“New Orleans had devastation prior to the hurricane. We were warning them that the city was heading to catastrophe, but we got the hurricane instead. There is no economic base for black folks. They're supposed to wait tables for $5 an hour. And people are surprised there's poverty and rage?”
Charles Steele
“Prior to heading FEMA, Brown spent the '90s as a commissioner -- this is true -- of the International Arabian Horse Association,”
Jon Stewart
“CPI data was benign but the data was prior to Hurricane Katrina, ... Still, no one is quite sure about what the Fed is going to do going ahead. So the market is not showing much conviction.”
Joseph Battipaglia
“You have to understand, prior to the hurricane, gasoline stocks were already very low. We were already in a precarious situation.”
Larry Goldstein
“Prior to its current path, we were looking at the worst-case scenario for the industry with the hurricane striking Houston, ... It saves us from the worst.”
John Kilduff
“Because call volume in the area is twice what it was prior to the hurricane, there is some congestion in the network, which is creating some difficulty placing calls, but we're making progress.”
Mark Siegel
“We average 3,500 pounds of trash per boat on a single outing. Prior to Hurricane Wilma, we pulled in 4,000 pounds of debris onto a single boat.”
Gregory Reynolds
