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"They did that. The policy and strategy for evacuation was in place. The mayor ignored it. All the 'policies and strategies' in the world won't feed anyone if they are ignored. I still don't see anything in there where FEMA is supposed to do anything before the fact other than help the locals develop plans and push paperwork. I don't see any actions specified."

I believe their obligation to act proactively to be implied in CFR TITLE 44 rather than specified. For example, minimizing loss of life and property with the least cost to society strongly suggests closing the barn door before the horse escapes...or erecting the stop sign before a child gets killed.

2.42 Preparedness, Training and Exercises Direcorate

(a) Mission – The Preparedness, Training, and Exercises Directorate supports emergency preparedness, training and exercises capability of Federal, State, and local governments.

(b)Functions – The principal functions of the Preparedness, Training, and Exercises Directorate are:

(1)Management of programs to establish, maintain, and enhance the capabilities of Federal, State, and local governments to prepare for, respond to, recover from a broad range of emergencies…….

(2)Management of comprehensive cooperative agreements with the States, through which agreements the above programs are implemented in the regions.

(3)Training of Federal, State, and local government employees to prepare for, respond to, and recover from a broad range of emergencies.

(4)Testing of Federal, State, and local emergency preparedness and...

Management, implementation, training, and ongoing [mine] testing are strongly suggestive of an active, rather than a passive role, in local disaster mitigation.

Management, implementation, training, and ongoing [mine] testing are strongly suggestive of an active, rather than a passive role, in local disaster mitigation.>

Yet again this is YOUR opinion stated as a fact. So far all you have done is keep reposting over and over and over the same snippets of law and claimng that "proves" your opinons. It DOES nothing of the sort. Your opinon is NOT a fact as you have been repeatedly told.

So Let us try this a DIFFERENT way. Infocats is making the accusation. The Burden of PROOF is on Infocats. State your accusation and provide verifable references to actual events that prove your accusation factual. The LAW does NOT prove INFOCATS AUCCUSATION factual. So Infocats can quit with the fraudelnt tactic of reposting the law over and over and claiming it proves your opinons. It does nothing of the sort.