(55 quotes found)
“There is no use to have a very fine warning system if you don't have plans to prepare and evacuate populations and to communicate to them, alert the authorities and co-ordinate logistics to move people.”
Patricio Bernal
“People ask us why we didn't just evacuate the park, but there were 70,000 people in there that night, surrounded by a steel fence, with tens of thousands of more people right outside. So there was no way to evacuate it quickly. Plus, we didn't know there was a bomb threat.”
Charles Stone
“Originally we were told we were going to evacuate over 4,000 and then on Wednesday the number grew.”
Pam Laborde
“They're being told to be ready to evacuate should the river start to rise.”
Chris Badger
“But it wasn't as bad as they expected it to be. Their neighbors didn't evacuate either, and they are sharing their generator to help keep refrigerators going and cell phones charged.”
Chuck Olson
“Our recommendations have not changed since I've been here — we need to get people to evacuate from storm surge, ... If you're not in that evacuation zone, the safest place for you may be in your home.”
Craig Fugate
“If you did not evacuate, stay inside until everything is safe. Make sure the winds die down because we get more injuries after the storm than during the storm. We want you to just be careful.”
David Paulison
“Around 30 families have moved to a neighboring village and we are now going to evacuate some 1,200 people.”
Constantin Oclei
“We will be forced to evacuate all 10,000 villagers in the region, because the wind is blowing so hard and the sky is very cloudy, so we will have more problems.”
Constantin Raicea
“We are here to evacuate, and we will not leave until it is empty.”
Dan Harel
