Long before FEMA dropped the ball, local authorities decided they didn't need one. See LENIN'S TOMB: Everything has gone according to plan. (spotted via Making Light)
Quote of the day from BBC News 24 following an interview with Prof Alan Lichtman (concerning the announcement by GB to personally launch an investigation) (as far as I can make out):
"It is like getting the Fox to find out what happened to the missing Chickens".