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Federal response more sure-footed in Calif. than it was after Katrina
0 Comments | USA TODAY, October, 2007 | by Mimi Hall
A state with a history of coping with disaster. Emergency workers with the right equipment. Officials determined not to bungle another government response. Residents willing to evacuate.
Those factors have contributed to what California officials, members of Congress and emergency-response experts say has been a solid response to the fires that have forced more than half a million people to abandon their homes.
The contrast with the government response to Hurricane Katrina couldn't be starker.
At the federal level, "this is a far different and far better FEMA than we saw in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina," said Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine.
By Wednesday, FEMA Chief David Paulison and his boss, Homeland Security Secretary Michael...
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