In The Disaster Zone

Marine One flies past tornado-damaged trees as President Bush surveys damage from severe storms earlier in the week Friday, Feb. 8, 2008, in Lafayette, Tenn. Mr. Bush, dispensing hugs freely as he comforted tornado survivors Friday, acknowledged the "incredible sadness and worry" he saw in their eyes and said the nation stood ready to help.

Marine One, with President Bush aboard, takes an aerial tour of the tornado damage near Lafayette, Tenn., Friday, Feb. 8, 2008. The president visited some communities hit by tornadoes that have killed at least 54 people.

Members of the Warner family, from left, Dylan Warner, G.W. Warner, Amber Warner, and Paulett Warner, go through debris to recover items from their home that was damaged by the recent tornadoes, Friday, Feb. 8, 2008 in Lafayette, Tenn. President Bush visited the area to survey the damage first hand.

Paulett Warner holds a stuffed doll and a photo of President Bush, in Lafayette, Tenn., Friday, Feb. 8, 2008, as she recovers items from a home damaged by tornadoes while awaiting the arrival of President Bush who was surveying the damage.

Fourteen-year-old Amber Warner looks over a bible that she recovered while looking through debris from her tornado-damaged home, Friday, Feb. 8, 2008, in Lafayette, Tenn.

President Bush, center, greets G.W. Warner, second from the right, and Paulett Warner, far right, has he surveys a neighborhood damaged by the tornadoes, Friday, Feb. 8, 2008, in Lafayette, Tenn. At left is Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen.

President Bush surveys a neighborhood damaged by the tornadoes, Friday, Feb. 8, 2008, in Lafayette, Tenn.

President Bush, center, hugs members of a family during a visit to a neighborhood damaged by the tornadoes, Friday, Feb. 8, 2008, in Lafayette, Tenn.

President Bush, left, accompanied by Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen, right, and Fire Chief Keith Scruggs, center, gestures while meeting with local officials, Friday, Feb. 8, 2008, at the Lafayette Fire Department-Atwell in Lafayette, Tenn. The president visited the area hit by the most recent tornadoes that killed at least 54 people in the southern U.S.

Daphne Dyer helps salvage items from a friend's tornado-damaged home Friday, Feb. 8, 2008, in Lafayette, Tenn. The damage was caused by a rash of tornados that killed at least 54 people in several states earlier in the week.

Marine One, left, and an escort helicopter fly past tornado-damaged homes as President Bush surveys damage Friday, Feb. 8, 2008, in Lafayette, Tenn. The damage was caused by a rash of tornados that killed at least 54 people in several states earlier in the week.

Thomas Anderson salvages items from his tornado-damaged home Friday, Feb. 8, 2008, in Lafayette, Tenn. Anderson rode out the storm with his wife and four children in the bathroom of the home standing in the background.

Thomas Anderson salvages items from his tornado-damaged home Friday, Feb. 8, 2008, in Lafayette, Tenn.

A stray pony wanders through a tornado-damaged neighborhood Friday, Feb. 8, 2008, in Lafayette, Tenn.

A vehicle carrying President Bush drives through a tornado-damaged neighborhood Friday, Feb. 8, 2008, in Lafayette, Tenn.

Karen Bullington looks for salvageable items in a field adjacent to tornado damaged homes as she helps neighbors clean up Friday, Feb. 8, 2008, in Lafayette, Tenn. Bullington's home nearby escaped damage.