“Hurricane Katrina was a wake-up call to this country . . . It wakes us up to the fact that our God is sovereign and we should be constantly in a state of repentance humbly seeking God's favor.”
Chuck Colson
“It was like being in the eye of a hurricane. You'd wake up in a concert and think, Wow, how did I get here?”
John Lennon
“Everybody wake up, if you're living with your eyes closed.”
Dave Matthews Band
“The hurricanes really gave us a bit of a wake-up call when it came to our energy supply.”
Colleen Castille
“Comparing Dr. [Martin Luther] King's beating to what took place in the wake of Hurricane Katrina is an unfathomable stretch in any sense of the imagination in anyone's mind except for Jackson Lee and those like her.”
Mychal Massie
“I think that the hurricane is a wake-up call for all us people to come together. And you know what? Black people need to get together. We need to do a better job of that.”
Curtis Reliford
“Hurricane Andrew was kind of a wake-up call.”
Loretta Worters