A Storm-Tossed Boss - Newsweek Hurricane Katrina Coverage - MSNBC.com

A Storm-Tossed Boss - Newsweek Hurricane Katrina Coverage - MSNBC.com:

"Sept. 19, 2005 issue - In September 1965, a massive hurricane hit New Orleans. By the next day the president—a Texan in a time of war—was in the city, visiting a shelter. With no electricity in the darkness there, Lyndon Baines Johnson held a flashlight to his face and proclaimed, 'This is the president of the United States and I'm here to help you!' Almost precisely 40 years later, when another horrific hurricane hit the city, the president was, again, a Texan in wartime."