Emergency preparedness Quote by Ted Koppel

“if a highly populated area was without electricity for a period of months or even weeks, there is no master plan for the civilian…

— Ted Koppel

We know we cannot underestimate the importance of emergency planning in our region, nor can we assume we'll have ample warning time. If an…

— Ellen Tauscher

Citizens are not prepared for attacks because there is a bias against the public by nearly every expert and government official. In emergency preparedness,…

— Amanda Ripley

I tell this story to illustrate the truth of the statement I heard long ago in the Army: Plans are worthless, but planning is…

— Dwight David Eisenhower

Once-in-a-generation weather events are now becoming a regular occurrence. Whether it be public safety power shutoffs or electric system failures due to extreme weather…

— Alex Padilla

During fire season and heat waves, power can go out or electric utilities may shut off power to avoid sparking fires or creating systemwide…

— Tatiana Schlossberg

We cannot stop natural disasters but we can arm ourselves with knowledge: so many lives wouldn't have to be lost if there was enough…

— Petra Nemcova

We need to make power a public utility to end man-made energy disasters and ensure that no family ever has to choose between keeping…

— Jamaal Bowman

When one plan that you have, to get this or to get that, to advance in the world, or whatever it might be, when…

— Vernon Howard

In the history of America, we've never had an energy plan. We don't even realize the resources that we have available to us.

— T. Boone Pickens

We cannot prevent hurricanes or earthquakes, floods or volcanic eruptions. But we can ensure that both people and communities are better prepared and more…

— Miroslav Lajcak

Hurricanes are dangerous things, and they're no fun to go through. And if you come out of it in one piece and your house…

— Bernard Goldberg