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“We will not wait for the winds to stop blowing, we won't wait for the sky to turn blue.”
Craig Fugate
“To a lot of people that would be an insult.”
“It's easy to play the blame game, find a scapegoat, but no one person could be responsible for the challenges we face and the lives lost.”
“This naturally occurring event has overtaken our ability to stop its progression.”
“You're in a phenomenon ... it's sort of like a hurricane, you're not going to stop it with what the (existing) resources are.”
“It's important to recognize that we need to get our communities back on their feet quickly,”
“We're gearing up to take a hit,”
“The earliest we're going to see significant impact from the storm appears to be Friday afternoon, but people should not wait, ... It's time to act.”
“Many homes were impacted and shelters were opened, ... In some of these neighborhoods, till the water goes down, people are not going to be able to get back in their homes and start making repairs.”
“We haven't had any serious injuries or loss of life, and we'd like to keep it that way,”
