At the bottom of an article in the NY Times about the GOP trying to make Congress cut more to pay for Irene relief, there's this:
In response to another emergency, President Obama called Gov. Rick Perry of Texas on Wednesday to express concern about wildfires that have ravaged the parched state. Mr. Obama said the emergency management agency and the Forest Service would provide federal aid to state and local officials fighting the fires, which have scorched 33,000 acres and destroyed more than 1,000 homes in the last few days.





