>The religious volunteer organizations did a terrific job. As did the Coast Guard. You're right, it wasn't an across the board disaster. For that, the federal government was needed ;-(

FYI, EPA is a Federal Agency (as is the Coast Guard), and our part of the response was exemplary as I pointed out. For the response debacle, you get to spread that out across all levels of gov't, including the State and New Orleans gov'ts.