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" If it was pre-positioned as you say, why did they not disperse it after the storm hit? Why did it take days?"

It's my understanding that FEMA only has about 2,500 employees. Included in that total are the ones needed to do procurement and other tasks to assure the goods are purchased, staged and moved. The size of the disaster area was about the size of the country of Great Britain (IIRC about 90,000 square miles) - - that's not many folks per area. If you didn't get the goods you felt you needed, that's too bad; however, even before 9/11 and especially thereafter, we've been told numerous times to have a MINIMUM of 3 days worth of food, water, medicines, etc.

And, with the advance warning by the hurricane center and the weather folks on all the stations, I don't understand why people didn't evacuate. Did you not have transportation? Isn't there someone you could have called?Did you not have a friend that could help? Did MO not provide transportation for those who didn't have it? If you had transportation, did you try to help someone out who didn't?
I really feel for the poor people and devastation down there, but, if it had been me and my family, if we were told to evacuate, we would have been out of there whatever it took.

If you didn't get the goods you felt you needed, that's too bad; however, even before 9/11 and especially thereafter, we've been told numerous times to have a MINIMUM of 3 days worth of food, water, medicines, etc.

The problem is that people were stuck in place for more than three days, up to a week in some places. Plus, storing these things takes space, which is hard to come by if you're living in a small apartment. You also have to remember that much of where they stored their food and water was in their houses...which quickly flooded. It's hard to eat and cook things when you're on your roof.

And, with the advance warning by the hurricane center and the weather folks on all the stations, I don't understand why people didn't evacuate. Did you not have transportation? Isn't there someone you could have called?Did you not have a friend that could help? Did MO not provide transportation for those who didn't have it? If you had transportation, did you try to help someone out who didn't? I really feel for the poor people and devastation down there, but, if it had been me and my family, if we were told to evacuate, we would have been out of there whatever it took.

I've read the numerous stories of people without cars trying to get on overfilled buses, staying behind because someone in their family was infirm/elderly, or who just figured it out too late. I don't own a car. If my city is hit badly, I'll need to walk. That said, I can get pretty damn far...