FEMA looks great in NYC after 9-11 and great in Florida after 5 Hurricanes.
State and Local Government helped that image in both cases.
Exactly. Brown was praised by all the Florida state officials, and has been praised for the response to the flooding that took place due to Katrina on Aug. 25.
The difference? Florida has a great state emergency responsiveness plan, they've got a governor who works closely with FEMA and who knows what his responsiblities are in emergency preparedness.
In fact, Brown was managing responses to four hurricanes simultaneously last year, something never done by any FEMA director.
When the shake down of events takes place, Kathleen Blanco's office is going to be shown to be the weakest link in the response.