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They can also be proud to know that VP Cheney wasn't quite as inert about the disaster as previously thought:
Ah, the heroism...
According to a report in the Hattiesburg American, Cheney's office placed calls to the Southern Pines Electric Power Association on Aug. 30 and Aug. 31, insisting that the agency immediately repair two electrical substations that supply power to Atlanta-based Colonial Pipeline Co., a company that pumps gasoline and diesel from the Gulf Coast to the Northeast.
Southern Pines complied with the order from Cheney's office, the paper says -- taking a risk that the repair work would knock out power throughout its system and delaying by at least a day efforts to restore power to two rural hospitals and a number of water systems in Mississippi.
Neither Cheney's office nor Colonial Pipeline would respond to questions from the paper about the vice president's directives.
Southern Pines complied with the order from Cheney's office, the paper says -- taking a risk that the repair work would knock out power throughout its system and delaying by at least a day efforts to restore power to two rural hospitals and a number of water systems in Mississippi.
Neither Cheney's office nor Colonial Pipeline would respond to questions from the paper about the vice president's directives.
Ah, the heroism...
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