federal system of government that recognizes how that the primary responsibility to address the sasser's an emergency use resides with states and communities, not the federal government. as a result, the assistance provided after a disaster is as the stafford act provides to and i am quoting here, supplement, supplemented their efforts and a valuable resources of states, local governments and disaster relief organizations and quote. unwilling, however, it is already clear that one characteristic that distinguishes catastrophic disasters in from other disasters is that the magnitude of a huge disaster who often has national impacts, national impacts, impact beyond the seat of the disaster. homes rather than of expletive to a particular state or community. we must therefore reevaluated the role of the federal government as well as the fema's authorities, policies and regulations that presume federal assistance is always supplemental. regardless of the disaster. the safra and to existing authority and systems where the russians use and disasters that the country will face is are so detail