Some of the reason levees aren't as high as they're designed to be is because they sink. We don't have a good enough handle on the rates of subsidence, and it doesn't subside everywhere at the same rate.

Sometimes you just have to pee in the sink.

You cannot sink someone else's end of the boat and still keep your own afloat.

Motors aren?t designed to be submersible,

Detailed planning will follow if the forecast for success in program growth is positive.

For a few years now, [the nation's] main concerns have been protecting ourselves from terrorism. Now, the question is, what are we willing to do for a major American city that has some warts and has some challenges.