Two stories on New Orleans

If for some reason you want a lot of detail about what went down at the NO Convention Center, the WaPo has a pretty big piece on it. But I gotta warn you, it's pretty rough reading.

Second, Michael Brown tries to explain himself and blame Gov. Blanco in a NYTimes interview, but ends up pointing out further Bush administration inaction.

But Mr. Brown's account, in which he described making "a blur of calls" all week to Mr. Chertoff, Mr. Card and Mr. Hagin, suggested that Mr. Bush, or at least his top aides, were informed early and repeatedly by the top federal official at the scene that state and local authorities were overwhelmed and that the overall response was going badly.