Monday Morning Coming Down
Gustav made landfall this morning as a Category 3 hurricane and will probably not weaken for another 12 hours. [ Times-Picayune ]
John McCain is visiting the Gulf Coast today, trying not to knock over the applesauce as Gustav comes ashore. [ New York Times ]
Three years later, it's still all about Hurricane Katrina. [ Washington Post ]
"The campaign does not want to seen as politicking or celebrating as Americans are suffering. At the same time, a show of compassion could be politically useful..." [ Wall Street Journal ]
Evacuation plans in Mississippi seemed to go smoothly. [ Sun Herald ]
Nearly 2 million people evacuated South Louisiana in advance of the storm -- about 95% of the people living there. [ Wall Street Journal ]
Shephard Smith, Anderson Cooper, Katie Couric ... all of them have fled the Republican National Convention for the Gulf Coast. [ TV WeekM ]