I know they won't complain and I know they'll do what they can, but it's far from enough. I don't want to get carried away on this ubject but what disturbs me is that so far, I have seen evidence of scattered local "first responders" (cops and firemen in small boats) and a few Coast Guard helos in action, but what we need here is a massive effort to get to survivors in places like Grande Isle, Bay St. Louis, Pass Chrisitian and so on before they succumb. Remember that in most disasters like this, the majority of deaths come AFTER the storm is over--people electrocuting themselves and such--and that's not counting rising water from a levee break. If a CNN reported could get to Bay St. Louis this morning (as I saw on TV), why can't some form of Federal response? That summarizes my point. I think today is the day when it has to start to minimize loss of life.