8,000 Guardsmen from Mississippi and Louisiana who might have helped, might have been deployed in the relief efforts are, in fact, in Iraq and not in Mississippi and Louisiana.

[Bush offered Mississippi as well as Louisiana a federal takeover of relief efforts.] I told him we didn't need it, ... that we were doing well.

[Back in Isla Vista after about 10 days of helping with relief efforts in Louisiana, the Rev. Jon-Stephen Hedges apologizes for not easily recalling some specific details of his time there.] Things are a little raw right now, ... My nerves are close to the surface. Everything's jumbled together.

We should be thankful we don't live in Louisiana, Mississippi or Alabama.

We know so many people and have extensive connections to families and friends in Louisiana and Mississippi, so this is the least we can do. People should also know that absolutely every penny that we raise at this event is going directly to the people and families that have been so greatly affected.

Right now Mississippi is at the top ebb of the sort of power curve and Louisiana is in a bit of a slump.