Evacuation Quotes

You're talking about a potential commitment almost to the level of the financial commitment we're putting into Iraq in terms of resources for evacuation, helping people rebuild, and remediation (of environment). This is a substantial hit that will hit both the taxpayers and the insurance companies. - Hugh Kaufman

You would have to evacuate at about 72 hours from landfall to have an effective evacuation. - Bill Doran

You look at what happened in these 2004 storms, and evacuation was not as good as anyone would like it to be. It's just a matter of time when a storm like Katrina hits Florida and we have a substantial loss of life. - Jay Baker

You give me five days' notice of a disaster, and we'll handle it well... We don't know where [a fire] is going to hit. Our evacuation routes are limited. - John Anderson

You don't have to be a genius to know when the storm hits, you're going to need water, food, diesel, gasoline, evacuation needs, helicopters, boats, medicine. So why does someone call me up when I don't have any communications and ask me, 'What do I need?' The system needed to go into automatic. - Terry Ebbert

Woodlawn had to move its game to Sunday because Ascension Parish is going to close its schools tomorrow because of an evacuation order. - Ken Jenkins

Whoever wants to be in a coalition with us will have to take this into consideration. We're talking about the evacuation of 1,500 people, most of whom disregard the law and symbols of the rule of law, such as the army and police. The evacuation of illegal outposts is not negotiable, but we will certainly discuss ways of evacuation. - Amir Peretz

When this turns into a law enforcement issue, which we perceive forced evacuation is, regular troops would not be used. - Joseph Inge

What we have right now is a situation where, with my having access to the military, bringing in the National Guard troops, securing the area, we'll be able to continue the relief efforts that we have been doing over the last several days... We'll be able to ramp those up and continue the evacuation. - Michael Brown

We've got the adequate personnel now who are able to make sure that we have a comprehensive evacuation effort. - Michael Chertoff