The Corps Of Engineers has attempted to fix the situation under emergency conditions, ... They're not the best conditions, and probably too little, too late. |
The devastation is greater than our worst fears, ... It is just totally overwhelming. It is a tragedy of great proportions. |
The devastation is greater than our worst fears. It is just totally overwhelming, ... We need to save as many people as we can save, and that is our mission for today. |
The devastation is greater than our worst fears. It's totally overwhelming. |
The dimensions are unfathomable, |
The dome's population is growing, and they don't have the facilities to accommodate the people in there, |
The dome's population is growing, and they don't have the facilities to accommodate the people in there. |
The effort to restore our state requires a daring, yet realistic plan. A plan based on input from people in all walks of life. A plan created from the ground up. A plan driven by local needs. A plan inspired by innovation, ... We cannot simply re-create what the storms destroyed. We must make the new Louisiana smarter, safer and stronger. |
The entire Gulf Coast suffered, but Louisiana bore the brunt of this disaster. |
The facts will speak for themselves. We will tell our story when the time is appropriate. |
The financial affairs of Louisiana will be transparent and wide open as it pertains to this period of recovery, more so than it ever has been before, ... We will stand well to the expected scrutiny by the public, the Congress and the media. |
The first light of day today revealed what we had feared, ... The devastation is greater than our worst fears. It's just totally overwhelming. |
The levees are in weakened conditions, |
The mayor certainly has ordered that, but the governor, and that would be me, will have to enforce it or implement it, |
The movie people tell me they want out of Toronto, ... We've got one producer with big Disney contracts we're talking to. We are looking for television series. That's bread and butter, day in and day out. It's all great business. |