Aguila Blanca
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Question: Aside from some planning-level personnel, does FEMA actually have any sort of huge disaster-response team? Or equipment? Or resources?
As others have commented, everybody from "the media" and NO and LA seem ready to heap all the blame for the (lack of) disaster response on FEMAs head, but as still other others have commented, isn't FEMA primarily a check-writing agency? That was pretty much my understanding ... along with their acting as an sort of "uber" agency to assist in coordinating disaster response.
Am I wrong? Are there armies of FEMA first-responders billeted at FEMA bases around the country, ready at a moment's notice to tap into mountainous stores of food and blanket stockpiles for near-instant delivery to any corner of the US of A?
As others have commented, everybody from "the media" and NO and LA seem ready to heap all the blame for the (lack of) disaster response on FEMAs head, but as still other others have commented, isn't FEMA primarily a check-writing agency? That was pretty much my understanding ... along with their acting as an sort of "uber" agency to assist in coordinating disaster response.
Am I wrong? Are there armies of FEMA first-responders billeted at FEMA bases around the country, ready at a moment's notice to tap into mountainous stores of food and blanket stockpiles for near-instant delivery to any corner of the US of A?