FEMA's Full-Out Response in Hawaii

FEMA's taking no chances these days, AP reports. The agency sent 100 disaster experts from nearly a dozen agencies to Hawaii on Monday, even after it became clear that the earthquake that hit the Big Island on Sunday had not caused catastrophic damage. One FEMA official pegged the cost of the deployment, which involved leasing a jet, at about $400,000. But the story notes that the federal officials stayed within per diem rates at local hotels.