WHO'S IN CHARGE WHEN THE HURRICANE COMES? MAYBE THE FEDS CAN LOOK THIS WAY

I have never been a Jeb Bush fan, but I do believe in giving credit where credit is due. Mike Thomas of the Orlando Sentinel and I are in agreement that at least we in Florida have our stuff straight when it comes to hurricane prepardness and response.

Jeb was able to handle things here effectively during last year's four hurricane events, mainly because he was surrounded by staff seasonsed in emergency management...and because we learned not to rely on the federal government thanks to the debacle that occured after Andrew smashed into South Florida in 1992.

We've learned not to take any tropical system --- not even a Catagory 1 hurricane, which Rita was when it came near the Keys earlier in the week --- for granted. The state and local emergency management personnel were ready and knew what to do.

Maybe some folks in DC could learn from Dubya's little brother and the crew here.