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> FEMA in fact is the branch of government designated to handle these type of situations.

"The agency's primary purpose is to coordinate the response to a disaster that has occurred in the United States and that overwhelms the resources of local and state authorities" (via Wiki). For FEMA to be called in, "local and state authorities" have to have already failed.

As much as people hate the annoying orange - leaving aside the hole he's digging himself onto on twitter, which I don't really care about compared to the relief effort - FEMA and the USG is not supposed to be the first line of defense. Cries of "you're killing us" are politically popular because of trump, but the reality is that the mayor (et al) are/were supposed to have better distribution plans than being on foot doing what they can (again, popular though that image is politically, organizing many feet on the ground is the job of the mayor, not being 1 pair and blaming the USG).

The local mayors/authorities/government was and is responsible for its people, so if they want to make populist "blood on your hands" statements they should look in the mirror. "[FEMA]'s primary purpose is to coordinate the response to a disaster that has occurred in the United States and that overwhelms the resources of local and state authorities" (via Wiki) - so to lay this at the feet of FEMA, local and state authorities have to have already failed. Considering the situation on the ground seems to be mostly arising from lack of coordination not resources, that sounds accurate.