FEMA Director: Harvey Is ‘Nothing Like Katrina; This Is Completely Different’

RUSH EXCERPT:
LONG: "Vastly different. You know, the post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act has set the stage for me. The president has instilled in me all the power that I need to be able to mobilize the forces. And what it specifically has done is, it allows me to coordinate all those folks you see behind me. They represent different agencies across the national response plan framework in the federal government. So, I have the ability to be able to coordinate their assets, their resources and put it down in a unified effort to support Governor Abbott and Chief Nim Kidd down there. This event is nothing like Katrina. This is completely different. Every storm impacts different jurisdictions differently. Every Category 4 storm is different. This is a storm that the United States has not seen yet. It started with a Category 4 inundation with storm surge right off the coast. And now it’s bleeding into a multiple-day inland — inland threat from torrential rainfall."