One of my friends in our guard was activated early on...I can only guess that the LA guard wasn't as prepared but we've been through this exercise a lot lately.
Which the Feds would have gotten involved sooner, but I guess it took a little bit of time to realize how overwhelmed the local resources were.
Whenever it looks like we are going to get one our guard start mobilizing before it hits, so it takes a couple of days to get the wheels rolling.