CBS Katrinablog. Erst heisst es, jede Hilfe ist willkommen:

2:55 p.m. WASHINGTON (CBS) — CBS News State Department reporter Charles Wolfson said more than 20 countries have made general offers of assistance and that the list grows by the hour, according to State Department spokesman Sean McCormack. Other officials indicated the offers include the type of humanitarian aid that Washington usually offers such as generators and medical care kits. Even Honduras and Jamaica, which have been the recipients of U.S. aid after Hurricanes, have offered to help residents of the Gulf Coast. Wolfson also reports that Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said no offer of support would be refused.

Und wenn dann Putin anruft, hängt Bush einfach wieder auf:

4:00 p.m. MOSCOW (AP) The U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency has rejected a Russian offer to send rescue teams and other aid in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, a Russian emergency official said Thursday. Russia offered to send two transport planes with rescue teams, helicopters and other equipment to help deal with Katrina's aftermath.