Before we get too excited about all of this: it's very likely that FEMA already has access to bigger, better drones than these people were providing. While FEM

Before we get too excited about all of this: it's very likely that FEMA already has access to bigger, better drones than these people were providing. While FEMA might not directly have access to these things, it isn't uncommon for federal agencies to coordinate resources, and other federal agencies (like DHS) does have access to drones. I would imagine the internal dialog was something like: "We already have drones giving us mapping information for these areas. Yes it's great that this company is trying to help us, but we don't need the help, and we don't want to have to deal with the umpteen youtube videos that will try to demonstrate why FEMA is ushering in the New World Order." etc. etc. Some human made a somewhat logical, but largely emotional decision. Humans are emotional creatures.