Yes we do do our home work, A state issued "state of emergency" is not the same as a "national disaster area", that can only be issued on the national level,if you check our constitution you will see a little thing called "states rights" (this is what seperates us from the rest of the world). This was done (in advance by the OH-MY-GAWD Bushies) to open the door for federal assistance, but Auntee Kathy (the feds can't come in until we ask) chose not to avail herself of that assistance until it was painfully obvious that she and your esteemed mayor were in way over their head. When the decision was finally made to allow the feds to take over you saw things start to happen. There is one school of thought that says that decision was made purly on a political level. The other school is of the opinion that they were just acting at a very un-professional level, either way, BAD NEWS for our state and your city