* I hope this is not due...
should be
I hope this _lack of response_ is not due...
You're your own "grammar police."
It's only been a day and the National Guard and Coast Guard have been busy rescuing people. I don't know that anybody expected the situation to deteriorate this quickly, I sure didn't.
Authority is still in the Governor and Mayor's hands, I guess. They need to call in the Feds to take over.
It was reported today that LA has at least 75% of its National Guard available and another 100,000 NG troops available nationwide. The real crisis is only 24 hours old and it is impossible to mobilize that quickly. Yes they could send thousands running in willy nilly but that would be an exercise in futility.