FEMAs only response to flooding in San Antonio for the last 10 years has been to buy flood ravaged properties to keep people from rebuilding in the flood plain.

I've never understood how FEMA thinks. For example, there is a massive FEMA stores depot up near Palo Pinto, Texas. There is nothing in the entire county except cattle and oil & gas. It is 75 miles west of the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex, and does not have good road access. Go figure. There is a largely dfecommisioned Naval copter station in Mineral Wells, jsut down the road, with lots of air support opportunities. Go figure.