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Originally posted by baltassoc
So you mean the whole thing about not being able to take any action until Louisiana requested it formally was just bullshit?
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I haven't been hung up on that -- my concern expressed here is that the state, when overwhelmed, threw up its hands and started complaining that the feds weren't doing anything.
I don't actually care too much about legal niceties; just the big picture, which from what I can tell is that La. never developed a plan for what happens if they're overwhelmed beyond sending a request to FEMA. And, because I believe our federal system should have meaning, I don't expect FEMA to have drawn up plans for every contingency without prior input from states and localities, who are (or should be) more familiar with local circumstances.
