"The opposite was true in 2005, after Hurricane Katrina tore through the Gulf Coast. As floodwaters inundated New Orleans, Bush flew over the devastated city in Air Force One, ordering that the plane swoop down so he could get a bird's-eye view of the disaster. The image that stuck was one of a detached president, contributing to a fall in his popularity from which he has not recovered." http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/17/AR2007041702103.html