[teenyelliott]

It took FEMA four days to get in after hurricane Andrew.

Disaster response takes time, which is why you are to have 3-5 days food and water before this kind of event.

There is lots of blame to go around. But it is up to each state to prepare for this kind of thing, not the feds.

The LA powers that be act like they had no idea this storm was coming. They certainly provided no leadership, and could not even follow their own disaster plan.

Idiots.

[combat_boots]

"But it is up to each state to prepare for this kind of thing, not the feds."

Your point is well taken. Otherwise, bureaucracies in localities and the states are, in a word, pointless.

[Bob]

It took FEMA four days to get in after hurricane Andrew.

My memory of Andrew is a bit fuzzy. Wasn't a good deal of that 'delay' due to the time it took Governor Chiles to ask for federal assistance?