A lot of the fear was fueled by misconceptions, ... Some people thought bodies were going to be burned so diseases could be spread through the air. None of that is going to happen.

I'm sure that there were some people who came adamantly opposed and who left that way,

Some people are mad that I 'let' the federal government set up this operation in the town, ... I didn't really have a choice.

We'd rather not be in this situation,

All the lights went out in St. Gabriel the other night, ... We started our generator here at City Hall, but that didn't help them in the warehouse, so they're bringing in their own.

Death is a part of the process in storm recovery, ... We're not Houston. We can't house thousands of evacuees. We can host this staff and let them do their work.