight - footer - sideHeight - diftopBar-90)*(-1);

        //alert(allHeight+"-"+footer+"-"+sideHeight+"="+heightStop);

        var newScroll = (jQuery(document).scrollTop())+diftopBar;
        jQuery(window).scroll(function(e) {
            var newScroll = (jQuery(document).scrollTop())+diftopBar;
            if(newScroll > heightStop)
                jQuery("#allSideContent").css({"position": "absolute", "bottom": newSidePos+"px"});
            else
                jQuery("#allSideContent").css({"position": "fixed", "bottom": "initial"});
        });
*/
    });


</script>
  <script>
	getSocialCount("facebook","shareblue.com","trump-obliterated-obamas-flood-protection-standards-days-before-hurricane-harvey-took-off",".totalCountBox  h1");											</script>




<div class="footer_bar   ">

		<div id="footer" class="">
	<ul class="sidebar_widget three">
	    	</ul>
	
	
	
	
	</div>
	<br class="clear"/>
	
	<div class="footer_bar_wrapper ">
	
	    <div id="subscription">
	    	<form action="https://salsa4.salsalabs.com/save" method="POST"><input name="organization_KEY" type="hidden" value="51109" />
	    	<input name="chapter_KEY" type="hidden" value="0" />
			<input name="email_trigger_KEYS" type="hidden" value="20576" />
			<input name="object" type="hidden" value="supporter" />
			<input name="Receive_Email" type="hidden" value="1" />
            <ul>
                
                <li><input id="email" name="Email" type="email" placeholder="Enter your email"/></li>
                <input name="link" type="hidden" value="groups" />
				<input name="linkKey" type="hidden" value="162396" />
				<input name="tag" type="hidden" value="excellent" />
				<input name="redirect" type="hidden" value="http://shareblue.com/thank-you/" />
                <li><input class="blackbottom" type="Submit" value="Sign up" /></li>
            </ul>
            </form>  
            <div id="copyright">© 2016 True Blue Media LLC.</div> 
             
        </div>
	
	
        <div id="logoFooter"> </div> 
                
		<div class="menu-footer-menu-container"><ul id="footer_menu" class="footer_nav"><li id="menu-item-38" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-38"><a href="https://shareblue.com/company/">Company</a></li>
<li id="menu-item-80641" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-80641"><a href="https://shareblue.com/careers/">Careers</a></li>
<li id="menu-item-34" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-34"><a href="https://shareblue.com/contact/">Contact</a></li>
<li id="menu-item-37" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-37"><a href="https://shareblue.com/terms/">Terms</a></li>
<li id="menu-item-35" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-35"><a href="https://shareblue.com/privacy/">Privacy</a></li>
</ul></div>    
    
    <div id="socialFeet"> 
            <ul>
                <li> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/shareblue">  <img src="/wp-content/themes/grandnews-child/imgs/face_ico-white.png";>  </a> </li>
                <li> <a href="https://twitter.com/shareblue">  <img src="/wp-content/themes/grandnews-child/imgs/twitt_ico-white.png";>  </a> </li>
                <li> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/sharebluemedia/">  <img src="/wp-content/themes/grandnews-child/imgs/instagram_ico-whie.png";>  </a> </li>
                <li> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWYaThWSZT8e4cNCTjcO73A">  <img src="/wp-content/themes/grandnews-child/imgs/youtube_ico-white.png";>  </a> </li>
            </ul>
        </div>
    
	    	    
	    	    	<a id="toTop"><i class="fa fa-angle-up"></i></a>
	    	    
	    	</div>
</div>

</div>


<div id="overlay_background">
	<div id="fullscreen_share_wrapper">
		<div class="fullscreen_share_content">
		<div id="social_share_wrapper">
	<ul>
		<li><a class="tooltip" title="Share On Facebook" target="_blank" href="https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https://shareblue.com/trump-obliterated-obamas-flood-protection-standards-days-before-hurricane-harvey-took-off/"><i class="fa fa-facebook marginright"></i></a></li>
		<li><a class="tooltip" title="Share On Twitter" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?original_referer=https://shareblue.com/trump-obliterated-obamas-flood-protection-standards-days-before-hurricane-harvey-took-off/&url=https://shareblue.com/trump-obliterated-obamas-flood-protection-standards-days-before-hurricane-harvey-took-off/"><i class="fa fa-twitter marginright"></i></a></li>
		<li><a class="tooltip" title="Share On Pinterest" target="_blank" href="http://www.pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fshareblue.com%2Ftrump-obliterated-obamas-flood-protection-standards-days-before-hurricane-harvey-took-off%2F&media=https%3A%2F%2Fshareblue.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2017%2F04%2FAP_17078850332894.jpg"><i class="fa fa-pinterest marginright"></i></a></li>
		<li><a class="tooltip" title="Share On Google+" target="_blank" href="https://plus.google.com/share?url=https://shareblue.com/trump-obliterated-obamas-flood-protection-standards-days-before-hurricane-harvey-took-off/"><i class="fa fa-google-plus marginright"></i></a></li>
		<li><a class="tooltip" title="Share by Email" href="mailto:?Subject=Trump+obliterated+Obama%E2%80%99s+flood+protection+standards+days+before+Hurricane+Harvey+took+off&amp;Body=https%3A%2F%2Fshareblue.com%2Ftrump-obliterated-obamas-flood-protection-standards-days-before-hurricane-harvey-took-off%2F"><i class="fa fa-envelope marginright"></i></a></li>
	</ul>
</div>		</div>
	</div>
</div>

<div id="overlay_background_search">
	<a id="search_close_button" class="tooltip" title="Close" href="javascript:;"><i class="fa fa-close"></i></a>
	<div class="search_wrapper">
		<div class="search_content">
		    <form role="search" method="get" name="searchform" id="searchform" action="https://shareblue.com//">
		        <div>
		        	<input type="text" value="" name="s" id="s" autocomplete="off" placeholder="Enter Keyword"/>
		        	<div class="search_tagline">Press enter/return to begin your search</div>
		        	<button>
		            	<i class="fa fa-search"></i>
		            </button>
		        </div>
		        <div id="autocomplete"></div>
		    </form>
		</div>
	</div>
</div>



		<script type="text/javascript">
						var _sf_async_config={};
			_sf_async_config.uid = 59519;
			_sf_async_config.domain = "shareblue.com";
			_sf_async_config.useCanonical = true;
				(function(){
			        function loadChartbeat() {
					window._sf_endpt=(new Date()).getTime();
					var e = document.createElement('script');
					e.setAttribute('language', 'javascript');
					e.setAttribute('type', 'text/javascript');
					e.setAttribute('src', '//static.chartbeat.com/js/chartbeat.js');
					document.body.appendChild(e);
				  }
				  var oldonload = window.onload;
				  window.onload = (typeof window.onload != 'function') ?
					 loadChartbeat : function() { try { oldonload(); } catch (e) { loadChartbeat(); throw e} loadChartbeat(); };
				})();
		</script>
<!-- Scroll Triggered Boxes v2.2.1 - https://wordpress.org/plugins/scroll-triggered-boxes/-->			<div class="stb-container stb-bottom-right-container">
				<div class="scroll-triggered-box stb stb-261 stb-bottom-right"
				     id="stb-261"
				     style="display: none;">
					<div class="stb-content">
						<p><iframe style="border: none; overflow: hidden;" src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/page.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fbluenationreview&amp;tabs=timeline&amp;width=340&amp;height=90&amp;small_header=true&amp;adapt_container_width=true&amp;hide_cover=false&amp;show_facepile=true&amp;appId" width="340" height="90" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe></p>
					</div>
											<span class="stb-close">&times;</span>
									</div>
			</div>
			<div id="stb-overlay"></div><!-- / Scroll Triggered Box --><script data-cfasync="false" type="text/javascript">if (window.addthis_product === undefined) { window.addthis_product = "wpp"; } if (window.wp_product_version === undefined) { window.wp_product_version = "wpp-6.1.2"; } if (window.wp_blog_version === undefined) { window.wp_blog_version = "4.9.2"; } if (window.addthis_share === undefined) { window.addthis_share = {"passthrough":{"twitter":{"via":"shareblue"}}}; } if (window.addthis_config === undefined) { window.addthis_config = {"data_track_clickback":true,"ui_atversion":"300"}; } if (window.addthis_plugin_info === undefined) { window.addthis_plugin_info = {"info_status":"enabled","cms_name":"WordPress","plugin_name":"Share Buttons by AddThis","plugin_version":"6.1.2","plugin_mode":"AddThis","anonymous_profile_id":"wp-81ce63231be32af23765408beefc307b","page_info":{"template":"posts","post_type":""},"sharing_enabled_on_post_via_metabox":false}; } 
                    (function() {
                      var first_load_interval_id = setInterval(function () {
                        if (typeof window.addthis !== 'undefined') {
                          window.clearInterval(first_load_interval_id);
                          if (typeof window.addthis_layers !== 'undefined' && Object.getOwnPropertyNames(window.addthis_layers).length > 0) {
                            window.addthis.layers(window.addthis_layers);
                          }
                          if (Array.isArray(window.addthis_layers_tools)) {
                            for (i = 0; i < window.addthis_layers_tools.length; i++) {
                              window.addthis.layers(window.addthis_layers_tools[i]);
                            }
                          }
                        }
                     },1000)
                    }());
                </script> <script data-cfasync="false" type="text/javascript"src="https://s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=ra-587e4033a85ac845" async="async"></script><script type='text/javascript'>
/* <![CDATA[ */
var wpcf7 = {"apiSettings":{"root":"https:\/\/shareblue.com\/wp-json\/contact-form-7\/v1","namespace":"contact-form-7\/v1"},"recaptcha":{"messages":{"empty":"Please verify that you are not a robot."}}};
/* ]]> */
</script>
<script type='text/javascript' src='https://shareblue.com/wp-content/plugins/contact-form-7/includes/js/scripts.js'></script>
<script type='text/javascript' src='https://shareblue.com/wp-content/themes/grandnews/js/ilightbox.packed.js'></script>
<script type='text/javascript' src='https://shareblue.com/wp-content/themes/grandnews/js/jquery.easing.js'></script>
<script type='text/javascript' src='https://shareblue.com/wp-content/themes/grandnews/js/jquery.sticky-kit.min.js'></script>
<script type='text/javascript' src='https://shareblue.com/wp-content/themes/grandnews/js/jquery.lazy.min.js'></script>
<script type='text/javascript' src='https://shareblue.com/wp-content/themes/grandnews/js/jquery.cookie.js'></script>
<script type='text/javascript' src='https://shareblue.com/wp-content/themes/grandnews/js/custom_plugins.js'></script>
<script type='text/javascript' src='https://shareblue.com/wp-content/themes/grandnews/js/custom.js'></script>
<script type='text/javascript'>
/* <![CDATA[ */
var STB_Global_Options = {"testMode":""};
var STB_Box_Options = {"261":{"id":261,"title":"Facebook","trigger":"percentage","triggerPercentage":50,"triggerElementSelector":"","animation":"slide","cookieTime":1,"autoHide":true,"autoShow":true,"position":"bottom-right","minimumScreenWidth":767,"unclosable":false}};
/* ]]> */
</script>
<script type='text/javascript' src='https://shareblue.com/wp-content/plugins/scroll-triggered-boxes/assets/js/script.min.js'></script>
<script type='text/javascript' src='https://shareblue.com/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js'></script>



<!-- Begin quantcast -->
<script type="text/javascript">
_qevents.push({
qacct:"p-YTW345LnKUsaa"
});
</script>

<noscript>
<div style="display:none;">
<img src="//pixel.quantserve.com/pixel/p-YTW345LnKUsaa.gif" border="0" height="1" width="1" alt="Quantcast"/>
</div>
</noscript>
<!-- End Quantcast -->

<!--
<script src="https://use.typekit.net/qir8hhg.js"></script>
<script>try{Typekit.load({ async: true });}catch(e){}</script>
-->


<script type="text/javascript">
// Nurettin -- After I talked to Richard I've disabled this due to conflict between chartbeat's javascript. 
   /* (function() {
        var path = '//easy.myfonts.net/v2/js?sid=10259(font-family=Helvetica+Neue+55+Roman)&sid=10261(font-family=Helvetica+Neue+75+Bold)&sid=10265(font-family=Helvetica+Neue+65+Medium)&sid=10922(font-family=Helvetica+Neue+67+Cond+Medium)&sid=10874(font-family=Helvetica+Neue+77+Cond+Bold)&key=EFFUpDiFVw',
            protocol = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https:' : 'http:'),
            trial = document.createElement('script');
        trial.type = 'text/javascript';
        trial.async = true;
        trial.src = protocol + path;
        var head = document.getElementsByTagName("head")[0];
        head.appendChild(trial);
    })();
    */
</script>
<!--
Start of Tag: Please do not remove
Tag: Audience
URL of the webpage where the tag is expected to be placed: http://www.shareblue.com
Creation Date: 03/15/2017
-->
<script type="text/javascript">
var axel = Math.random() + "";
var a = axel * 10000000000000;
document.write('<iframe src="https://6657507.fls.doubleclick.net/activityi;src=6657507;type=invmedia;cat=upyqayxk;dc_lat=;dc_rdid=;tag_for_child_directed_treatment=;ord=' + a + '?" width="1" height="1" frameborder="0" style="display:none"></iframe>');
</script>
<noscript>
<iframe src="https://6657507.fls.doubleclick.net/activityi;src=6657507;type=invmedia;cat=upyqayxk;dc_lat=;dc_rdid=;tag_for_child_directed_treatment=;ord=1?" width="1" height="1" frameborder="0" style="display:none"></iframe>
</noscript>
<!--Please do not remove -->

</body>
</html>
