President Bush just finished up his visit to P'cola/Gulf Shores area. Very emotional.
Now. Would it be cool or what if, instead of going back to DC as announced, he flew to Detroit to cheer on the U.S. team!!! It would be just like him to do it...please!!!
Here is close to mountaineer, I think..
A man in a canoe makes his way through streets flooded by the Ohio River on Wheeling Island in Wheeling, West Virginia, September 19, 2004. Wheeling was devastated first by flooding caused by heavy rains from Hurricane Ivan on Friday and then by the swollen Ohio River. REUTERS/Jason Cohn
So many lost everything, really horrible.
U.S. President George Bush (news - web sites) (pointing) meets with residents of Comstock Ave. during his tour of damage from Hurricane Ivan in Pensacola, Florida September 19, 2004. REUTERS/Larry Downing
That piece of cardboard the lady has tucked under her arm, AP cut off so you can't see it's a 'Bush 2004' sign.
President George W. Bush (news - web sites), left, hugs Karen Heinold, center, while touring areas damaged by Hurricane Ivan Sunday, Sept. 19, 2004 in Pensacola, Fla. Heinold's husband Jim is right. The president toured hurricane damaged areas in Florida and Alabama Sunday. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
President Bush (news - web sites), center, walks along Perdido Beach with, from left to right, Mayor Steve Russo, Alabama Gov. Bob Riley, Rep. Jo Bonner (news, bio, voting record), R-Ala., and Sen. Richard Shelby (news, bio, voting record), R-Ala., as he tours damage from Hurricane Ivan in Orange Beach, Ala.., Sunday, Sept. 19, 2004. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
If most of the Alabama officials are anything like Alabama's Homeland Security Director Jim Walker, y'all are in good hands. I listened to an intereview with Walker a few weeks ago and he was impressive. Here's a website that might help you or a friend with the mess Ivan caused.
Pics for mountaineer.
Greta Swann (L), owner of a restaurant equipment store in downtown Wheeling, West Virginia stands on the front step of her business looking at slowly receding flood waters with worker LeRoy Parker (C) and her son Scott Swann (R) on September 19, 2004. Wheeling was devastated first by flooding caused by heavy rains from Hurricane Ivan on Friday and then by the swollen Ohio River. REUTERS/Jason Cohn
Belmont County Sheriff's Deputy Ron Miro surveys flood damage to State Route 40 near Wheeling Creek, Ohio on September 19, 2004. Communities along the Ohio River in Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia were devastated by flooding caused by heavy rains from Hurricane Ivan. REUTERS/Jason
Yikes.