[M. Espinola]

"FEMA does not have the personnel to be doing grunt work on the ground. It takes volunteers for that, and they aren't going in until they can be reasonably sure that their volunteers are safe."

FEMA is another government bureaucracy -things run in slow motion. The City, the Governor, or FEMA should have requested that the Army step in, as well as the National Guard, once they witnessed chaos breaking out endangering rescue teams.

[roses of sharon]

They did.

[MortMan]

FEMA has NO AUTHORITY to request the Army step in. The Governor of the state controls the state NG. So, who's responsible for the order not being given?