I think it is awesome that the author volunteered to help out. It would be awesome if the first three or four pages of HN were stories about people volunteering to "do good." But I think I missed what the author did to make FEMA better. What "FEMA hacking" did the author accomplish?

Interesting article. I'd be interested to know some more about the kit in the bus. Where does the wifi uplink to, for instance?