[armymarinemom]

If reports aren't given to the Feds by a State they do not know what is going on. Most disaster plans work by reporting on a local level to the State then the State reports to the Feds. If you have a person at the reigns on a State level who is trying to maintain complete control you are going to have a broken system.

After training at the local level year after year in more than one state I can tell you that FEMA isn't in the picture until you ask and they take more than a day to move in.

The 82nd and the 1st Cav are over there now as for humanitarian support and not police control. Regular troops can only be sent in for the Insurrection act or Martial law.

[kabar]

If reports aren't given to the Feds by a State they do not know what is going on. Most disaster plans work by reporting on a local level to the State then the State reports to the Feds. If you have a person at the reigns on a State level who is trying to maintain complete control you are going to have a broken system.

FEMA reps were on the ground before the hurrican struck. They are present in the operations center.

After training at the local level year after year in more than one state I can tell you that FEMA isn't in the picture until you ask and they take more than a day to move in.

It depends what you mean by being in the picture. FEMA tracks all kinds of potential disasters through its National Situation Update system

The 82nd and the 1st Cav are over there now as for humanitarian support and not police control. Regular troops can only be sent in for the Insurrection act or Martial law.

Agree. It is part of Posse Comitatus, but they are there for more than humanitarian support. They are armed and have the right to self-defense. The thugs and looters are less apt to take potshots at them as they carry out their humanitarian work. They are there as a show of force, make no mistake about it.