Hurricanes Quotes

(1998) Organized religions in general, in my opinion, are dying forms. They were all very important when we didn`t know why the sun moved, why weather changed, why hurricanes occurred or volcanoes happened. Modern religion is the end trail of modern mythology. But there are people who interpret the Bible literally. Literally! I choose not to believe that`s the way. And that`s what makes America cool, you know?

- Bruce Willis

We`ve had some difficult times around here as a result of hurricanes in the past, but nothing like what those folks in parts of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama are going through now.

- Sandra Taylor

They will be given challenges based on phenomena such as hurricanes, fog, tornados and tsunamis. So you see this year it`s pretty relevant.

- Julie Berry

Hurricanes Katrina and Rita impacted hundreds of thousands of individuals and caused billions of dollars in damage to public and private property.

- Bobby Jindal

In my home State of Louisiana, several institutions of higher education have been impacted by both Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, literally dozens across the entire State.

- Bobby Jindal

As everyone in Louisiana knows, there was often no communication or coordination between the state and federal government in the aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.

- Bobby Jindal

Louisiana loses 30 miles a year off our coast. We lost 100 miles last year off our coast thanks to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. We have lost a size of land equivalent to the entire state of Rhode Island.

- Bobby Jindal

It`s devastating. He said they haven`t been watching the television, but you`ve got to be here to realize just how bad it is. Bob told me he`s been through hurricanes before, but nothing compares to this one.

- Dorothy Gibson

The extensive water damage from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita created conditions that are ripe for mold growth in homes and businesses, ... We`re recommending that property owners in hurricane-affected areas take a three-phase approach to remove mold and prevent its return.

- Troy Anderson

I was trying to get them to leave and stuff, but when they`ve been through one or two hurricanes, they think it`s nothing, they can handle it, ... I think next time they won`t be so quick to stay.

- Matt Lawton

Even storms that are no longer hurricanes can give just as much rain as a hurricane,

- Mike Powell

It`s clear that the economic impacts from the hurricanes will stretch well beyond the Gulf Coast region to all corners of the nation and beyond. Of great concern for the economy is the mood of the U.S. consumer.

- Scott Anderson

There are, perhaps, two separate current lines, or a small temperature change of a half-degree. And we`re still getting debris out of the Caribbean from the hurricanes.

- Tom Greene

The people of Cascade County have been so generous in sending help to the areas affected by the hurricanes, and we are confident that those same people will help us achieve our goal, which will allow us to continue meeting needs right here in our own community,

- Gary Owen

In 2004, with many hurricanes in Florida, I think we weren`t quite prepared for the volume of calls we received, especially from customers in need of temporary call center facilities.

- David Myers

It is perfectly obvious that no one nor any single country can save the world from the horrors of tsunamis, hurricanes, earthquakes and winged influenza.

- Richard Reeves

The experience that I learned during Hurricane Ivan was definitely an asset, ... Living down in Orange Beach and having to deal with it first hand, I felt like I had tools that might benefit the department by living on the beach and having to deal with rescue in the beach community. I think it is ironic that we`ve had two hurricanes within two months of each other.

- Mike West

(As federal troops and rescue workers poured into still-flooded New Orleans, the Smiths pondered the future of their city.   Geof worried about the lack of tourism revenue without Mardi Gras or the Saints football games. But both brothers hope the city will be rebuilt better than before.  ) Driving out, I was pretty beat down, ... I was sad and embarrassed and I was like a lot of people that you might have seen on the news saying, `I`m not coming back.` But all these places—¯like Florida after their hurricanes,   or Los Angeles after the riots—¯they`ve recovered.   I`m going to do what I can to make it better. And I think there`s so much that`s not destroyed.

- Jay Smith

(better than before.  ) Driving out, I was pretty beat down, ... I was sad and embarrassed and I was like a lot of people that you might have seen on the news saying, `I`m not coming back.` But all these places—¯like Florida after their hurricanes,   or Los Angeles after the riots—¯they`ve recovered.   I`m going to do what I can to make it better. And I think there`s so much that`s not destroyed.

- Jay Smith

I am very concerned, given the destructive damage done by (Hurricanes) Katrina and Rita, that the United States must be closer to starting to see significant product shortages than we`ve seen since 1979.

- Matthew Simmons

(Most people are aware the National Weather Service in Jacksonville, Fla., is forecasting an above-normal storm season, predicting 11 or more tropical storms and hurricanes in the Florida area between June and November. Better yet, the Weather Service office has its own concrete shelter built inside the office.) We believe in the need to have a safe building, ... We have a safe room that`s practically a vault -- it`s reinforced with 2 feet of concrete all the way around.

- Fred Johnson

While we continue working toward our mission of assisting Florida in its recovery from the six hurricanes that have impacted the state in the last year, we -- like the rest of the federal government and the American people -- are doing our best to help the nation respond to Katrina`s unprecedented challenge. A well-staffed call center will strengthen FEMA`s ability to respond quickly to the pressing needs of the millions of people affected by Katrina.

- Scott Morris

I`ve been through about 12 hurricanes in Louisiana and nothing was ever this bad,

- Charles Taylor

We are doing what we have always done. We have been involved in several disasters around the world: Oklahoma City, 9/11, other hurricanes.

- David Weaver

It won`t solve everything, but this bill can hopefully lessen the impact of the hurricanes and rising fuel costs,

- Bill Grant

This has a lot to do with the unrest in Nigeria, but also with the production loss after the hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico, the decline in Iraq since the 2003 war, and the decline in Venezuelan output since 2002.

- Alan Phillips

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.

- Alana Beard

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.

- Alba Quinones

The poorest residents of the gulf coast were most affected by the devastating hurricanes, and the poorest Americans have shouldered a disproportionate share of the burden in Iraq.

- Amanda Clark

As hurricanes Katrina and Rita raged through the southeastern United States last summer, much of America`s energy infrastructure based in the Gulf of Mexico was damaged or destroyed causing gas prices to soar.

- Anabella Hedman

You can`t predict the weather. Hurricanes can move in any direction. If you evacuate two or three times and it saves your life only once, that once is enough.

- Anete de Souza Canto

Considering that San Antonio out-gave itself in the wake of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, the response to our drive this November was truly amazing.

- Angela Thirkell

that in the vast majority of hurricanes, other than those in Florida in 2004, complaints are rife that FEMA has vastly underpaid hurricane victims. The Frances overpayments are questionable given the timing of the election and Florida`s importance as a battleground state.

- Anne Phillips

Hurricanes are like big suction cups, they lift the water underneath them, ... The combination of a high tide and storm surge (would) smash into Mexico, doing a lot of damage.

- Anne Reeves

these back-to-back hurricanes hitting a really significant part of our energy resources.

- Anthony Griffin

FEMA strongly recommends communities build higher and stronger to reduce vulnerability from flooding during future hurricanes.

- Anthony Richards

FEMA strongly recommends that communities build higher and stronger to reduce vulnerability from flooding during future hurricanes. FEMA provides this kind of advisory information to local governments -- but ultimately it is state and local officials, working with their citizens, who make final decisions on land use and other building code requirements.

- Anthony Richards

Especially at this time when it`s obvious that government has certain expenditure needs in the wake of two hurricanes and we don`t know what else.

- Antiphanes

So what they have out there is similar to what we had here in Florida after four hurricanes last year - a lot of fuel for wildfires and drought conditions,

- Anusha Pelpita

So what they have out there is similar to what we had here in Florida after four hurricanes last year - a lot of fuel for wildfires and drought conditions.

- Anusha Pelpita

I don`t think I`ve worked harder than I have in the last two years, with the hurricanes and now this. But this is part of the business. We always fight the weather.

- Anya Lamb

When I study the tracks of past hurricanes and study what we`re looking at now, one can only say that it`s by the grace of God that the Northeast hasn`t gotten slammed yet.

- Art Bruner

Many SWANA members have dealt with the solid waste generated in natural disasters such as hurricanes, tornadoes and earthquakes, ... I think we can pull together a compendium of the most effective techniques that can be used in the areas impacted by Hurricane Katrina.

- Arthur Berger

We`re hearing that a lot of people have been affected by the hurricanes, and have had to go into their entertainment budgets to offer support for the people down there.

- Arthur Hugh Clough

The hurricanes and the gas prices have hurt us,

- Arthur Hugh Clough

The homeless situation is bad and getting worse as we have more hurricanes displacing people. We could live with things as they are now or give people an opportunity to turn their lives around.

- Ashley Hansen

What I`ve seen, and I think this is a good turn of events even in the midst of tragedy, is that there seems to be more discussion about whether these extraordinary weather events, the hurricanes, are part of an approaching pattern that`s related to global warming,

- Atish Kala

The temperature of the gulf, which I believe is 1 or 2 degrees higher than normal, clearly has been a factor for the power of these hurricanes, and it seems to be spurring discussion about what we need to do to address sea-level rise, coastal storms and a future that could be the result of global warming,

- Atish Kala

The hurricanes are one thing, but this is the kind of situation that can wipe out an entire nursery. I`m afraid of these clear, cold nights.

- Barbara Pergament

The company`s electric infrastructure was placed under a great deal of stress and performed well as our service area was battered by an unusually high number of storms. We also faced the challenge of buying reliable supplies of electricity and natural gas on behalf of our customers in a market where energy supplies tightened and prices across the U.S. nearly doubled as a result of hurricanes Katrina and Rita.

- Barbara Reyelts