Hurricanes Quotes

A whole new market, people who had been looking at Florida to retire, were going to come here to escape the hurricanes. We think people are going to be buying land now because they think they're going to get it cheap and can build from scratch. - Vincent Creel

A scientist would have laughed at you 10 years ago if you said there were going to be hurricanes in Brazil or hurricanes making landfall in Spain. - Thomas Loster

A handful of other long-time hurricane chasers have been doing this for years. And we were getting requests from the general public and long-time tornado-chasing customers to take them to intercept hurricanes. - David Gold

A good part of the rate increases we're seeing can be attributed to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. I think it's safe to say everyone's cost has gone up. - Kevin O'Donnell

24 billion in losses, 8 hurricanes, more than premiums brought in, you have to take in more than you spend. - Tim Shaw

2005 will be remembered throughout the insurance industry for a series of incredibly devastating hurricanes. These storms were a striking reminder of the importance of strong financial equity. - David Anderson

[Wright will get to experience all the color and pageantry of this storied rivalry up close when he tries to help the ninth-ranked Hurricanes extend their winning streak over the 'Noles to seven games.] Everybody has a story about this game... I'm hoping to create one for myself. - Kyle Wright

[Women who have their given name in common with a devastating storm are questioning the hurricane-naming system, reports The New York Times.] How about doing away with [hurricane] names? ... Every time this horrible natural disaster strikes some group of people gets sideswiped. I think we should name hurricanes after vegetables we hate. - Katrina Heron

[There has been no overall increase in the number of tropical storms over the past three decades, but] Category 4 and 5 hurricanes are making up a larger share of the total number of hurricanes... made up about 20 percent of all hurricanes in the 1970s, but over the last decade they account for about 35 percent of these storms. - Judith Curry