A re-designation of leadership for FEMA would be wise. The organization itself is over-funded and much too close to DHS, imo. FEMA seems not to do one helluva lot of anything. Bang for the buck? Last I looked the people on the front lines were folks who would have been there anyway. Cops, firefighters, medical responders, SAR.

Regardless how many times towns or cities practice Emergency Plans for disasters (I've been in on three different planning sessions at various times and in different capacities over a time span of 20 years), the first 4-8 hours are complete and total chaos with a rapid diminishment of chaos after that time.

Define exactly what FEMA does. List it. Ye,s FEMA has lots of cash, but exactly who composes the FEMA membership, what are the upper echelon qualifications for the job, and exactly what did they do during this particular incident?