FEMA had, I think the number was 600 trucks with supplies in a very large area waiting for instructions on where to go. They had been there for several days when our top county executive (The top county executive is made a judge) walked in, called all the FEMA workers into a large meeting area, stepped up on a plastic chair and read them the riot act. The air was not turned just blue but ultraviolet blue. I believe he threatened to commandeer the trucks and throw them in jail if they did not get their rigs moving immediately.
The place emptied out and a few hours later the parking lot was empty. So...I am not too thrilled with FEMA either.
I was stuck in that site for way too long.... I got to watch the FEMA workers sitting on their butts trading war stories. Apparently, the more disasters they had been to, the more brownie points they had with each other.
People affected don't give a rip - FEMA personnel are paid from our tax dollars and we were VERY unimpressed, to say the least.
The breweries provided water, red cross brought food (and were NASTY to you if you weren't a minority). Security was off shift LAPD. I never did figure out what FEMA personnel were supposed to be doing.