“FEMA is there for this reason.”
Yes, to assist the states in their response to a disaster once the state request said assistance. Let’s see how they do with that mission this time.
Right. Remember the Katrina hoopla about Bush not sending in FEMA soon enough? FEMA was already staged and ready to respond. That was the failure of the LA governor NOT making the official request for FEMA early on, even though Bush asked her to make the request more than once before Karina hit. We all know who got the blame.