Bill White
Bill White
From 2004 until 2010, this Democratic Party politician served as Mayor of Houston, Texas. Previously, during the presidential administration of Bill Clinton, White had held the position of United States Deputy Secretary of Energy.
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth16 June 1954
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We are asking all residents in the Houston area and the greater Houston area that are in the storm surge area for a hurricane of this force and above to begin making their evacuation plans,
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We are still well out from when the hurricane is expected to hit ... but people need to be making plans now so we're not dealing with freeway congestion.
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Use your common sense and (if) you doubt the capacity to withstand high winds, then we are asking you to evacuate, ... Few mobile homes, if any, could withstand some of the types of winds that may be characteristic of a hurricane that is of the projected magnitude of Rita. We are asking you to evacuate.
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If the hurricane comes in at a certain angle, ... being on the highway is a death trap.
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Hurricane Rita on its present course poses a risk to Houston and the whole Houston region,
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Hurricane Rita is dangerous, and Houston is well-prepared,
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There is no good place to put a shelter that could take a direct hit from a Category 5 hurricane. I don't want anybody out there watching this and thinking that somebody is bound to open a local school for me on Friday, not with a hurricane packing these kinds of winds.
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We will not forget that there are dislocated Americans with us,
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We feel they are trying to intimidate and insult people who are going to our demonstration. We don't feel government should be allowed to do that.
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I start by articulating the policy and goal that the brightest, the most qualified and experienced should make the decision, ... Nobody successfully argues against that.
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There will not be enough government vehicles to go and evacuate everybody in every area, ... We need neighbor caring for neighbor.
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These are a bunch of criminal animals out there.
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Rather than risk confrontation with (police), we are going to stay at the Capitol.
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Between the local people and the top seem to be about seven or eight layers of people who need to get a life,