Originally Posted by pan6467

All I have to say is it took the press hours to get into places that it took FEMA 4 days to get into. (Say what you will about how they reported it, they were there far faster than FEMA.)

Something is wrong with that picture.

Plus, you can not truly hold responsible or expect local First Responders to be doing the job to the best of their abilities, that is why FEMA should be one of our better programs.

I defy anyone on here to say in all honesty that if you were police or fire and as a disaster hit your family was in serious jeopardy, that you would stay on duty and do the best job with total focus on the job at hand and not having it stray. It's impossible, so with FEMA you have first responders that most likely have no family there and will be able to give that 100% focus on the job at hand.