“The system weakened as it hit Slidell (La.). It really didn't do much to Mississippi.”
Tim Destri
“We have been expecting this system to weaken for the last few days, but the system has not weakened. I cannot speculate about it because we don't know why.”
Lixion Avila
“The levee system is still in a weakened condition,”
Ray Nagin
“The levee systems are very wet, they're somewhat weakened, and any type of storm surge would cause flooding both in our parish and in other parishes. So we're not taking any chances,”
“I've got a fine system, ... Short of that, you're weakening yourself and the team if you take this guy or that guy out of the lineup.”
Dusty Baker
“Metals prices have recovered to hit new high levels on continuing strong demand, supply disruption and a weakening U.S. dollar ... Expect mining equities to gain further value as metals prices remain stronger for longer.”
John Meyer
“More seriously, China's economy would take a big hit if the US dollar weakened sharply due to such factors as a bursting of the US property bubble. The loss for China's foreign exchange reserves would be extremely serious.”
Yu Yongding
