As a radio amateur, I have had some experience with disaster relief (in a very small way). Our club does Field Day every year, the idea being to set up a portable emergency radio station in the middle of nowhere, with generators and everything necessary . . . just for practice.
I can tell you that even with a SMALL operation, it takes time to get things set up and on the road. You don't get your personnel assembled, supplies gathered, trucks gassed up, and on the road with a snap of the fingers.
And that's without the time constraints, the time pressure, and all the problems they had here with all the usual forward staging areas being blown away or under water, or obstructed by washed-out bridges and thousands of fallen trees across the roadways . . .
Frankly, I am amazed at how quickly this is all coming together.
Even more frankly, I am convinced that the major media KNOW that, they just can't resist the temptation to attack Bush yet again . . .
Shep Smith is a camera clown. The more I see of him the less I like.