It appears to me that the people doing the most are volunteers and good hearted citizens. As far as I can tell, the state and FEMA have done nothing. Like all of these issues, I don’t think a centralized authority can handle this stuff. They, by nature, are incapable of addressing the situation. Ideally, volunteer charities with funding from communities would step in and support grassroots, on the ground mobilization.
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The states first needs to declare a state emergency and call on the citizen militia, sometimes called Minutemen. Place them on Title 32 orders and then contact other surrounding states to request there Guardsmen. It is a state activation not a national activation.