So I'm reading up on the study done that shows a few thousand died rather than 64. What's being reported in only a few places (surprise, surprise) is the study specifically included deaths long after the storm due to the damaged infrastructure and energy systems. From what I can find so far, the immediate death toll during the storm is not really disputed. What is disputed is deaths in the weeks, months afterward.

My problem is university researchers from most social science fields of study overwhelmingly lean liberal. That's not debatable. Now add in the TDS factor and it seems you have a recipe for over estimating.

Put it another way for those of you infected with TDS,  if FOX news had published a study showing thousands of deaths attributed to Hurricane Sandy, what would have been your response?

The 64 deaths during the storm probably weren't preventable...
The thousands afterward,...

The woman running that place hates Trump.
Water still waiting to be distributed.

Would she choose to not do her best with the resources at hand in order to be able to blame Trump?

Are the numbers even accurate?
I doubt it.

I don't trust the numbers.

I didn't say she intentionally killed anyone.

I don't have a problem believing she drag her feet where she could in order to lay blame on Orange One.
As if the response was all on him.

The implication is its Trump's fault, just like the implication that Katrina deaths were Bush's fault despite the fact that local crooked politicians played with infrastructure money for years.

I'd like to see the same after storm death study done on Hurricane Sandy.

I read the news today about this Hurricane. Included in the current death toll of 16 is an 85 year old who fell and hit his head while packing to evacuate.

If you're evaluating statistics from an emergency preparedness point of view for future situations, is that a valid storm related death? The woman and baby killed when the tree fell on their house? Sure, that's a direct storm related death and warnings against old trees close to homes makes sense to publish. But do we include this death so that we can publish recommendations that older people should have a bug out bag prepared well in advance so the don't fall and hit their head while packing while the storm is approaching? What if they fall on a quiet day while packing up? Would we "hold" that death and include it in the next storm?

If that's where their info came from, I would say that's a valid point. I'm not sure that's all. If it were, that would be relatively simple to calculate. Why all these studies and why such dramatically differnumbers.
That's one point, second, should be easy to do that for Sandy as well.

I think everyone has missed the point.

trump is the one touting success after those numbers came out.

He's the one saying it's a lie.  I've only seen people throwing this up in his face AFTER he tweeted his "success"

Once again, all he had to do is shut his little butthole mouth and move on.

Nope, he's just not that smart (obviously).

 I could see some of the studies being used that way, however I feel that ones counting bodies for burial reasons, in Puerto Rico for Puerto Rican use are most likely being done for that reason.  Putting a loved one's body in the ground is pretty important, and typically less important than any President anywhere.

 Lets say that 64 total deaths are attributed to the storm, and it's aftermath.  If this is accurate then wouldn't it be prudent to conduct a comprehensive study as to how such a success happened, and how to implement that strategy into future response efforts?

 The first step to creating such a strategy would be verifying the numbers.  So even Trump supporters would want to conduct this specific study event to provide an accurate numerical outcome goal.  
 
How mainstream media, or anyone else uses the information is more of the variable in my eyes.  

 I have no data or references, this represents my personal observations while working with people and providing aid in disaster areas, when compiled and posted represents my opinion.