By Saturday morning, [the national hurricane center was] locked onto southern Louisiana. It was a pretty darned good two-day forecast, and nobody trusts four- to-five-day forecasts anyway, whether it's a hurricane or not.
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Related The hurricane that struck Louisiana yesterday was nicknamed Katrina by the National Weather Service... ROSS GELBSPAN The National Hurricane Center is projecting Hurricane Rita to hit the Texas coast Saturday morning w... PETER STREIT Chandeleur Island pretty much was erased by Hurricane Ivan and it was starting to recover, GREGORY STONE I worked with the same trainer that worked with Denzel Washington in THe Hurricane. It was three mon... WENTWORTH MILLER It does look like it poses a significant threat to Florida by the weekend. Of course, these are four... DAN BROWN Gas production is a little bit worrisome. Gas production was declining before the hurricane, and we'... GARY LONG [As for the postponement of the Dallas event because of Hurricane Rita:] I think it was a great call... GARY SCELZI The effects of Hurricane Katrina in Louisiana and Mississippi are reflected in the overall level of ... DOUGLAS DUNCAN This is one to tell the grandchildren about. I've been here 32 years at the National Hurricane Cente... MAX MAYFIELD We forecast this to be a minimal-strength hurricane. JAMES FRANKLIN Most of the airlines will begin with one or two flights a day and grow back to their original pre-hu... BRUCE FRALLIC We had watched the weather forecasts. We had lived through Hurricane Betsy. We figured the city was ... HURLINE MAGEE I pointed out on the floor last year, after Hurricane Katrina, we were very proud that one of our Na... KIT BOND We're on the weaker, west side of the storm, Ophelia is not going to be a Katrina, even if it turns ... JASON KADAH After Hurricane Frances, it was pretty much evident that it (The Gables) would have to be taken down... BILL KEYER Some strengthening is forecast ... and Maria could be near hurricane strength by Sunday. JACK BEVEN This was going to be a hurricane shelter and a community center, and a lot of people supported it on... ED KREBS My favorite day was Monday, September the 25th, 2006. New Orleans, Louisiana, site of the Superdome.... MICHAEL IRVIN Nobody consulted me as to whether it was a good idea or not. CHARLES POPE Ophelia is forecast to become a hurricane within the next 12 hours. LIXION AVILA My biggest mistake was not recognizing by Saturday that Louisiana was dysfunctional. MICHAEL BROWN It didn't surprise me. Four and five are pretty close. That Althoff win against East last Saturday (... CHRIS KUSNERICK Although it was in primitive times and differently called the Lord's day or Sunday, yet it was never... CHARLES BUCK It was a pretty good day. DR. D.B. CONERLY It was a pretty good day. HERB STINSON We had been having horrendous heat there. It was just a normal, hot, regular day. We didn't know the... BETSY KUYT There was a large displacement of Louisiana natives throughout the United States after Hurricane Kat... JACE HARRIS I practiced for at least two hours every day for twenty years, before then I practiced maybe four to... MICHAEL SCHENKER One of my favorite tunes we cover is by Barry Cowsill, an artist I recently got into. He was a New O... ED ANDERSON We hired them before the hurricane hit, and by Wednesday morning (Aug. 31), they had the place locke... DAN KING Although it was in primitive times and differently called the Lord's day or Sunday, yet it was n... CHARLES BUCK I talked to him Saturday morning, and he was walking and moving. And he felt pretty good about it, MIKE HOLMGREN I used to be able to write five pages a day, every day, no problem. Now a good day is five or four p... ELMORE LEONARD To be the other woman is to be a season that is always about to end, when the air is ... LINDA PASTAN Sunday morning we realized that with a category five [hurricane], the walls would be breached, so we... LUCY LAWLESS Jake was scheduled to go three but was so efficient we got him through four. He did a great job keep... ERIC WEDGE We had a pretty good day. 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SHAUN POLLOCK Denzel has been that leading man, but it took him a while to get to Training Day and Hurricane Carte... SHEMAR MOORE Every day is a good day to be alive, whether the sun's shining or not. MARTY ROBBINS There's a big debate whether pentathlon or heptathlon is harder: five events in one day or seven... KATARINA JOHNSON-THOMPSON People were spooked by hurricane Katrina, and understandably so, ... It was not only a national news... MICHAEL LINDELL Specifically, Mr. Brown represented to the public that he could not have imagined the levees being b... KEN SALAZAR last summer FEMA, who reports to you, and the LSU Hurricane Center, and local and state officials di... MICHAEL CHERTOFF Hurricane Katrina was the most significant test of our new national emergency preparedness and respo... JOE LIEBERMAN The hurricane does have some national impact. SCOTT MCCLELLAN We had an awesome morning. We did pretty well tonight. Our relay was really good. We've broken four ... JEANNE FLECK Katrina was a devastating hurricane, not a financial windfall for the shameless. RICHARD CODEY Speaking for myself, I spend a good ten minutes a day deciding whether or not to read the results of... CRAIG BROWN You learn over the years how to look at your husband when you wake up in the morning to know whether... CAROL CUNNINGHAM Hurricane Katrina has devastated the lives of victims in four of the SEC's states, Alabama, Florida,... MIKE SLIVE The fall took all the markets by surprise and especially ours, which was very bullish. It will take ... MIGUEL DANERI I just went there (Sunday) morning not sure if I had a partner or not. It was just a lucky day. JIM KOLOS The long-term forecasts suggest we will have a hotter-than usual rest of summer and fall, with a con... BRUCE BELL I think the hurricane kind of passed through there and knocked the power out, but I wouldn't have go... ANDY ESTEN Roxie (the neighbor) greeted me at her front door holding a 'hurricane baby,' ... It turns out that ... JOHN SCALES [It was a good day for Gretna as their title rivals Peterhead were held to a 1-1 draw by Stenhousemu... IAIN STEWART Hurricane Katrina was in one sense the most significant test of the new national emergency preparedn... JOE LIEBERMAN Hurricane Katrina was in one sense the most significant test of the new national emergency-preparedn... JOE LIEBERMAN We've been hearing from Mayor Giuliani, pretty much just play-by play, describing exactly what it wa... CHRISTIE COOMBS Why wasn’t friendship as good as a relationship? Why wasn’t it even better? It was two people wh... HANYA YANAGIHARA [The Denim Day was held Friday, Sept. 16, in response to requests from several hospital staff member... DENNIS CASEY Two thirds of a century ago, we were given a national policy. It was made to fit the conditions of t... JOHN BRACKEN I've been asked about that goal every day for the last 40 years. We didn't have the technology back ... BOBBY CHARLTON Not a day goes by that you don't speak to four or five of these people that have been displaced and ... TOM O'BRIEN Oh happy day! A day to make a hay! And when it is mid-day, think about the day! And when you think a... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH We usually never got out of there before four or five o'clock in the morning. Every morning. So ... CAB CALLOWAY For instance, we're as accurate today on a five-day forecast as we were 15 years ago on a three-day ... CONRAD LAUTENBACHER It was not a good day. BRIAN DUNN Do you wish me a good morning, or mean that it is a good morning whether I want it or not; or that y... J.R.R. TOLKIEN Music is not some stuffy college lecture, ... On a good day, Rage Against the Machine is not able to... TOM MORELLO But one led to two, two led to four, four led to eight, until at the end it was about 85 a day - the... COREY HAIM We had a Saturday day game, and we went out, and I had dinner and a couple beers and went home to be... 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