tragedy waiting to happen.

For this to happen between brothers — that's just bending the limits of probability. It's a true tragedy.

The tragedy of war is that it uses man's best to do man's worst.

St. Bernard Parish is toast now. It's just been wiped out. If you're ever going to instigate something like this, now is the time to put those plans on the table and discuss the option.

This is an unprecedented event in terms of devastation and scale. It's not like a spill on a river or a beach; you have small channels, canals, towns, levees. Everything here is complicated . . . and it's not a simple environment to assess damage in.

This is an unprecedented event in terms of devastation and scale. It's not like a spill on a river or a beach; you have small channels, canals, towns, levees. It's not a simple environment to assess damage in.