[cadillac1234]

While I agree that there was some really bad moves early on by local and state officials it was clear starting on August 26th that this had the very real potential to quickly overwhelm those resources. FEMA/DHS stated they were ready and had assets staged for the relief effort. This obviously was not the case. The local government also met evac goals that were introduced in disaster drills and from previous evacs.

DHS/FEMA should have established a joint command center before landfall. That way if the [censored] hit the fan they were prepared to move. This was how the ops were supposed to go per DHS/FEMA's own SOPs but this didn't even get mentioned until ex-FEMA chief Witt was brought in to advise Brown.

Blanco was clueless throughout and she should have been bipassed early on in the scenario since all the protocols handing over authority to the Feds had been signed.