Country Quote by Bill McKibben

The other big lesson from Katrina is that it pays to be prepared. But it's also very difficult to stay prepared because the longer…

— Richard E. Besser

Thousands of people may have been killed by hurricane Katrina and many more could die in its aftermath because of the President's refusal to…

— Anonymous

There could have been more planning in New Orleans, but you look at all the devastation that happened there - have we gotten to…

— John Hickenlooper

Eighty-five percent of us in this country, by the way, live in coastal areas, so again, Katrina and Rita were not just about New…

— Mitch Landrieu

Well, I'm not excusing the fact that planning and preparedness was not where it should be. We've known for 20 years about this hurricane,…

— Michael Chertoff

What we found out with Katrina is that the country is still unable to deal with disaster, .. God forbid this happens in San Francisco.

— Warren Rudman

Too many families and homes remain unnecessarily vulnerable to natural disasters like hurricanes. While mitigation will never eliminate the risk to homeowners, it could…

— Tom Rooney

There are more than 300,000 families in the Gulf region that lost their homes and are waiting for peace of mind. The hurricane exposed…

— Harry Connick, Jr

Having said that, I believe we must not compound the natural disaster of Katrina by creating a fiscal disaster in Congress - it is…

— Chris Chocola

I think Katrina is one more indication of how inefficient and corrupt this Administration is, and indicates the absolute lack of seriousness that [George…

— Bernie Sanders

Because Katrina put it out there, no one can play the pretend game anymore that there isn't poverty and inequality in this country. The…

— Marc Morial

What happened after Katrina is that people were stirred to action; there were an enormous number of contributions by people trying to make a…

— Elizabeth Edwards