"Local FEMA headquarters"? Since when has FEMA established 'local' headquarters? Could this again be the State arm of Homeland Security?
Every State has one and it is headed by a State Director and the Governor.
It is this mislableing that has caused much confinsion and has caused blame for FEMA to given with out being truthful.
One more time, the city, county and state governments are the first responders. FEMA has a 72 response interval.
Bet this was a state agency, just as it was in Louisana.
However, it does provide great fodder for the radical left to use to blame GWB for every thing including the paint peeling from their houses.