We are praying that the hurricane dissipates or that it weakens. This state can barely stand what happened to it.

he has recognized that Katrina was no ordinary hurricane.

It looks like we're going to bear some of the brunt of this storm, ... Hurricane Katrina's aiming our way.

It looks like we're going to bear some of the brunt of this storm. Hurricane Katrina's aiming our way.

We've fought hurricanes before. You know, we think we are hurricane-smart and there's some normal things that go on during the aftermath of a serious hurricane, but this is not normal. This is past the normal thing that we normally have dealt with over the years,

I could stand here and recite statistic after statistic, indicator after indicator but I don't need to. All of you know where Louisiana stands [health care]. At the bottom.