[Diddle E. Squat]

Spare me the Gorelick wall legalism. Of course the mayor and gov dropped the ball, but the President has authority to intervene in a nat'l emergency. He has already done so. But there are legitimate questions as to the speed and size of the fed response.

[oceanview]

its not "Gorelick legalism", its a basic principle of our democracy regarding the use of the military to gun down american citizens in an american city.

[roses of sharon]

CNN's Pent reporters just explained all of the details, it sounds like the military has been doing flyovers and have decided to go ahead of any state gov requests for who, where, and when, and go on their own.

Evidently the state gov officials have not communicated well on what resources and where they are needed.

It was an interesting report, did you see it?

[Miss Marple]

I don't see anyone questioning the amount of the federal response except you. How fast do you think YOU could mobilize . The President declared an emergency BEFORE the hurricane. There is a massive mobilization of National Guard going on, and in case you forgot, in order to get those troops there from points north they need GASOLINE and CLEARED ROADS.