FEMA is now under the umbrella of Homeland Security. That's why Mr. Chertoff is out and about and getting face-time.
Screw "task forces" and press conferences. Get people in there to help. Get basic sanitation in place. For pity's sake, it's like a gigantic outdoor concert without any acts. Porta-potties, basic sanitation, basic food distribution...these are not rocket surgery. Put them in place.
Part of me can't help but wonder how fast Bush and Cheney's developer-cronies will move in to buy up the land that New Orleans and its outlying suburbs used to occupy, stating that many of the former occupants can't develop the land in such a way so as not to be a drain on the local economy. It's conveniently adacent to the former wetlands, which they purchased, converted, and then put strip malls atop.
But I'm cynical, pissy, and bitter. I could very well be wrong.