[SheetWise]

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"If the federal government had responded the way Wal-Mart responded, we wouldn't be in this mess."

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I believe Wal-Marts efforts are purely financial. Distribution of relief seems to have been the problem -- and that was an issue on the ground.

I see the problem primarily with the first responders (AWOL or incompetent), and the lawlessness that was allowed to define the rescue area. It shouldn't have taken the show of force that eventually became necessary to allow relief and rescue operations to continue.