Your people did what you posted, and our neighbors did what I posted our area.
We didn’t need FEMA or a similar local worthless organization.
People in both areas needed help and local people gave it.
We didn’t raise the local/state or national debt.
It takes 3 weeks to get the AC fixed in louisiana for an elderly lady with temperatures in the high 80’s in her Fema trailer that took her 5 months to get. Oh and when they tied the trailer down they went through the septic pipes which took them almost 3 weeks to fix.