It's when ordinary people rise above the expectations and seize the opportunity that milestones truly are reached. |
Just as an example, we have a family of 26 from New Orleans using seven of the cabins at Lake Chicot State Park, |
Just as an example, we have a family of 26 from New Orleans using seven of the cabins at Lake Chicot State Park, ... Staff at all our state parks are contacting Arkansans who had made reservations for the Labor Day weekend to see if they'll give up their rooms, cabins and camping spots to those from Louisiana and Mississippi who already are in them. |
Many of them just don't understand just how bad the circumstances are (in Louisiana and Mississippi) and how long it is going to be, ... A surprising number are saying ‘This is home now, we are going to put roots here.' |
My scale stops at 280, ... So beyond that I'm not sure what I weighed. |
No one is more important to the future of our state than our teachers. |
None of the power lines were designed to handle that kind of ice, ... our forest looks like it's been carpet-bombed, and everything above 15 feet (4.5 meters) has broken off like a toothpick. |
One of the things about a tornado, it comes so quickly you don't have time to get in a panic. If you do, you're probably not in one, |
One thing governors feel, Democrats and Republicans alike, is that we have a health care system that, if you're on Medicaid, you have unlimited access to health care, at unlimited levels, at no cost. No wonder it's running away. |
People in Louisiana speak Cajun but that's a little different than most of the languages we have here, |
Pray a little more, work a little harder, save, wait, be patient and, most of all, live within our means. That's the American way. It's not spending ourselves into prosperity or taxing ourselves into prosperity. |
Quit Digging Your Grave with a Knife and Fork. |
The best thing individual Arkansans can do is call 1-800-HELP-NOW or go to www.redcross.org and make a donation that will enable the Red Cross to provide additional food, shelter and other assistance to people in Mississippi, Louisiana and Alabama, ... Gov. (Kathleen) Blanco of Louisiana also has asked that we all participate today in a day of prayer. |
The big problem is that the storm affected major electric transmission lines. It has destroyed the infrastructure of the state's distribution system, |
The churches are really acting like churches, ... It has been impressive to me that when we thought about moving certain state resources and assets to an area, the local communities often beat us to the punch. |