[SkyPilot]

“For one thing, as hurricane Katrina has glaringly shown, the Federal government is a clumsy, bureaucratic, politicized, and insensitive instrument...and states and localities that give themselves over to depending on it are in real trouble.”

The Media lie to you.

Big Surprise.

I was working the airlift for New Orleans after Katrina. Within hours we had pumps from the Netherlands flown in, food from all over the American nation, water, medicene, tents, blankets, and the 82nd Airborne as enforcement.

Some came from C-17s, and some came from 737s from Southwest, American, and Delta. The cost per airplane was (back then) about $39,000.

The State of Louisiana provided .....................nothing. We had a State Army National Guard General who was corrupt and a drunk. Gov Blanco was defensive and you could not contact her.

If the US Military means the "Feds" then things will get done. If not, good luck.

[KrisKrinkle]

Ummm, for clarity, I hope you realize I was quoting from the article and taking issue with the quote.