See, Old Guy, you can't answer a question without asking one... That is proof positive that you are on the defensive here...

Let's back up fir a minute and look at why there was a National Response Plan to begin with... In certain catastrophies the local and state governments might be overwhelmed...

Let me ask you this question??? Who was going to drive the buses??? The usual school bus drivers who in many parts of the country are moms with kids in school??? Or the recently retired guy??? Where did they live, Old Guy??? See where we are going here, don't ya???

Yeah, here we had a city with major problems and folks trying the best they could to just get the heck out and you expect, all of a sudden, for the bus-driver-factory to just crank out a couple hundred bus drivers that don't have families and kids they are trying to evacuate...

This is why we have an organization like FEMA in the 1st place...

Just think about it, my friend...

Bobert