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Hurricane season brings a humbling reminder that, despite our technologies, most of nature remains unpredictable. -- Diane Ackerman
The same things that lead to disparities in health in this country on a day-to-day basis led to disparities in the impact of Hurricane Katrina. -- David Satcher
As you know, Hurricane Sandy has affected thousands of families, leaving them without electricity, without household goods and, in the worst cases, without a home. -- Thalia
Hurricane Katrina this past week was certainly the worst episode in what has become an all-too-familiar and tragic cycle, and our nation is now faced with a set of unprecedented challenges. -- Jo Bonner
What happened with Hurricane Katrina was the American electorate was forced to look at what lay behind the veneer of chest-beating. We all saw the consequences of having terrible government leadership. -- Susan Faludi
I'll never forget Hurricane Katrina - the mix of a natural and a man-made catastrophe that resulted in the death of over 1,500 of our neighbors. Millions of folks were marked by the tragedy. -- Cedric Richmond
My heart goes out to victims and survivors of the Hurricane Katrina tragedy and to their families. This disaster will go down in history books as one of the largest natural disasters in U.S. history. -- Ellen Tauscher
My favorite day was Monday, September the 25th, 2006. New Orleans, Louisiana, site of the Superdome. I watched our people who had suffered so grievously through Hurricane Katrina fill a stadium hours before a game and stay hours after the game. -- Michael Irvin
Corporations often partner with government after natural disasters, as many companies did in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in 2005. As a rule, however, long-term civic/corporate partnerships are still rare .But this need not remain the status quo, as many opportunities are available for such partnerships. -- Simon Mainwaring
In New York, FEMA granted the Mamaroneck Beach & Yacht Club's request to be remapped from the high-risk flood zone in August 2012 - just two months before the club was damaged and its outbuildings destroyed by Hurricane Sandy, which stacked up yachts at its docks like pick-up sticks. -- Bill Dedman
After Hurricane Katrina, over New Orleans, my helicopter crashed and the pilot and I were only saved because we fell on the roof of a flooded house that absorbed the shock. When the helicopter was spiraling downward out of control, I didn't expect to survive at all. -- Yann Arthus-Bertrand
I did live through Katrina and also Hurricane Rita, which hit Lake Charles. Interestingly, when Katrina hit, they evacuated and Lake Charles was one of the evacuation destinations. We opened up the civic center of the city to the evacuees and provided them free medical and psychiatric care there. -- Dale Archer
Roger "Hurricane" Wilson is the real deal! -- Walter Trout
Here I am Rock You Like a Hurricane. -- Dave Eggers
What if Manhattan was hit by Hurricane Katrina? -- Jadakiss
Hurricane Katrina was caused by political correctness. I said it! -- Carlos Mencia
Hurricane season routinely strikes the Caribbean harder than the U.S. -- Charles Rangel
Hurricane season routinely strikes the Caribbean harder than the U.S. -- Charles Rangel
Hurricane Katrina is without question the worst natural disaster in American history,. -- Douglas Brinkley
I'm glad Hurricane Katrina happened. It taught us an important lesson: black people can't swim. -- Carlos Mencia
Hurricane Sandy interrupted Mr. Romneyâ??s momentum and allowed Mr. Obama to look presidential and bipartisan. -- Karl Rove
It's anticipated that Hurricane Rita will still be a Category 3 storm when it hits Port Arthur. -- Kenneth Williams
I think the best thing that happened to the education system in New Orleans was Hurricane Katrina, -- Arne Duncan
We finally cleaned up public housing in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. We couldn't do it, butGod did. -- Richard Baker
I was very disappointed that Denzel didn't win Best Actor for The Hurricane because I thought he deserved it. -- Norman Jewison
The outpouring of support from health professionals who want to volunteer for Hurricane Katrina recovery efforts has been tremendous, -- Calvin Johnson
Where I am they can smell out a hurricane. My house survived Hurricane Hazel, but it didn't get past Hugo. -- Mickey Spillane
Events like Hurricane Katrina and the Minnesota bridge collapse suggest a national infrastructure that has suffered from lack of tending. -- Nina Easton
Hurricane Irene ... the storm was huge news. In fact, the Weather Channel reported something they haven't seen in years. Viewers. -- Jimmy Fallon
Denzel has been that leading man, but it took him a while to get to Training Day and Hurricane Carter. -- Shemar Moore
What changed in the United States with Hurricane Katrina was a feeling that we have entered a period of consequences. -- Al Gore
I also want to encourage anybody who was affected by Hurricane Corina to make sure their children are in school. -- Laura Bush
I think it's an accumulation of work over the years, culminating with our work during the Hurricane Katrina-Rita relief effort. -- Greg Roberts
Hurricane seasons with four or more super-hurricanes, those with sustained wind speeds of 131 mph or more will soon become the norm. -- Joseph J. Romm
Hurricane Sandy was one of the most vicious storm systems to hit the New York City area in nearly two centuries. -- Russel Honore
Hurricane Katrina reiterated the need for [access to] medical records, ... ... But there's going to be a lot more needed than $4 million. -- Thomas Carper
It is proper that the federal government help alleviate short-term disruptions and price spikes such as those brought about by Hurricane Katrina. -- Mel Martinez
Dennis Erickson drove to my home and asked me to become a Miami Hurricane. There was no way in hell I wasn't going. -- Warren Sapp
We're looking at a much worse [Hurricane] risk than people were thinking about a year ago ...some places are going to become uninsurable. -- Judith Curry
The administration is using the devastation of Hurricane Katrina to cut the wages of people desperately trying to rebuild their lives and their communities. -- George Miller
Hurricane Katrina, coupled with Hurricane Rita, which came promptly on Katrina's heels, claimed more than 1,200 American lives. Together, they caused more than $200 billion in damage. -- Ellen Tauscher
One of the lessons of 9/11 and (Hurricane) Katrina was 'communication, communication, communication, .. We don't want to have to say 'should have, could have, would have.'. -- Mufi Hannemann
Pour me something tall and strong, make it a Hurricane before I go insane. It's only half past twelve but I don't care, it's 5 O'clock somewhere. -- Alan Jackson
Hurricane Katrina exposed the harsh reality that we have been skating on thin ice when it comes to this country's energy concentrations on the Gulf Coast. -- Pete Domenici
The Minnesota spirit of compassion and help for people in need has moved countless Minnesotans to step forward to provide relief for the survivors of Hurricane Katrina. -- Jim Ramstad
Hurricane Sandy is a disturbing sign of things to come. We must heed this warning and act quickly to solve the climate crisis. Dirty energy makes dirty weather. -- Al Gore
The generosity of the American public toward the victims of Hurricane Katrina and the Tsunami has been reflected in the outpouring of support for the Pakistani earthquake victims. -- Jon Porter
I also believe that Hurricane Katrina did reveal a weakness in our energy supply systems, highlighting the reliance this country has on the gulf coast for our energy resources. -- Steve Buyer
Along with you, I have witnessed the unfortunate rise in gasoline prices that has accompanied the summer driving season and the more recent spike in prices due to Hurricane Katrina. -- Bob Ney
Last year, when we were in Mobile, Al., covering Hurricane Ivan, we heard the stories of poor people, many of them black stranded downtown because they had no way out. -- Al Roker
Animals aren't any better equipped to survive an emergency than humans are. Few people missed the fact that after Hurricane Katrina, people died because buses and emergency shelters wouldn't allow their animals. -- Ingrid Newkirk
I pointed out on the floor last year, after Hurricane Katrina, we were very proud that one of our National Guard engineering battalions was called to Louisiana. And they did a magnificent job. -- Kit Bond
Unfortunately, very few people in America know the real name of Hurricane Katrina because the coal and oil industries have spent millions of dollars to keep the public in doubt about the issue. -- Ross Gelbspan
Ill never forget Hurricane Katrina - the mix of a natural and a man-made catastrophe that resulted in the death of over 1,500 of our neighbors. Millions of folks were marked by the tragedy. -- Cedric Richmond
Hurricane Charley is the worst natural disaster to befall our state in a dozen years, and it is unthinkable that anyone would try to take advantage of neighbors at a time like this,. -- Charlie Crist
After becoming famous once again - a 1976 song, "Hurricane," even marked a return to protest songwriting - [Bob] Dylan got addicted to drugs, found Jesus, left Jesus, and put out a lot of swill. -- Bob Dylan
The state team is committed to working with our federal partners in meeting the needs of Floridians who were affected by Hurricane Wilma. We want to be as thorough as possible in this vital endeavor. -- Craig Fugate
Fragile economies and weak infrastructures tend to worsen the results of climate disruptions, a problem exemplified by Bangladesh's vulnerability to monsoons, accelerating desertification in northern China, and, most visibly, Hurricane Katrina's devastation in New Orleans. -- Jamais Cascio
When you are submitted and committed to the Lord, you will look forward to Jesus coming back, and not even an earthquake or Hurricane Irene will be able to shake you from the love of Christ. -- Monica Johnson
I worked with the same trainer that worked with Denzel Washington in THe Hurricane. It was three months of training, five days a week, 4 to 5 hours a day. This was followed by a month of choreography. -- Wentworth Miller
The lesson from Hurricane Katrina was communication, communication, communication, .. Public safety has to be a priority. Then we can go to constituents and start talking about investments that have to be made in upgrading the networks. -- Mufi Hannemann
To my knowledge, not a single scientist at the Hurricane Research Division, the National Hurricane Center, or the Joint Typhoon Warning Center believes...that there is any measurable impact on hurricane numbers or activity from global warming. -- Stanley B. Goldenberg
The generosity and compassion of Red Sox Nation, our players and the Red Sox Wives never cease to amaze, We were touched and inspired by the eagerness our fans showed to assist the victims of Hurricane Katrina. -- Larry Lucchino
For all the folks whose job it was to be ready for [Hurricane] Katrina, but who weren't, from the Oval Office, right down the chain of command to the New Orleans police department, Wal-Mart was a vivid reproach. -- Charles Fishman
All the best, Sydney P.S. "The Red Hurricane" is what I named the car. P.P.S. Just because I like you, it doesn't mean I still don't think you're an evil creature of the night. You are. -- Richelle Mead
Imagine if, in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, Gulf Coast residents had to wait on Democrats and Republicans to agree on cuts before receiving clean water or loans to rebuild. Congress negotiations often come slow or not at all. -- Cedric Richmond
Imagine if, in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, Gulf Coast residents had to wait on Democrats and Republicans to agree on cuts before receiving clean water or loans to rebuild. Congress' negotiations often come slow or not at all. -- Cedric Richmond
Nathaniel Rich wrote 'Odds Against Tomorrow' well before Hurricane Sandy and its surge crashed onto the isle of Manhattan, well before the streets were flooded and the subways drowned, only the Goldman Sachs building sparkling above the darkened avenues. -- Cathleen Schine
To be sure, the story of Hurricane Katrina does have a moral for anyone not deliberately blind. The races are different. Blacks and whites are different. When blacks are left entirely to their own devices, Western Civilization-any kind of civilization-disappears. -- Jared Taylor
I was caught on the freeway for hours when Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans. The entire city had to be evacuated. I observed lives threatened by catastrophes and a whole range of behaviour. What could people do during a crisis? -- Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
Hurricane [Katrina] hit the Gulf Coast and destroyed much of the Gulf Coast - that was an act of God ... Now what happened to New Orleans, that was a complete failure of the federal government. Complete negligence by the feds. -- James Carville
It's a bit scary to see my book come true: the recent (if minor) LA earthquakes, Hurricane Sandy, the Boston bomber, and so on - much of it stoppable, I think, and yet I, too, am also guilty of passivity. -- Edan Lepucki
The old people, they struggled, they fought the elements, they fought everything was against them here. The river, the summers and the heat. So finally when they settled Hurricane there and got the water on that bench, most of them left. -- Calvin Johnson
You saw on your TV what happened in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. The Reserves or National Guard are usually the people we use for those national emergencies. They weren't here, they were over in Iraq, and so we were less protected. -- Joseph Stiglitz
I've been called other things too, and some of them uncomplimentary and sexist like the 'Queen of Sprawl', 'Attila the Hen,' 'The Mom who runs Mississauga' and the 'Mississauga Rattler', so it's little wonder that my favourite nickname is Hurricane Hazel. -- Hazel McCallion
I started this charity, Fashion for Relief, in 2005, after Hurricane Katrina happened. New Orleans was actually the first place I visited in the United States. It was one of my first big jobs, a shoot for British 'Elle.' It was April 14, 1986. -- Naomi Campbell
In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, we did create Color of Change, an organization which focused on African-Americans in particular, because we felt that there was a big gap there in terms of online advocacy which had left the black community particularly vulnerable. -- Van Jones
I am grateful to President George W. Bush for PEPFAR, which is saving the lives of millions of people in poor countries and to both Presidents Bush for the work we've done together after the South Asia tsunami, Hurricane Katrina and the Haitian earthquake. -- William J. Clinton
I think we're in good shape, but the tragedy of Hurricane Katrina is in some small way mitigated by the fact that we now have more people talking about it, thinking about it and working on it, so that we will be more vigilant and ready. -- John Hickenlooper
While Hurricane Katrina demonstrated the dangers of failing to evacuate hospitals from the path of a storm, Hurricane Gustav demonstrated that moving thousands of sick people has its own risks. Gustav also highlighted a critical vulnerability of American hospitals - an inability to withstand prolonged blackouts. -- Sheri Fink
Nearly two weeks have passed since Hurricane Katrina made landfall along the Gulf Coast, and while we are still dealing with the tremendous devastation - and will be for quite some time - we are also seeing increased signs of recovery and help in our region. -- Jo Bonner
I am heartbroken by the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina in my home state. Like so many Americans I am watching the news reports with great sadness. But it's at times like these that each of us must work together to provide lifesaving aid to those in terrible need. -- Tim McGraw
I've been checking with people back in South Florida to see if Hurricane Dennis is going to whack my house, and the consensus of the experts seems to be: No, it will not, unless it does, in which case, yes. So I'm feeling really calm over here in London. -- Dave Barry
The first rule of hurricane coverage is that every broadcast must begin with palm trees bending in the wind. -- Carl Hiaasen
It was like being in the eye of a hurricane. You'd wake up in a concert and think, Wow, how did I get here? -- John Lennon
Anyone who says they're not afraid at the time of a hurricane is either a fool or a liar, or a little bit of both. -- Anderson Cooper
After Sandy hit, my wife and I saw pictures of the devastation following the hurricane in the news. We immediately wanted to find a way to assist those in need. -- Tyson Chandler
As dry leaves that before the wild hurricane fly, when they meet with an obstacle, mount to the sky. So up to the house-top the coursers they flew, with the sleigh full of toys, and St. Nicholas too. -- Clement Clarke Moore
I was born fat and have always been, which was just fine and even healthy and cute until I turned ten or so. Puberty hit like a hurricane and brought a new set of rules. All of a sudden it was my fault I was chubby. -- Beth Ditto
I never read one hateful thing said about me by some 12 year old. So I got to live an actual life. And I've kept that mentality. Just because there's a hurricane going on around you doesn't mean you have to open the window and look at it. -- Taylor Swift
There are people who could watch a hurricane like Sandy blow out of the Atlantic every other day and blame it on anything but human activity. They are like those who, having been diagnosed with diabetes, eat donuts for breakfast. There's not much to do about them. -- Michael Specter
I was born full grown in the middle of a hurricane and an earthquake on 10 September 1954, 12.52 P.M. When I found out that I had missed lunch, I gave such a shout that the Earth stopped and spun backwards two days. That's why I celebrate my birthday on 8 September. -- Jon Scieszka
If a hurricane strikes, we can blame the president for not being there; we can blame Congress and FEMA; we can blame the state governments; but in the end, it's the mayors and the local city governments that have to be prepared for emergencies and be prepared to act. -- Michael Bloomberg
Fraud is common when you give away billions. Fraud related to Hurricane Katrina spending is estimated to top $2 billion. In addition, debit cards provided to hurricane victims were used to pay for Caribbean vacations, NFL tickets, Dom Perignon champagne, 'Girls Gone Wild' videos, and at least one sex change operation. -- Mark Skousen
Hurricane Katrina overwhelmed levees and exploded the conventional wisdom about a shared American prosperity, exposing a group of people so poor they didn't have $50 for a bus ticket out of town. If we want to learn something from this disaster, the lesson ought to be: America's poor deserve better than this. -- Michael Eric Dyson
During a large disaster, like Hurricane Katrina, warnings get hopelessly jumbled. The truth is that, for warnings to work, it's not enough for them to be delivered. They must also overcome that human tendency to pause; they must trigger a series of effective actions, mobilizing the informal networks that we depend on in a crisis. -- Gary Wolf
Music was your real passion, this thing you held dear even above family. It was this relationship that never betrayed you. Once it became your job - this thing that was highly visible, this thing that became about commerce - that's when you were holding onto music like it was a palm tree in a hurricane. -- Eddie Vedder
After a hurricane comes a rainbow. -- Katy Perry
After a hurricane, comes a rainbow. -- Katy Perry
Reports of a hurricane are unfounded. -- Michael Fish
She's like a hurricane on crystal meth. -- Darynda Jones
Typical me--hurricane that leaves nothing but destruction. -- Katie McGarry
Beneath the greatest love lies a hurricane of hate. -- Phil Ochs
Staid middle age loves the hurricane passions of opera. -- Mason Cooley
I leave behind this hurricane of f***ing lies -- Green Day
Gabriel's voice can reach me anywhere. Even in a hurricane. -- Lauren DeStefano
I haven't actually spoken to my parents since the hurricane. -- Faith Ford
Traffic accidents have increased 100 percent in the city since the hurricane. -- Don Kelly
A drop in the ocean has no fear of a hurricane. -- Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Like two sparrows in a hurricane trying to find their way. -- Tanya Tucker
I've had the wind knocked out of me, but never the hurricane -- Jeffrey McDaniel
Lord, please watch over all these lost children born to chase the hurricane. -- Tom Petty
If people were like rain, I was like drizzle and she was a hurricane. -- John Green
You can dance in a hurricane, but only if you're standing in the eye. -- Brandi Carlile
It's so obvious The Weather Channel is pro hurricane. Fair and balanced my ass. -- Jim Gaffigan
Thought and beauty, like a hurricane or waves, should not know conventional, delimited forms. -- Anton Chekhov
With boys, you always know where you stand. Right in the path of a hurricane. -- Erma Bombeck
You are like a hurricane, there's calm in your eyes, and I'm getting blown away. -- Neil Young
Name the season's first hurricane Zelda and fool Mother Nature into calling it a year. -- Robert Breault
You were born with a snake in both of your fists while a hurricane was blowing. -- Bob Dylan

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