That's a gross oversimplification. Really what needs to happen is better communication btw. the federal and local govenments. We need to devise a reliable system of disaster management countrywide. This system needs to have both general and state-specific directives. Where that line is between federal and state needs to be solid, not fuzzy.

If creating a hard storm severity evacuation threshhold is what a state and the feds agree on, then so be it.