what if she sang about preparations in response to this tropical storm, hillary? fema is at scrambling personnel to the areas they may be needed. they want to stay in close touch with local officials as the storm moves in. as you mentioned, the administrator has also briefed president biden. the white house is watching this closely and sticking with the preparedness plans in the hours to come. but what she also notably said was that this does not pull resources from hawaii. fema is able to deploy other assets and resources to make sure they can help southern california while still working on recovery in hawaii. what she stressed above all else is that residents should take the storms seriously. take this storm serious. listen to your local officials.