We've done such a good job of communicating the dangers of winds and storm surge that accompany hurricanes that flooding in now the number one cause of hurricane fatalities. Our challenge is to get the word out that inland flooding, in some cases far removed from where the storms come ashore, can pose serious danger. |
We've got six weeks to go, so a lot of things can happen. |
Well, it's never been as bad as this. Well, we've never had it as good as this. Well, hey, it couldn't have been any worse than this, Rush! Why, it had to be global warming. |
What happened with Ivan was almost unheard of. |
Whatever goes over Cuba is likely to go over us, too. |
When it gets to South Florida, it's going to take off like a rocket. |
When New Orleans was founded, it was 10 or 12 feet higher and it was 100 miles from the coast, ... Now it's the coast. |
With just a little bit of advance planning you can be ahead of the game. There's going to be enough stress anyway when a hurricane comes. Please don't wait until the last minute. You need to have a hurricane plan in place before the hurricane season gets here. |
Within all the record-breaking statistics of the past hurricane season, there are epic human impacts ... suffering on a very large scale. |
You bet I'm worried about next year, and several years after that, |
You don't want to let your guard down. |