“If you add up all the pumping capacity of all those stations, we can pump about 2½ billion gallons of water a day. That's about the amount it would take to fill White Rock Lake.”
Ron Shindoll
“Our levee systems are still in a very weak condition, our pumping stations are still not at full capacity and any type of storm that heads this way and hits us will put the east bank of Orleans Parish in very significant harm's way, so I'm encouraging everyone to leave,”
Ray Nagin
“Nothing can stop the average pump price from passing $3 a gallon in the next few days. At some point you will see a big drop in demand.”
Michael Lynch
“We have to keep our waterways clean. We happen to have all these pumping stations because of all our lakes.”
Bonnie Mathis
“Given the crude price hikes, pump prices should top $3 a gallon in the next week or so.”
Bryant Gimlin
“These pumps were built when gas was less than $1 a gallon, ... No one would have dreamed of $3 a gallon then.”
Larry Lewis
“The parish president made the decision that he wouldn't risk the lives of the pump station operators, and we evacuated those people to the shelter closest to us, ... You want to know who's responsible for the flooding? Katrina's responsible.”
William Maestri
