I think if Mr. Benson wants to leave, he could have done it a little bit differently. Not right after a major storm when 80 percent of the city is flooded and most of the citizens are gone.

We are not taking any crap, ... If you come back to this city and you think it's going to be the way it was before, we have a rude awakening for you.

Do all things you normally do for a hurricane but treat this one differently because it is pointed towards New Orleans.

If i had to do it all over again? Why not, I would do it a little bit differently.

If it were my decision, I'd knock the Superdome down. If I couldn't knock it down, I'd just open the roof and gut the whole inside - totally modernize it. If you just dust it off and paint a little bit but don't reimage it, the legacy will be horrible.

I'm not sure I'm going to get out of here alive. I'm scared of riots. I'm scared of the locals. We might get caught in the crossfire.