“The center could cross anywhere on the Florida Peninsula, but most models show it crossing between Tampa south to the Keys anytime Monday or Tuesday.”
Richard Knabb
“The minute that you close one major intersection on the Peninsula, the whole South Bay area gets screwed up. All activities are going to be affected, no matter if we do it fast or slow.”
Councilwoman Susan Seamans
“We do expect Wilma to make landfall somewhere in the Florida peninsula, possibly on Saturday into Sunday, as a Category 3 hurricane.”
Jennifer Pralgo
“A high-pressure area is going to move across the Florida peninsula Saturday night and into Sunday morning, which will keep the skies clear and winds calm but allow temperatures to plummet.”
Dan Gregoria
“In areas where disputes have not been solved for decades like the Middle East, South Asia and the Korean peninsula, we see attempts to acquire nuclear weapons and weapons of mass destruction to overcome the feeling of insecurity or for wider influence, regrettably the steps of the (other) nuclear powers.”
Mohamed ElBaradei
“The optimist lives on the peninsula of infinite possibilities; the pessimist is stranded on the island of perpetual indecision.”
William Arthur Ward