Craig Fugate
Craig Fugate
William Craig Fugate is the administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Orphaned as a teenager, Fugate propelled himself into emergency services in Alachua County. As Florida Director for the Emergency Management Division, he oversaw the "Big 4 of '04" and as the Administrator for the Federal Emergency Management Agency, he organized recovery efforts for a record of eighty-seven disasters in 2011...
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This important step puts us closer to getting this vital element of our 'culture of preparedness' plan into motion before the start of the 2006 Hurricane Season.
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I will almost guarantee you that somebody is going to die this weekend.
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Our goal is to move not hundreds of miles, but tens of miles.
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Our recommendations have not changed since I've been here we need to get people to evacuate from storm surge, ... If you're not in that evacuation zone, the safest place for you may be in your home.
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The intent of the program was not to provide you a generator for free. We don't want fraud and waste in our programs.
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The last thing you would want is to have people housed in shelters, or later in trailers and mobile homes that would be the first things you have to evacuate in the event of another hurricane,
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In Martin County, many homes were impacted and shelters were opened, and they're continuing to provide those services as we assess what the impact is, ... And really, some of these neighborhoods -- until the water goes down -- people are not going to get back into their homes and start making repairs.
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The earliest we're going to see significant impact from the storm appears to be Friday afternoon, but people should not wait, ... It's time to act.
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This is also the time when surfers will go to the coast, and I will almost guarantee you somebody is going to drown this weekend. Again, use caution.
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All I can tell people in the Keys who are trying to ride this one out is one of these days your luck is going to run out.
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The damage identified in the requested counties is not beyond the combined capabilities of the state and affected local governments,
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I implore people to understand that although this storm is not an immediate threat to any of the inland areas of the state, it is definitely a hazard for marine interests along the coast,