History Quote by Ricardo Rossello

Puerto Rico, within the span of two weeks, received two Category 4-5 hurricanes. That has never happened anywhere. The devastation has been enormous.

— Ricardo Rossello

HURRICANE, n. An atmospheric demonstration once very common but now generally abandoned for the tornado and cyclone. The hurricane is still in popular use…

— Ambrose Bierce

I think us people that live in Florida, we're kind of used to the hurricanes coming.

— Coco Gauff

Hurricane Katrina reiterated the need for [access to] medical records, ... ... But there's going to be a lot more needed than $4 million.

— Thomas Carper

After a disaster such as Hurricane Katrina, the federal government has a profound obligation to help those in need, .. Right now, the victims…

— Dianne Feinstein

It occurs to me that the peculiarity of most things we think of as fragile is how tough they truly are. There were tricks…

— Neil Gaiman

I was involved in some of the very first meetings that created the maps that showed what would happen if you had a Category…

— Anonymous

I was born fat and have always been, which was just fine and even healthy and cute until I turned ten or so. Puberty…

— Beth Ditto

Hurricane Katrina overwhelmed levees and exploded the conventional wisdom about a shared American prosperity, exposing a group of people so poor they didn't have…

— Michael Eric Dyson

As dry leaves that before the wild hurricane fly, when they meet with an obstacle, mount to the sky. So up to the house-top…

— Clement Clarke Moore

Protecting dozens of major coastal cities from future flooding will be challenging enough-rebuilding major coastal cities destroyed by super-hurricanes will be an almost impossible…

— Joseph J. Romm

The reality is, we're seeing these more intense events, we're seeing these mega-hurricanes. Nobody's disputing that and nobody thinks that's a Democrat or Republican…

— Francis X. Suarez

“Nothing is ever truly set by fate. In one blink, everything changes. Even though it should be a clear, sunny day, the softest whisper…

— Sherrilyn Kenyon

The only two good words that can be said for a hurricane are that it gives sufficient warning of its approach, and that it…

— Gertrude Atherton

Public infrastructure around the world is facing unprecedented stress, with hurricanes, cyclones, floods and forest fires all increasing in frequency and intensity. It's easy…

— Naomi Klein