Yes....these folks are sorely laking leaders...good leaders.
When all is said and done, a lot [of us] will be examining this for lessons learned in terms of disaster planning. Things you normally don't think of (e.g. loss of important records)... such as last night I was listening on AM radio station from LA, around 10 cst, to education official from LA telling teachers from affected parrishes to report to other parrishes if they could, that they would work to restore their pay records, not to worry about loss of certification files, but just try to get back in and teach where and when possible.