Those who would raise the Katrina issue immediately to a Federal one are the socialist/communists, who do appear to believe that the State is the answer, the god of all.
The rest of us lay up stores for the winter, and buy beans when the snows or rains look to hit, and keep our powder dry. We don't want government around at all.
To the extent we hear the horrors of a supposedly slow federal response (from a federal entity 24 hours is supposed to be slow??), we are hearing the socialists.
The Fox Allstars had a good discussion on the topic of whther the Fed's should have seized authority, which apparently they tried to do, however the LA Governor refused to close the deal!
That of course was on the Brit Hume Special Report.