[Paulison] brings actual hands-on experience, and you can't replace that, ... When you've had to actually deal with emergencies, when you've been personally exposed to things that bureaucrats don't even think about and making sure those things get accomplished, you've gained 100 percent. That's what he brings to the table. |
[Until the Salvation Army came, Alvarez and Perez had used water from a lake behind their mobile home community to shower and fend off the heat, even after receiving a warning from the state's Department of Health that the lake is contaminated.] We're desperate, ... No one has come out to help us. We're poor, but we're still human beings. |
[Water and ice deliveries were also tardy at some of the 11 distribution points opened in Miami-Dade County.] Ladies and gentlemen, we're trying, ... We're really trying. |
Everybody that we've talked to doesn't seem to be telling the truth, |
He really cares about South Florida, ... He took charge and took care of business. |
I cannot give you a timetable because, ladies and gentlemen, quite frankly, we don't control those assets. |
I think everyone acknowledges the fact that there wasn't enough inventory on the ground to keep distribution centers supplied, ... But you know, we have to learn from every experience, and I think we've learned a lot from this one. |
I think it's premature at this point in time to call it a prank or a hoax. |
It just appears to be a very tragic accident. |
It will be days or weeks before we are back to normal, |
It's not a matter of we lack fuel, we just can't get it out of the ground because we lack power, ... Grocery stores are closed because we don't have power. The longer we go without power, the worse the situation gets. |
Rita is a storm to be taken seriously, |
She (Alonso) wrote checks, gave them to friends, family members, businesses ... they cashed them and gave back cash to the tune of $10,000, $18,000, $11,000 in cash. |
The issue is not the gas supply, it's the power outages, ... There's no gas shortage. |
We are taking this storm very seriously. We are urging Miami-Dade County residents to do the same as we learned from hurricane Katrina storms are unpredictable, |