Bush on Hurricane Ike: "It's a "tough" storm." And he is right on the gas gouging problem.

[Bluebear]

(CBS/AP) Rescue crews canvassed neighborhoods inundated by Hurricane Ike's storm surge early Sunday morning, racing against time to save those who spent a second harrowing night trapped amid flattened houses, strewn debris and downed power lines.

One team of paramedics, rescue dogs and structural engineers fanned out under a nearly full moon on a finger of land in Galveston Bay. Authorities hoped to spare thousands of Texans - 140,000 by some estimates who ignored orders to flee ahead of Ike - from another night among the destruction. Some had been rescued, but unknown thousands remained stranded....

President Bush said Sunday he will visit Texas on Tuesday to express sympathy for victims of Hurricane Ike and lend support for recovery efforts.

"This is a tough storm and it's one that's going to require time for people to recover," the president said from the White House's Roosevelt Room after receiving an update from his disaster relief chief, the energy secretary and others...

"The federal government, along with state governments, will be monitoring very carefully as to whether or not consumers are being mistreated at the pump - in other words, gouged," Mr. Bush said. "It's very important for our fellow citizens during this period of temporary disruption to be treated fairly."

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/09/14/national/main4447840.shtml

[lynnertic]

1. "racing against time to save those who spent a second harrowing night trapped"

I am encouraged that authorities in Galveston care more about their people and are trying to get them help, and that feds are already on the case. It seems like a positive change after seeing how Katrina victims and this spring's flooding victims in Iowa were ignored, left on their rooftops to die.

Oh wait, Texas is run by a republican governor, so there's nothing for the Bush Administration to undermine for political gain.