It just skirted around us.

There were whole streets of devastation.

The one from Louisiana is in the mail.

We paid for the Census Bureau to give us an accurate count. We don't believe that's an accurate count.

We're hoping maybe they can give us some input. It's unique there because you've got casinos, mega hotel resorts and condominiums. We think we're probably more akin to Las Vegas than to Destin, Fla. Destin was pretty much born of condominiums. They had a few hotels, but their condominiums are what put them on the map.

I don't want this new (advisory) committee to tell us what to do -- or they're going to take our support from us. Where were they a year ago? We put ourselves on the line because we love this agency.