“If sufficient number of management layers are superimposed on top of each other, it can be assured that disaster is not left to chance.”
Norman R. Augustine
“This is not an easy business folks, ... Disaster management is not a matter of reading a guide book and then showing up in the middle of a small town that has just been blown off the map by tornadoes.”
Mike Brown
“I hope people don't . . . play politics during this period of time. This is a natural disaster – the likes of which our country may have never seen before – and it's a national emergency. And what we need to do as a nation is come together to solve the problem and not play politics. There'll be ample time for politics.”
Mr Bush
“This summit should evolve regional mechanisms for effective and timely cooperation in disaster relief and management,”
Manmohan Singh
“We definitely did worry about it. We knew we should do no harm to the disaster management side. The leadership of the White House knows the political significance of disasters.”
Richard Falkenrath
“It's a little unfair to attribute the problem to lack of disaster management. If Singapore or London faced a downpour like what Bombay had last week, I would imagine the situation won't be much different. Those cities also would have been shut.”
Abheek Barua
“Disaster management has made alternative arrangements with churches around the area.”
Malcolm Midgely
