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 ENTERPRISE, Ala. (AP) - As President Bush handed out hugs and toured sites where killer tornadoes hit areas of the South earlier this week, some residents said they hoped the government would be as forthcoming with aid to help rebuild their devastated towns.
Bush visited sites in Alabama and Georgia on Saturday where tornadoes killed 19 people Thursday, including Enterprise High School, where eight students were killed when a concrete roof collapsed.
The trip, quickly put together Friday, was intended to highlight his administration's stepped-up efforts, through the Federal Emergency Agency in particular, to help disaster victims. The White House came under withering criticism for its sluggish response to Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
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