Well gosh Hill, FEMA worked just fine for Charley(Aug 13, 2004), Frances(Sept 5, 2004), Jeanne(Sept 23, 2004) & Ivan(Sept 16, 2004). What? Bush broke FEMA during this past year? Boy, she must think that people are total morons to try to pass that one off. Florida had 4 hurricanes within a 41 day time span and we survived. Of course, we have a better govenor than LA. By the look of things, so does MS and AL.
Yes, strange thing about how efficient FEMA was here in Florida - where we have a plan, a good governor and efficient state support. FEMA came in afterwards with loan and grant apps, etc. - all the stuff it's supposed to do. Rescuing people from rooftops is not one of them.
BTW, FEMA is also pretty efficient. They are now recovering amounts that were "paid in error" (that is, for fraudulent claims filed by low-lifes who lost nothing) - and prosecuting some of the scum who were trying to profiteer. Guess LA wouldn't like that part of it at all! What's a government program if you can't steal from it?