Wow praise for Pres Trump's administration from Leon Panetta. Who'd a thunk it. (it sure won't be coming from Obozo)
But I think there's one thing he overlooked and it has nothing to do with 'lessons learned' from Katrina & Sandy: It's Pres Trump's  years of experience as a Developer & Owner of HUGE Buildings and their  Construction Schedules, CPM Schedules to be exact. No building of any magnitude gets built today without a CPM Schedule (CPM = Critical Path Method, google it). 
What I've seen from Pres Trump's admin with Harvey and now Irma, from pre-staging to implementation, reminds me a lot of how a CPM is used for a building. There's a time for every Trade's work; You do this on day 'X' & have 'Y' days to complete it. You will NOT start before 'X' and you will NOT finish after 'Y'. There are float days for 'oopses'.
This excellent scheduling of entities couldn't come from a politician but only a builder of Big Things. (as an owner he'd be at Const Meetings to review schedule)