Wednesday Afternoon in America

This was the fourth day of perhaps the greatest natural disaster in American history. These timed entries, taken from WWL-TV, are chronological proof of the first real action taken of any kind by the President of the United States related to the disaster, at 2PM Central Standard Time, Wednesday August 31st. The hurricane warnings and evacuation orders started early Sunday, August 28th. At the point in time the President finally ended his vacation, nine hospitals either ran out of emergency generator fuel or were expected to.