Obama Abandons West, Texas; While City Sits In Ruins

...And we'll be there, even after the cameras leave, and after the
attention turns elsewhere. Your country will remain, and ever ready
to help you recover and rebuild, and reclaim your community

According to a letter obtained by The Associated Press, FEMA said it reviewed the state’s appeal to help but decided that the explosion “is not of the severity and magnitude that warrants a major disaster declaration.”