1.) The national, state, and local governments were all responsible for how slow they reacted to the disaster. They were all very unprepared and their was a lack of communication. They also waited too long to respond. They all were'nt prepared as far having a plan, having resources and evacuating. Money was also a huge issue. The federal government had no money, they were'nt listening, our souldiers were in Iraq and they waited too long. The local government was a little too dependent on everyone else. They should have had a plan as well.
2.)The local government's job should have been to rise awareness to the