Yeah, in the past like when Andrew overwhelmed FEMA. Before Iraq and the Democrat demands for creating DHS and making FEMA part of it.

In the real world:


Hurricanes stall corruption probe
Investigation of Morial's allies, uncle still on

Letten warns those thinking of fleeing

By Frank Donze
Staff writer

While the double whammy of monster hurricanes will slow the federal probe of corruption in former Mayor Marc Morial's administration and other government agencies, the multi-layered investigation is alive and well, according to U.S. Attorney Jim Letten.


"A lot of New Orleans' present woes are due, to a significant degree, to corruption over generations,'' Letten said during a recent interview. "Therefore, we recognize that at this time, pursuing corruption cases is more important than ever.''........
.........Among the high-profile cases in the works before Katrina effectively shut down the city are:

The grand jury indictment in June of three Morial allies -- restaurateur Stan "Pampy" Barre, former city property management director Kerry DeCay and businessman Reginald Walker -- for allegedly skimming hundreds of thousands of dollars from an $81 million energy-management contract with Johnson Controls of Milwaukee. A fourth major player, Johnson Controls project manager Terry Songy, also has been charged but is cooperating with the government. Six subcontractors also face charges in the scheme.

The indictment in August of Morial's uncle, Glenn Haydel, on charges of theft, wire fraud and money laundering. Haydel, who enjoyed a lucrative contract to manage the Regional Transit Authority during his nephew's years at City Hall, is accused of orchestrating a scheme to fleece the RTA of more than a half-million dollars. Barre, DeCay, Walker and Haydel all have pleaded innocent, pledging to defend themselves vigorously.

Others who have been touched by the far-ranging probe include Morial's former sanitation director Lynn Wiltz and several Morial insiders, including the former mayor's brother, Jacques Morial; lawyer Roy Rodney; longtime political consultant Bill Schultz; Sam Kogos, a fixture on many of the city's and School Board's lucrative insurance committees; and Ray Valdes, a financier who handled several large-scale lease deals........