The fact that this author doesn’t know the most basic fact of FEMA response is disturbing:

§§ 5121-5207 (the Stafford Act) §401 states in part that: "All requests for a declaration by the President that a major disaster exists shall be made by the governor of the affected state." A state also includes the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the ...

Which doesn’t excuse Pete Buttigieg’s delayed presence on site....he should have been there immediately