Floods Quotes

Snow, sleet, hail, ice, rain, floods. Did I say ice?

After meeting with Louisiana officials last week, Rev. Jesse Jackson said, quote, `Many black people feel that their race, their property conditions and their voting patterns have been a factor in the response.` He continued, quote, `I`m not saying that myself.` Then I`ll say it. If the majority of the hardest hit victims of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans were white people, they would not have gone for days without food and water, forcing many to steal for mere survival. Their bodies would not have been left to float in putrid water. They would have been rescued and relocated a hell of a lot faster than this. Period. I mean, reporters and crews are getting to stranded people, and government and military agencies can`t? Why don`t the networks run FEMA? When I saw pictures of black people taking things from stores, my first thought was: `How are those Nikes necessary for your survival?` And then it hit me: People need shoes and clothing. Some escaped the floods with just the clothing on their backs. We have American citizens, not `refugees` from an underdeveloped country, waiting for food, water, shelter, and electricity for four, five, six days.

We have had two floods. There was water under the tile on the outside terrace, and it ruined all the interior floors. Then the upstairs neighbor had a leak, which came into the bedroom.

Clearly, most if not all of the damage to their homes is from the floods.

We`ve had floods before, ... but nothing like this where houses sat in water for two, three weeks.

The moment we begin to fear the opinions of others and hesitate to tell the truth that is in us, and from motives of policy are silent when we should speak, the divine floods of light and life no longer flow into our souls.

Everyone except the far right wing of the Republican Party realizes that oil, gas and coal burning are the main activities that have sent the climate into bigger floods, droughts, hurricanes, and El Ninos.

Mr. Speaker, from hurricanes and floods in Latin America to earthquakes in Asia, natural disasters are increasingly becoming a regular feature of life for large numbers of people around the globe.

I needed to explain that Louisiana`s coast accepts the drainage from two-thirds of the United States and, while the necessary levees constructed upstream have prevented floods, they have also contributed to problems downstream.

They have a television on in the lounge and I`ll duck in a few times between floods to check things out. It`s exciting to see Russ going for Olympic gold.

We have earthquakes, we have tornadoes, we have floods, we have windstorms and we definitely have winter storms.

These floods are going to be worse than anticipated yesterday.

I confess that I love him, I rejoice that I love him, I thank the maker of Heaven and Earth that gave him to me. The exultation floods me.

God has cared for these trees, saved them from drought, disease, avalanches, and a thousand tempests and floods. But he cannot save them from fools.