Bush Briefing On Hurricane Disaster

Under way.

"This recovery will take a long time. This recovery will take years...."

I'll be taking part in the blogosphere's appeal for aid to Gulf Coast vicitms, led by people including Glenn Reynolds and N.Z. Bear. My traffic is relatively small most days, but every little bit helps. More anon.

A link to Bush's remarks is available right now, 5:15 pm Eastern, at whitehouse.gov. TypePad is taking so abysmally long to post entries today, I can't say if he'll still be speaking by the time you see this note.