Comparison of Katrina and H1N1 -- levels of government

The sad part is that Katrina and H1N1 are very different disasters in
the timescale of their effects. One type of disaster (Katrina), is
localized, sudden, and immediate, and is perfectly designed for local
government to handle first. The other type is nationwide, and brews
over a longer term of months (H1N1) and is more appropriate for the
Federal government to help with.

Where was the criticism of the Mayor of New Orleans and the Governor
of Louisiana for Katrina? Why is it Bush's fault that the city and
state were not prepared? I will give Bush full blame for his wild and
reckless spending, but Katrina is not even 1% his fault. I give the
Mayor of New Orleans 80% of the blame, the Governor of Louisiana 19.5%
of the blame and Bush 0.5% of the blame.

With H1N1, the federal government promised that everyone would have
the vaccine in September, and now here it is heading into December,
and most people still have not had a chance to get it. And these are
the jokers that people want to turn over our entire healthcare system to.