[Carry_Okie]

Wasn’t the reason that Katrina was such a disaster in New Orleans, because the local government failed to take adequate precautions, because they felt they can rely on the federal government?

I'm assuming that's a rhetorical question. :-)

Doesn’t FEMA actually make the disasters worse?

Its existence certainly does, but then I've never seen a top-down system work as well as one that has organized from the bottom up. Even armies have found that giving soldiers more discretion on the battlefield works to an advantage as long as they are of similar mind and have the information they need.

[LibLieSlayer]

The goobernator blanco and mary “no balls” landrieu were incompetent at best and nagin and the new orleans administration were all corrupt and unqualified. Heck even NOPD looted. They even violated the Second Amendment. That is why I will never set foot in new orleans again.

LLS