organised incompetence?
good round-up of fema blocking help
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2005/9/5/16455/30830
FEMA won't accept Amtrak's help in evacuations
FEMA turns away experienced firefighters
FEMA turns back Wal-Mart supply trucks
FEMA prevents Coast Guard from delivering diesel fuel
FEMA won't let Red Cross deliver food
FEMA bars morticians from entering New Orleans
FEMA blocks 500-boat citizen flotilla from delivering aid
FEMA fails to utilize Navy ship with 600-bed hospital on board
FEMA to Chicago: Send just one truck
FEMA: "First Responders Urged Not To Respond"
all further expanded and the list goes on
That last one sounds like an Onion headline, but, believe it or not, it's straight from FEMA's website.