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.
I have mixed feelings about the Red Cross.
Excellence in disasters = The Salvation Army