24 fleeing Rita die in bus fire

Gruesome:

WILMER - A bus carrying elderly evacuees from a Bellaire assisted living center caught fire and was rocked by explosions early today on a gridlocked highway near Dallas, killing as many as 24 people, authorities said.
"Deputies were unable to get everyone off the bus," Dallas County Sheriff's Department spokesman Don Peritz said. He said he believes 24 people were killed, but that number could change.
The bus, with about 44 people on board -- 38 residents and six employees -- had been traveling since Thursday around 3 p.m. The accident happened around 6:45 a.m. today. The bus' brakes apparently caught on fire, reached passengers' oxygen tanks and set off an explosion.

The photos are reminiscent of a Hamas bombing. The Houston Chronicle has full hurricane coverage.

UPDATE: The heroic staff of The Times-Picayune soldiers on. Looks like NOLA's flooding again.