hurricane politics
Aug
30
2017
The image depicts Noah's Ark receiving a bipartisan rescue team during the 2017 Houston floods caused by Hurricane Harvey. Two workers identified as the left and the right carry a bag marked unified flood rescue up a ramp to the vessel filled with animals. Noah, standing at the entrance, exclaims that he has now seen everything. The scene references the real-world disaster response efforts that brought together political opponents for relief operations in late August 2017.
Aug
29
2017
Aug
28
2017
The cartoon by Pat Bagley published August 28, 2017, depicts three Texas figures in cowboy hats voicing classic anti-government slogans in the top panel. Below, a FEMA worker in a raft approaches as the same figures, now perched on a Texas sign, exclaim that God heard their prayers and praise the Lord. The work responds to Hurricane Harvey's landfall and flooding in Houston and the Gulf Coast, where federal disaster response clashed with longstanding small-government rhetoric from Texas officials and some evangelical voices. It underscores the tension between ideological opposition to federal programs and practical reliance on them during a major natural disaster.
Oct
6
2016
Nov
2
2012
The cartoon depicts Mitt Romney chest-deep in floodwaters from Hurricane Sandy, holding an Etch A Sketch device displaying the words CUT FEMA. The scene references Romney's earlier comments questioning the need for a separate federal emergency agency and his campaign's subsequent clarification attempt using an Etch A Sketch analogy. Published days after the storm made landfall, the image ties the candidate's policy stance to the immediate needs of disaster victims in the Northeast. The visual uses the toy's erasable feature to illustrate perceived shifts in position on federal disaster management.
