Yes, that's nuts.

Still, lots of people, lots of inspections, paperwork and databases.

The goal should be to minimize screw ups like this. It's not reasonable to expect there won't be isolated cases. As long as their is a process for getting it fixed (appeal), I'm alright with a few cases.

Someone more knowledgable should establish an "allowable" statistic for screwups, and track it closely. 1/100 is a mistake? 1/1000? It should be reasonable, and should not be zero.

...FEMA inspector saw first-hand the Pleasant Grove residence...

You appear to be making the false assumption that the inspector directly approves each claim and cuts the check.

My suspicion would be that their report got miss filed or associated with another house that wasn't as damaged.

How is that a paper/database screw up? The inspector saw it as it was.

I'm not making any assumption, I'm going with the info provided. The inspector saw with his OWN EYES the property. A few days later, the family got a letter saying they were denied. Do you have proof of something else or just your suspicion?

In any event...more of the same. Anyone see any of this on the MSM on a regular basis the way it was when hurrican Katrina hit? No? Why is that?

Yes, that's nuts.

Still, lots of people, lots of inspections, paperwork and databases.

The goal should be to minimize screw ups like this. It's not reasonable to expect there won't be isolated cases. As long as their is a process for getting it fixed (appeal), I'm alright with a few cases.

Someone more knowledgable should establish an "allowable" statistic for screwups, and track it closely. 1/100 is a mistake? 1/1000? It should be reasonable, and should not be zero.

Yes, but certain other President's were given low marks and little tolerance for error disaster relief, but this one is supposed to get a pass? Just like everything else I guess.

How so? If everything FEMA did wrong during his administration is Bush's Fault then why isn't the same true for Obama?
Why does Bush's flyover insight rage while Obama being out of the county is met with a shrug.

I get that that agencies are capable of making mistakes and that's not necessarily due to the Pres

I just don't get the freaking double standard and Im awful sick of it. Obama (whose greatest campaign promise was that he's not GWB) is tripping over the same tree roots as Bush. Obama's supporters should be livid.

Yes, but certain other President's were given low marks and little tolerance for error disaster relief, but this one is supposed to get a pass? Just like everything else I guess.

I just don't get the freaking double standard and Im awful sick of it. Obama (whose greatest campaign promise was that he's not GWB) is tripping over the same tree roots as Bush. Obama's supporters should be livid.

Ok. I'm willing to admit there is a matter if scope here.

However, here does the buck stop and is it the same for every President? Is Obama as reponsible for this one screw up as Bush was for Katrina?

My sense (I honestly don't pay a ton of attention of FEMA as a matter of course) is that FEMA has gotten it's **** mostly together (much of which happened on Bush's watch post Katrina) and while it makes mistakes like any organization, they are a significantly better organization than they were and don't have the systemic problems that were evident during Katrina.

Right, it's O.K. to blame Bush for FEMA failings during a disaster of unprecedented proportions, but Obama gets a pass on one that is a fraction of the scope?

They haven't. AT ALL. It's just that this is an easier, and more common disaster.

Right, it's O.K. to blame Bush for FEMA failings during a disaster of unprecedented proportions, but Obama gets a pass on one that is a fraction of the scope?

What are you basing that on? My sense has been that there is much more coordination and quicker response since Katrina.