Sandbags Quotes

What I see is a stable of salivating legal factories gearing up. Is it prudent or responsible for Congress to wait for the inevitable flood or do what it can to provide sandbags now? - Harris Miller

We're ready. We got the sandbags. We dug a trench all around the back yard and we barricaded. - Elton Kaahu

We're pre-positioning resources where they may be needed and making sure sandbags go where they're needed. - Rick Robinson

We're preparing as we talk to the National Weather Service. If people have ever had flooding issues (and need) to get sandbags before flooding occurs, now is a good time. (Preparation) is pretty routine. We hope for the best and prepare for the worst. - Bill O'Callahan

We're leaving sandbags at the ready. Even though all of them got washed away last time, we're hoping they'll hold. Inside we made sure everything is up off the ground. - Giovanni Guerrera

We took a proactive approach, and it worked. We placed sandbags in some hotspots on Monday, and they helped. They would have helped even more if we'd gotten even more rain. - Jim Durrett

We spent time Monday making up some additional sandbags and then placed them in areas that we've know of or have been told are problem areas. We load the sandbags on and off of pallets, and we'll likely leave them where they are until (today) to let them dry out some. - Jim Durrett

We have the Department of Corrections, the Department of Public Safety, the Department of Transportation, our emergency management division (and) our Iowa National Guard working with local folks to try to put hundreds of thousands of sandbags in appropriate locations to try to reduce the damage and the impact. ... It's just a race against time. - Tom Vilsack