Friends
I think that instead of pointing fingers and rushing here to out post the other guys the Militias of the nation should be coordinating to provide some semblance of order if or when this thing does go off.
If I was the president of these United States and some wild eyed reporter called and asked what I was doing to get ready for an unknown like this. My response would be getting me and mine someplace safe then I will send in the Army to move those too stupid to move out of harms way on their own to higher ground.
We have prepared for 20 years for the UN, but now when we are needed we sit around and point fingers.
As far as the BP money is concerned I don't see it reaching anyone who will use it.
Dead people can't make claims. If you get chemicals sprayed on you and then die of a disease you will not get a penny from BP or the idiots at the US Dept of free money.
There should be a concentrated effort among the state Militias to identify empty buildings, vacant homes, an low density roads to get these people out of harm's way. The DHS and FEMA's answer is a large fenced in area with an electric fence. For the poor peoples own safety.