All I can say is Thank God for Walmart, Lowes, Kroger's and Home Depot. It's nice that those "big boxes" were able to get back online asap after the storms so that those of us who didn't need the gov't could get much needed supplies.
I see the inefficiency of FEMA every day and all I can say is this could be the best decision that agency has made yet. The leftist dingbats can whine and fret but they cannot deny the fact that Walmart is the most efficiently operated business out there. There is a reason why they became the top retailer in the world.
When Rita hit, Lowes was opened within 36 hours and Wal-Mart the next day. When we were standing in line to get into Lowes I heard a lot of talk about how people wouldn't forget who was there to help. They might be big boxes and cold, impersonal corporations--but they were there!
Neither had more than some small generators providing enough electricity to run cash registers and a few lights, but they opened their doors and let people buy what they needed to survive. Tons of other stores weren't opened for weeks.