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Also on the positive side, FEMA’s account of the 6th anniversary after H.Katrina and H. Rita hit LA and neighboring Gulf coast states. See this report on the FEMA website. 

In my view, given the political and economic environments were are in presently, we are not likely to see this amount of federal outlay or time devoted by public officials to post-Katrina recovery repeated any time soon.

I would be interested in hearing other perspectives, from consultants, researchers and others who worked the disasters.