"sfb" wrote in message news:LM7Se.976$IT4.697@trnddc04...
The President signed declarations enabling Federal disaster relief before
Katrina hit the Gulf coast. Unless you expect him to be driving a Humvee
full of water into town, it really doesn't matter where he is located as
he always retains full Presidential authority.

And, the was not on "vacation" but was working from Crawford because the
White House was undergoing some construction...