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If anyone cares, FEMA's not really helping.

The mayors of Houston and Galveston are working their tails off, along with the judges in charge of the counties, but FEMA is still slow, late, and too little.

In Houston, the best results so far are coming from the local officials coordinating with private companies.

Krogers, Walgreens, Target, Walmart, and Home Depot all deserve significant positive mention for their corporate efforts to get their stores open and bring in supplies. Each of those worked to get hub locations stocked and open within 36 hours.

Right now, at a FEMA distribution site, getting food(MRE's), ice, or water is 2 hours if they have supplies at that time, whereas, in Houston, I can pop into a Krogers and not even see a line.

It's very different in Galveston. Authorities are not allowing private suppliers to ship onto the island.

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(Anita Kasper cleans outside a west Galveston clinic the staff wants to reopen for emergency care. (Scott Olson: Getty Images))