John Cummings
John Cummings
disaster entire last major might rains spread
With a combination of last week's rains and (yesterday's rain), we could end up with a sizable disaster situation. It might not be a lot of major damage, but if it is spread out over the entire island, it could be significant.
best current details goal proceed value
I don't have any details on how we'll proceed with the disposition of assets, but the goal is to get the best value of our current assets.
adding bad bolts bottom door guys open outside provide providing rattle resistance screen security simple taking top type
Retrofitting can be simple things like taking a cafeteria, adding bolts to the top and bottom of the door so it doesn't rattle open during a hurricane; providing some type of security screen on the outside so it will do two things: keep the bad guys out, but provide missile-impact resistance when we have a hurricane.
chance city debris looks
Looks like we're out of it. It should give the city a chance to do some debris clearing.
components gallon minimum per primary type water
The primary components are having some type of water, a minimum of one gallon of water per person per day.
allow growth pay percent
The 2 percent would allow growth to pay for growth.
exceed expect harbor honolulu issues major model scientist similar speaking storm tsunami
Historically speaking, we have not had any major issues with downtown, ... Speaking with our tsunami scientist folks, a tsunami surge in Honolulu Harbor should not exceed 2 or 3 feet, 4 max. We expect a storm surge model to be similar to that.
blood car crash cuts destroyed force looked
He didn't have cuts or bruises or any blood on him, ... Then I looked at the car seat. The force that was in this crash had destroyed the car seat.
event everybody starts thinking
When we have an event like Katrina, everybody starts thinking about it.
area confident damage downtown type wind
We are pretty confident that the downtown area is going to be OK, ... Of course, it is still susceptible to wind damage and those type of issues.
growth pay
We need growth to pay for growth. We need other solutions.
court investment known trust
We have known, as the trust has known and the court has known all along, that the day would come when the trust would monetize its investment in Johns Manville and diversify its portfolio.
believe edge school system top
I believe Westwood is teetering on the edge of going from a top 10 school system to a top 100.
prepared
In general, they're probably pretty prepared right now,