Here's another link about FUBAR, er, FEMA "efforts" after Katrina. Draw your own conclusions and prepare accordingly...I don't think it'll be hard to decide:
And especially check out the link "FEMA officials forbid stores from re-opening. Sheriff defies their order and threatens to arrest them." The story is near the bottom of the linked page. I've come to regard civil disobedience against the feds by local law enforcement as one of the most beautiful acts of patriotism in this country.