Reply #9: Under the current group of adults in charge

[nadinbrzezinski]

it would be more efficient... and so would Katrina... if that happened NOW.

What happened during Katrina was a decision from the WH, and there was race involved as well as something else which is the true reason

During the 1990s FEMA became THE MODEL for civil defense all over the world. Yes they were that good. Government worked.

Katrina was about showing that government does not work... so there was race, but there was that as well.

Right now I am seeing competence come back and people who actually believe in government.

I had a small hand in getting teams in from abroad... and trust me, I had flashbacks to the issues at times I faced... when doing active search and rescue and all that.

Oh and yes, I suspect after somebody swallowed national pride, they would have said, YES to the help in oh 12 hours, not a week...

That stupid nationalism will get you in the ass every time... and the front line responders don't give a shit... like they don't give a shit about the color of skin or language, or religion or money status.