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Big Steve11/08/2012 8:02:57 am PST

re: #412 erik_t

Federal Emergency Management Agency. Not Federal Emergency Shelter Agency, or Federal Emergency First Responder Agency. It’s in the name ferchrissakes.

This is a really good point about FEMA and it always drives me a little crazy when there is an emergency and FEMA is blamed for not having shelters open, or bottled water, or the power back on. By law and statue the management of all emergencies is local. FEMA’s role really comes after the initial stabilization phase.