“We don't want people to begin to forget the necessity of planning and being prepared for whatever catastrophes may await us down the road. Hopefully they are few and none. Nonetheless, we have seen the importance elsewhere in the country.”
Robert Sweeney
“I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”
Maya Angelou
“It's not catastrophes, murders, deaths, diseases, that age and kill us; it's the way people look and laugh, and run up the steps of omnibuses.”
Virginia Woolf
“The happiness of most people we know is not ruined by great catastrophes or fatal errors, but by the repetition of slowly destructive little things”
Ernest Dimnet
“While recent natural disasters emphasize the need to plan for catastrophic events, businesses can be disrupted by more frequently occurring crisis including fires, floods, power, utility or technology failures.”
Dan Nelson
“The Humane Society of the United States has planned and trained for this sort of catastrophe for years, ... We issued warnings asking people to evacuate with their pets since we've seen what happens when animals are left behind. The tragedy is that so many people apparently could not leave in time. The human and animal toll is expected to be enormous.”
Wayne Pacelle
“Our situation is uncomfortable. But for the people in New Orleans it's catastrophic.”
Wayne Gandy
