[elc]

I was under the impression the only authority she has refused to surrender is with the National Guard.

[Spktyr]

Nope. She has refused, from first to last, to surrender authority to the Feds.

As of last night, FEMA was still subject to LEMA and following LEMA's orders.

[Cboldt]

I was under the impression the only authority she has refused to surrender is with the National Guard.

That's the impression she wants you to have. Fact is, she is in charge and she says she is in charge, even to the detail of setting criteria for selecting evacuees to be assigned to certain shelters.