This debate will boil down to when aid was requested vs when it was delivered which is why I was asking what happened in other areas ie "timely manner". IIRC, based on the drill done 13 months ago, it was planned to take 3 days to mobilize the people necessary to respond to the crisis to be coordinated by local and state resources. Why 3 days and why work wasn't done to respond faster than 3 days? I wouldn't want to wait 3 days for data retrieval or to be cut out of my attic when I was drowning.