Montblack wrote:

And yet, Herbert Hoover did an 'outstanding' job. How he did it and what he
was up against are covered in the book. Hope it's a good read ($10 at
Amazon). It was a GREAT Q&A TV segment with the author.


They mentioned Hoover on the radio this morning, pointing out how
Chertoff and Brown (Homeland Security and FEMA, respectively) are
lawyers, while Hoover was an engineer. They also commented that
Hoover had previous experience in handling emergency situations (the
one I remember was feeding Belgium after WWI), something Chertoff and
Brown are lacking.