Awards Now Authorized for Troops Who Assisted in These Natural Disasters

No. It was never approved. Looked cool though!

It probably has something to due with this part of the reg for the awarding of the Humanitarian Service Medal,, " * The HSM is NOT the appropriate award to recognize humanitarian operations performed solely by Service members on Title 32 USC orders under the authority of a governor. In these instances, the appropriate level of recognition is provided by the applicable governor. However, Reserve Component members who supported a humanitarian operation that was simultaneously supported by Service members operating under Title 10, USC, are eligible for any HSM approved for that operation."
These events were awarded the HSM around the same time you are talking about : Hurricane Relief 12-Sep-1980 22-Sep-1980 MS
San Francisco Area Flood Relief 4-Jan-1982 12-Mar-1982 CA
Ft. Wayne, Indiana Flood Relief 19-Mar-1982 21-Mar-1982 IN
Paris, Texas Tornado Disaster Relief 25-Apr-1982 29-Apr-1982 TX
New Baden, Illinois Tornado Disaster Relief 2-Dec-1982 12-Dec-1982 IL
Mississippi River Flood 2-Dec-1982 30-Jun-1983 Lower Valley
Mississippi (AR, IL, KY, LA, MS, MO, & TN)
Southeast Missouri Flood Relief (1 of 2 qualifying ) 3-Dec-1982 10-Dec-1982 MO
Southeast Missouri Flood Relief (2 of 2 qualifying ) 21-Dec-1982 22-Dec-1982 MO
California Flood Relief 24-Jan-1983 15-Jul-1983 CA

Quit bitching because you didn’t get recognized for something that happened almost 40 years ago. We don’t help people for the medals, we help them because we can and it’s the right thing to do.