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With Katrina, the reason help from the federal government was so long in coming is because the state had said it did not want it. Unless the state says it wants it, federal govt cannot over rule that.

Imagine if London got flooded and the French turned up without being asked.

Now, New York is what the rest of the world thinks of when you say 'American City' - the image of disaster recovery workers being there for weeks does not good.

Not to mention what it would look like to the rest of the states. Lots of things are being covered up so people do not see what such a mess that country is in.