. >> after katrina fema made people's lives worse.were awful. >> fema was also run by someone who was put there in a patron edge position who had no idea how to run the agency. >> isn't that how it happens in government? >> no. it could be run by people who know the specifics who know the expertise. >> techno crabs with expertise easy to i a sume they would hire the right people. he was smart he went to harvard. those experts will make sure they get changed the right way. >> he worked at the department of homeland security. >> spending billions, how can you not be prepared? >>> oo big government does really well. >> the government experts make big plans. >> it makes sense to people. big disaster. you want to have the plan from the top. >> we have lots of plans. >> we could not catch more than 6 percent. >> wal-mart was praised for its relief effort. >> why would wal-mart do it better? >> their business is to make money. they have a sophisticated weather system that allows them to track where do we need to surge before the storm. peopl

so like katrina, it is a travesty. fema --useless. red cross -- useless. juan: avi? ou see what happened in new york. we had occupy. when the storm hit and where was the government? just like in katrina, people were already focused on the core of economic system and the need for system change showed up to be the best disaster of first responders. as people from occupy sandy were hourly organizing the committees, most marginalized communities that are going to be on the front line of a climate crisis that already are. you see people filling in the gaps for the retreat of government, this ideological project over the past three or four decades, and people naming and shaming the core logic of our economic system. we have to change it. amico: we will do a post show and posted online at democracynow.org. avi lewis, director, and naomi klein, writer, the narrator of the film "this changes everything." it is opening in new york tonight at the ifc theater and then all over the country. happy birthday to becca staley. democracy now! is looking for feedback from people who appr

fema says he temporary homes being used for the valley fire victims are different than the ones he was after hurricane katrina >> these are in upgrade. these are better built. they have to because you can imagine the miles just to get them from alabama here. >> reporter: right now there are 60 of these homes here. they say the ability to get more if the need is great. right now they are going through the paperwork to decide who qualifies to get one. if you feel to qualify and you have not registered for fema aid make sure that you do that. reporting in sacramento county, kimberly mcdougall. >>> let's check in with our chief meteorologist bill martin. bill, soon enough it will feel like fall? >> yes, kind of a little bit more today and it will continue. the days are getting shorter so it is a little cooler overnight. this was a shot taken last night. again, it will be one of those nights again tonight because we will have a beautiful sunset. this is san francisco, what a beautiful picture. >> i like that sunset. >> so, there is a fog across the bay. that is a beautiful shot. you can see the container ship comi

learned from 9/11, through katrina, to the present as lawyers how important it is to have all the legal stuff taken care of ahead of time. the templates, form documents. fema spends a lot of money. the money goes out the door very quickly. we task other agencies to do things. we know we're going to do that. so now we have prescripted documents so we can pull it off the shelf and we can execute it very quickly. >> put them in a safe place, multiple locations. the idea of keeping stuff in your trunk is not a bad one. we have go kits and such in our trunks but sometimes even the back-up fails. i think it's just that preparedness and readiness function. 9/11 really taught us that communications can be completely wiped out. our offices can be wiped out. therefore, we really need to have those templates and, you know, documents that you know you're going to need in an event, ready, set to go. >> i'll say it did toe to that and just add as far as the communication, yes, having the actual document templates and other things handy is great. but also developing advanced messaging. and i think that's one of the things that is somewhat of a cure to the chaos. and that