FEMA was there to help in the immediate aftermath. But we also experienced something that I've heard from my colleagues in FEMA related situations, and that is that In the longer term recovery, you run into the frustration of a distant bureaucracy that can't make quick turnaround decisions. on such things as granular as whether you can install a 24 inch culvert instead of a 16 inch culvert. (01:11–01:21)
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Asserts that FEMA's bureaucracy causes delays in long-term recovery efforts.
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