[AmericanInTokyo]

Was it the conclusion of the Super Bowl, wasn't it, that FEMA was supposed to test the movement of a lot of people to safety (as a simulation)after the game in the stadium, to clean out a major city in the event of a WMD attack or pandemic? Where are their notes? This is a disgrace. The terrorists have not, most assuredly, planned their next major attack in such a way as to make the city of their choice "implode" socially from above, by an incorrigble domestic criminal element, after they have set off the 'initial charges'. We should not be surprised when it happens.

[va4me]

Was it the conclusion of the Super Bowl, wasn't it, that FEMA was supposed to test the movement of a lot of people to safety (as a simulation)after the game in the stadium, to clean out a major city in the event of a WMD attack or pandemic? Where are their notes? This is a disgrace. The terrorists have not, most assuredly, planned their next major attack in such a way as to make the city of their choice "implode" socially from above, by an incorrigble domestic criminal element, after they have set off the 'initial charges'. We should not be surprised when it happens.

I heard FEMA ran a study last year of what would happen if New Orleans flooded. Obviously they didn't do very good planning as a result of what they learned.

[Palladin]

I fear that the Islamic terrorists are taking copious notes of the goings-on in New Orleans.

[oceanview]

last time I looked, people exiting the Super Bowl didn't do it through flood waters with snipers taking shots at them.

if a particular city is inclined to go into "insurgency mode" after a catastrophe, if the local government structure that is supposed to provide civil order walks away from the assignment, then yes - it could happen anywhere. it didn't happen in NYC on 9-11, many west coast people believe it would happen in Los Angeles for example if some calamity happened there. FEMA has nothing to do with whether that occurs or not, in either place.

the idea that FEMA can be structured to instantly take anarchy at every level, and restore normal life within 4 days, is crazy. that's not to say they aren't mistakes they are making. but as a mission assignment, you are asking the impossible.

[McGavin999]

You're kidding, right? The entire town is flooded. They're getting there as fast as they can. Each city is responsible for having their own plan, FEMA can only get things started within days after an event. The roads in (the ones with the supplies) were covered with downed trees, there wasn't gas available due to the power being out. Roads were filled with cars that had been evacuating OUT. They got there as fast as they could.