Terry Ebbert
Terry Ebbert
struggle
It's been a four-month struggle to get moving.
coming exposed greater human seen suffering
They keep coming out of the woodwork. The human suffering I've seen here is greater than anything I've ever been exposed to.
We're going to be at this a long time.
compared dire encouragement far initial minor numbers relatively
There's some encouragement in the initial sweeps. ... The numbers (of dead) so far are relatively minor as compared with the dire predictions of 10,000.
people trailers
There may be instances where we have to evacuate people from trailers when we're not evacuating the city.
city commerce moving start stay vitally
It is vitally important for this city to stay alive, to start moving commerce in the right direction. But we have to do it in a progressive manner.
few plug remain slow until
It's a very slow rise, and it will remain so until we plug that breach. I think we can get it stabilized in a few hours.
national
This is a national emergency. This is a national disgrace.
asking mayor national pushing
This is a national disgrace. We have got a mayor who has been pushing and asking but we're not getting supplies.
aid bail city command fema massive national send three tsunami victims
This is a national disgrace. FEMA has been here three days, yet there is no command and control. We can send massive amounts of aid to tsunami victims but we can't bail out the city of New Orleans.
break designed handle system
The system didn't break down. The system just wasn't designed to handle something so catastrophic.
people
That's why these people are going to be very uncomfortable.
days fema five knew monday move needed number rolling
Monday we knew what we needed by numbers. We told FEMA we needed to move 30,000 people. Now we're just rolling on number 30,000. This should have been five days ago.
agencies assistance attempting control federal gain law today
Today we are attempting with the federal government's assistance to gain control of all law enforcement agencies that have been provided.