Reply #134: They still need a place to drive them...

[nyhuskyfan]

The federal government (FEMA) needs to be in charge of the logisitics for federal emergencies. They need to set up the shelters, the emergency supplies, the evacuation plan, etc. And an evacuation plan for one Hurricane might be different than the next, depending on its anticipated path.

All the buses in the world don't do any good without some idea of where to bring all the people. FEMA should request (or demand) the assistance of local resources to implement the plan, of course, but the mayor of New Orleans can't evacuate people onto Naval hospital ships or shelters in Arkansas.