that we are building New Orleans back. |
That will change the world as we know it, |
That's why we are taking this unprecedented move, |
That's why we are taking this unprecedented move, ... The storm surge most likely will topple our levee system. |
The amount of people we're taking out is starting to slow down, |
The big pain that we need to watch going forward are tropical force winds. With that, we hope that the levee system is going to hold. |
The challenge for New Orleans is that we maintain our authenticity, |
The city basically sits like a bowl, |
The city of New Orleans ... will start to breathe again, ... We will have life. We will have commerce. We will have people getting into their normal modes of operations and the normal rhythm of the city. |
The city of New Orleans has no revenue stream coming in, ... We really are in pretty tight quarters. |
The city of New Orleans is in a state of devastation, |
The city of New Orleans is in a state of devastation. We probably have 80 percent of our city underwater. With some sections of our city, the water is as deep as 20 feet. |
The city of New Orleans is technically -- I won't say the word -- but we're very close to it, |
The city of New Orleans, starting this weekend, will start to breathe again. |
The city will not be functional for two or three months. |