I like your take on it much better Star Traveler. Which branch abides by these laws again?
You asked — “I like your take on it much better Star Traveler. Which branch abides by these laws again?”
If it’s a disaster of the size of a major terrorist attack, wiping out several major metropolitan areas, you could be talking about martial law. Then it would be FEMA operating under whatever those laws would be at the time.
Otherwise, in a disaster like that of New Orleans, again it would be FEMA, but under more limited powers than an overwhelming national disaster like a major terrorist attack.