WASHINGTON After two weeks of trying to explain a messy evacuation from Afghanistan, President Joe Biden Thursday returned to friendlier turf, detailing all the things the federal government was doing to respond to Hurricane Ida s weekend landfall in Louisiana.

He explained how many meals the Federal Emergency Management Agency had prepositioned in the affected areas (4.3 million) as well as the number of liters of water (3 million). He boasted how much money had already gone out in relief grants to storm victims ($77 million).

He gave out the web site for people to find help (disasterassistance.gov) three times, and the toll-free number (1-800-621-FEMA) twice, and then a third time with the actual numerals, rather than the acronym.