[Jeff Higgins]

Absolutely Rodeo, I would expect them to respond as well. I would expect them to respond at the local officials' request and to work to the local officials' plan. You miss-read my post. There is a vast difference between providing support under a locally formulated plan vs. coming in with your own plan and taking over. That is not FEMA's function; they do not formulate local plans. There is absolutely no way in hell I expect a federal agency to have a detailed plan in place for my locale and everything that could possibly go wrong here. That is the responsibility of those officials that we have elected here, locally. Do you understand that?