Then after that, the state's going to make sure we ramp in all the resources around the state, which is really local resources, not state resources. It's sheriff's departments, fire departments, all that. And then The federal government is simply a check writer. Everybody sits here, wants to act like, oh, FEMA is going to save my butt. They're not. They write checks. They don't have a whole bunch of first responders. They don't have a whole bunch of tarps. They don't have a whole bunch of. Of RVs. (06:18–06:26)
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