Its amazing how all these tax funded local disaster preparedness people are invisible now. The same politicians who created all these mostly patronage positions are screaming the President should be doing more. What are they doing besides crying for more federal aid ?

What we are learning is - like so many other tax funded services - they cant actually do much except repeat what others do or react after a disaster has fallen upon us! For the most part they help us feel better prepared - we actually arent any safer from most disastrous events.

*No - I am not saying volunteers, ambulance personal, police and others dont perform a needed service.