New Orleans

I do not understand this whole crisis. This is America darn it. We should be able to get it, get people out and fix the situation. We figured that Kuwait thing out years ago just fine. This shouldn't be all that more difficult (we aren't fighting anybody.) Maybe I am being insensitive, but would someone help me understand how the richest, most-equipped, smartest, and overall best country in the world can't feed and house around 1/3% of their own of their own? We aren't even talking about a whole percent of our country and we can't figure it out. Come on America!