we didn't know whether it was going to hit miami dade or west palm beach. i made the decision. the best thing to do is declare a disaster area. we should approve the governor's request and improve miami dade county and west palm beach to get everything covered so we don't wait around and make things happen. fema went into action and provided assistance to people in miami dade country and all hell broke loose. brown was trying to buy votes. seriously do you think i could never get some of those people in those precincts or those areas to vote for george w. bush? no way they would do that no matter how much money you throughout. that is not what we doing. we were trying to be proactive and make certain wherever that cone of probably wherever it hit that we would do what we needed to do. we immediately got second guest. even though i think we should have that flexibility is a double-edged sword and i'm not sure any future under any secretary will reveal that. because congress cannot help themselves. >> change in policy, you believe change in missouri and other natural disasters st