Hurricanes Quote by Judith Curry

You never know how bad a situation is going to be until you come out of it. But the nation has had two major…

— James Green

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

If you go back in history, the most deadly parts of the hurricane has been water. Wind is actually not as deadly as people…

— Craig Fugate

In reality, you don’t ever change the hurricane. You just learn how to stay out of its path.

— Jodi Picoult

Looking at the individuals who suffered the most during the hurricane, you could see that those with underlying medical problems were at greater risk.

— Richard E. Besser

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

There is an emerging scientific consensus that global warming is making hurricanes more intense and more destructive. It turns out that Katrina fits into…

— Johann Hari

We are facing a storm that most of us have long feared.

— Ray Nagin

If you've got to have a hurricane, this is the kind of hurricane you want to have.

— John Williams

We're learning as we go. We're a lot smarter this time. We understand what it takes to mobilize away from the threat of a…

— Ray Nagin

Sometimes, the aftermath is more devastating than the storm. That is the story of the 2008 financial crisis. It was disastrous at the time,…

— Chrystia Freeland

If our government won't spend the money to protect New Orleans sufficiently today, what are the chances we will spend the money to protect…

— Joseph J. Romm