The President will likely 'apologize" in his speech tonight. He will apologize for the hurricane, the damage, for owning the Texas Rangers baseball team at one time, and for various other sins, real and imagined. It might be nice if he would apologize for declaring roughly the entire country a disaster area.

From FEMA's press release page it is apparent that the so-called "disaster" or "state of emergency" status is a new way to distribute money from the federal treasury to the various states. Lord Keynes must smiling somewhere.

Which state is not in a state of emergency and how do I, personally, get rich off the deal?

Emergency Declaration Ordered for North Carolina, Sep 15
President Approves Emergency Declaration For Montana, Sep 14
President Approves Emergency Declaration For Massachusetts, Sep 14
President Approves Emergency Declaration For Wisconsin, Sep 14
President Approves Emergency Declaration For Ohio, Sep 14
President Approves Emergency Declaration For Nevada, Sep 14
President Approves Emergency Declaration For North Dakota, Sep 14
President Approves Emergency Declaration For Nebraska, Sep 14
President Approves Emergency Declaration For Minnesota, Sep 14
President Approves Emergency Declaration For Maryland, Sep 14
President Approves Emergency Declaration For Connecticut, Sep 14
President Approves Emergency Declaration For California, Sep 14
President Approves Emergency Declaration For Idaho, Sep 14
Alabama Disaster Aid Soars to $41 million; Nearly 48,000 Apply, Sep 14
Disaster Assistance To New Yorkers Nears $35 Million, Sep 14
President Approves Emergency Declaration For Virginia, Sep 13
President Approves Emergency Declaration For Arizona, Sep 12
President Approves Emergency Declaration For South Dakota, Sep 10
President Approves Emergency Declaration For South Carolina, Sep 10
President Approves Emergency Declaration For Alabama, Sep 10
President Approves Emergency Declaration For Pennsylvania, Sep 10
President Approves Emergency Declaration For Missouri, Sep 10
President Approves Emergency Declaration For Kentucky, Sep 10
President Approves Emergency Declaration For Kansas, Sep 10
President Approves Emergency Declaration For Indiana, Sep 10
President Approves Emergency Declaration For Iowa, Sep 10
President signs order declaring Washington disaster relief area, Sep 7
President Approves Emergency Declaration For Washington, D.C., Sep 7
President Approves Emergency Declaration For Washington, Sep 7
President Approves Emergency Declaration For Oregon, Sep 7
President Approves Emergency Declaration For New Mexico, Sep 7
President Approves Emergency Declaration For Michigan, Sep 7
President Approves Emergency Declaration For Illinois, Sep 7
President Approves Emergency Declaration For Tennessee, Sep 5
President Approves Emergency Declaration For North Carolina, Sep 5
President Approves Emergency Declaration For Georgia, Sep 5
President Approves Emergency Declaration For Oklahoma, Sep 5
President Approves Emergency Declaration For Florida, Sep 5
President Approves Emergency Declaration For Utah, Sep 5
President Approves Emergency Declaration For Colorado, Sep 5
President Approves Emergency Declaration For West Virginia, Sep 5
President Approves Emergency Declaration For Texas, Sep 3
President Approves Emergency Declaration For Arkansas, Sep 3

And that's just for the month of September!!

Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana were declared to be states of emergency in August.