Rob Young
Rob Young
codes homes late poorly
many homes were rebuilt right after Camille in the late '60s and '70s when the codes weren't that great. A lot of them were poorly constructed again.
checked hotel informed liked
We're not prudes by any means. We would have liked to have been informed when we checked into the hotel so we could have made other arrangements.
cost extended insurance originally private program
The program was originally aimed at floodplains in rivers. But it's been extended to the coastal areas, where private insurance would cost an unbelievable amount.
areas certain dollars federal nature places rebuilding repeatedly sending simply throwing
Nature is sending us messages. The idea of repeatedly throwing federal dollars at rebuilding the infrastructure in some of these places is crazy. There are certain areas where we simply should retreat.
hurricane imagery laughable research satellite unusual
I have been doing hurricane research for the better part of 20 years now, and there was nothing unusual to me about any of the satellite imagery of Katrina, ... It's laughable to think it could have been manmade.
appears couple few hurricane learned lessons past surface
It appears to me on the surface that we've learned very few lessons from the past couple of hurricane seasons.
keeps throws
When he pitches, he keeps us in the game. He throws strikes.
interest start unless
We have no idea if there is an interest. But we won't know unless we ask. And we are going to start doing that on Monday.
certainly closer coming meeting
We're certainly coming closer to a meeting of the minds, if you like.
five job
I don't know if we've had (a job loss) this big in our five years.
asset building soon tried vacant
The building wasn't vacant that long. We tried to remarket that asset as soon as we could.
conversation turned
That turned a two-way conversation into a one-way discussion.
both game girls good great played win
It was a good win for the girls, a great game played by both teams.
car chuck cigarette city clean educate people streets time trash
It's time to clean up city streets and also educate young people not to chuck trash and cigarette butts out their car windows.