Oh goodness! Where to begin? It was up to the respective Mayors and Govenors to make preparations. I thought these were the people who back states rights but they want the feds to over rule local government? It WAS declared a disaster area immediately. FEMA is there. The Red Cross is there. The National Guard is there. What TRULY clueless armchair disaster directors DUers are. In their alternate reality, everything should be back to normal despite that this was truly catastrophic. They are children.
"WAS declared a disaster area immediately. FEMA is there. "
FEMA stated earlier that Pres. Bush declared it before it hit so that they could start preparing to help immediately.