Is there somewhere that actually shows what the federal responsibility is? I keep hearing "FEMA hasn't done something" and I think "are they supposed to?". I watched a program yesterday on CNN that showed the 9th ward (I think) that still looks like a war zone and the commentary was that FEMA STILL hasn't fixed it up enough for people to come home. I couldn't help thinking that it might be best to just bulldoze everything and start over but, that aside, isn't it the city and state that should be deciding what to do? Isn't direction of cleanup a local thing? I doubt the federal government would receive any kudos by going in and knocking it all down on their own. Is it really FEMA's responsibility to make these decisions, coordinate the work and pay all the bills?
A follow-up criticized FEMA for having their own TV channel and showing some of the "good things" FEMA has done. My question was "why shouldn't they show the positive results?", it's their channel. Are they expected to show only the negatives that CNN is already showing?
I guess my real question is - Is FEMA and the federal government doing its job or not? Where are the rules? Is W. really to blame?