Famous Quotes & Sayings

Max Mayfield

People need to understand that the greatest potential for large loss of life is from the storm surge flooding near the coastline,

Some of those refineries in Texas, they're at sea level. It's a table top, it floods every easily.

Residents should not be worried that the flood insurance program is insolvent. Be assured, we're not going belly-up, and we're not going away.

That will keep the investment transactions flowing, but not at the flood stage.

It is not really a well-suited location for a transfer station. The transfer station in Haddam is in the flood plain of the Connecticut River and on state land.

I would say we've made great gains since 1997, 'the flood of the century', and we've taken many measures to make sure that we are protected as much as we possibly can.

It could have been worst in terms of flooding and people dying. But we've got a lot of clean-up to do before we can say it is over.

John Corey Whaley

I thought, 'What if I were 17, and it was my small town of Springhill, Louisiana? How would I feel if people started flooding in to see some bird?'

Don Powell

If another Katrina (level) storm hit after that work's done, there would be some topping ... but the flooding would be all manageable. I think New Orleans is always subject to some kind of flooding, but it would not be catastrophic-type flooding.

We may not like the message ... but our flood elevations are going to change. We're going to have to live with the results.

If we get more rain, we will see more flood warnings.

If we get flooding next month in May, it won't be anything like 1997.

Bruce Gordon

If we had significant flooding down here, we'd have to shut the systems down.

Wayne Allard

If this is to become a perpetual government program, like flood insurance, the industry should be honest about it.

He had to roll up his pants and wade through flood waters to get to the taxi,

There is a flood of television series hitting the market,

We're preparing for potential inland flooding and tornadoes.

Miles before we got there, you could smell the stench of all this rotting from the flood ... even from up in the air, ... I would be surprised if people would be able to move back very soon, just from the level of destruction.

New Orleans is flooding and southwest Louisiana is baking.

Bob Riley

The primary threat posed by Hurricane Katrina is going to be flooding from storm surge, so those being evacuated just need to make sure they reach higher ground.

Since it's just cresting over the flood stage, it's minor flooding that we're forecasting. You probably don't need a canoe, but it's probably wise to move vehicles out of the area.

Charles Dickens

Miss Bolo rose from the table considerably agitated, and went straight home, in a flood of tears and a Sedan chair.

Last year we did have flooding in Cache Valley and Brigham City.

Michael Chertoff

Second, there are two problems with respect to mobile homes in particular. One is we obviously don't want to put them in a flood plain, because if there's another flood, you're going to lose the mobile home.

We do have a flood watch out because of a possibility of rain, but that rainfall has mostly moved on. We may end it early.

Erik Brynjolfsson

We're just being flooded with content. And people are increasingly relying on recommenders to help them sort through it all.

Mike Mitchell

We used to flood our neighbors to the east, but with the playground improvement it was not a problem this time.

We have considerably more flood protection in place in Grand Forks than we had in 1997 or even in 2001.

We're trying to keep the river right at its capacity, right at flood stage at Monroe.

When you look at the Napa area, that location does not have a set of reservoir systems and unfortunately is not able to handle peak rainfall, which translated into some urban flooding for that community.

The reconstruction is an opportunity to push more houses out of the flood plain.

The problem is that the villagers leave their houses only at the last moment when the waters start flooding in. We really have to persuade them to leave earlier,

Michael D. Barnes

Most droughts, you go 200 miles and people are in a flood situation. It's a shame. When we're dry, somebody else is wet. When we're wet, somebody's dry. I don't know, maybe it's God's way.