The people arriving on this side of the building are expected to fend for themselves. We have some water. |
The silence has been deafening. |
The system didn't break down. The system just wasn't designed to handle something so catastrophic. |
There are gangs of armed men in the city moving around the city. |
There are hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of breaks. No water pressure, you can't run the sewer system. |
There is some evidence from what we have found in initial sweeps that catastrophic death may not have occurred. The numbers so far are relatively minor compared to the dire predictions. |
There may be instances where we have to evacuate people from trailers when we're not evacuating the city. |
There's some encouragement in the initial sweeps. ... The numbers (of dead) so far are relatively minor as compared with the dire predictions of 10,000. |
These are not individuals looting. These are large groups of armed individuals. |
They keep coming out of the woodwork. The human suffering I've seen here is greater than anything I've ever been exposed to. |
This is a national disgrace. FEMA has been here three days, yet there is no command and control. We can send massive amounts of aid to tsunami victims but we can't bail out the city of New Orleans. |
This is a national disgrace. We have got a mayor who has been pushing and asking but we're not getting supplies. |
This is a national emergency. This is a national disgrace. |
Three inches of rainfall would cause us to have flooding and we would lose ground. You can expect there to be a mandatory evacuation anytime we encounter a large rainfall. |
To the best of our ability, we have thoroughly searched this city and dealt with those individuals who wanted to be evacuated. |