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What would have happened if, last September, Hurricane Ivan had veered 40 miles to the west, devastating the city of New Orleans?


Earl Blumenauer

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ERIC BLAKE [New Orleans] basically sits like a bowl, and most of the city is under sea level ... so if we get a...
RAY NAGIN If this had happened in the third week of September, it would have been sheer chaos,
DAVID MARSHALL We know what it's like to go through something like this, with the Hurricane Ivan floods last year,
RICK BARRY This is not an increasing phenomenon, but what has happened since Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans ...
ALAN CLAPSADDLE If we're going to try to recreate the city, why not do it right? Why rebuild it the way it was? New ...
DAVID GLADSTONE The last suite of model runs we had today, most of the reliable computer models all have the storm t...
LIXION AVILA If you look at when was the last time the U.S. military assisted in the evacuation of a metropolitan...
FRANK SMOLINSKY All people see on TV is 95 percent of the hurricane coverage is on New Orleans. The affected area eq...
JOE VITALE We have people calling wanting to know what to collect to send down there to the hurricane area in N...
JULIE DAVIS I want the presence of God Himself, or I don't want anything at all to do with religion... I want al...
A.W. TOZER My favorite day was Monday, September the 25th, 2006. New Orleans, Louisiana, site of the Superdome....
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RAY NAGIN I don't know if you've got something to shout about, but we've got something to shout about. What yo...
GREG FORTENBERRY One of the doctors was in New Orleans when Hurricane Katrina hit.
JENNI FAULKNER When we began thinking about this year's parade and what had happened in New Orleans we realized we ...
JEANNE FLEMING What happened with Ivan was almost unheard of.
MAX MAYFIELD The people of New Orleans have our commitment to restore service to pre- hurricane levels as quickly...
DELORES KILLETTE Since the hurricane, there is a new 'normal' in Baton Rouge. We have become Louisiana's largest city...
DAVID MARSCHALL Last year, when we were in Mobile, Al., covering Hurricane Ivan, we heard the stories of poor people...
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CHARLES GRANT I had to put down the violin. It was devastating. . . . But if it hadn't happened I never would have...
MIRIAM BURNS It's devastating, but it's also an opportunity to make New Orleans one of the best cities of the 21s...
DON HUTCHINSON But you know what? That's a part of the city that you never would have gone to before the hurricane ...
JEFF ANDING New Orleans had devastation prior to the hurricane. We were warning them that the city was heading t...
CHARLES STEELE What kind of hurts a little is that if we had gotten the $30,000 . . . last night, it would have sho...
DAVID MURRAY The New Orleans I knew is gone, ... It's never going to come back. I'm just grateful I had my years ...
AL HIRT [In his column] FEMA Sends Katrina Survivors to American Gulag; Municipal Bond Holders at Risk, ... ...
AL MARTIN With Hurricane Katrina and the devastating toll it took on the city, we felt strongly this was somet...
CYNTHIA PROST If, coming out of this, ... New Orleans gets to lessen the burden of the social problems that its ci...
JACK DAVIS The market is sensitive to this first storm coming in so early in the season and mindful of post-hur...
TOM KNIGHT There's a lot of anxiety. There's uncertainty about what's going to happen, what's going on. It's de...
DEUCE MCALLISTER What happened down there -- 1,300 miles away -- if it were to happen here we would be not only ready...
DENNIS J. HALLION [NEW ORLEANS: Monstrous Hurricane Katrina barrelled toward the Big Easy yesterday with 282kmph wind ...
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ANTONIA FRASER The repercussions of the massive explosion (in 1605) would have been even more devastating than the ...
ANTONIA FRASER [Thompson said, for example, that oil pipelines in the Southeast have been identified by DHS as crit...
BENNIE THOMPSON The scenario of a major hurricane hitting New Orleans was well anticipated, predicted and drilled ar...
CLARE RUBIN This is important! But you have to stay absolutely cool. I may be completely off-base, and panicking...
LOIS MCMASTER BUJOLD Certainly Katrina eliminated boating activities in that part of the Gulf Coast, but for West Marine,...
ED AARON For September, October and November, tourism to New Orleans will be crippled for sure.
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BARNEY DUFFY To be all gloom and doom about what happened is to miss what New Orleans is all about.
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TOM PIAZZA Two-thirds of what we call New Orleans culture is really myth-making, ... People feed myths of the c...
ANDREI CODRESCU an insider's narrative account of the Hurricane Katrina disaster that will locate its roots in the c...
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ERICA FRANK This is indeed a historic moment in the life of the church of New Orleans, indeed for the whole city...
ALFRED HUGHES First of all, we're going to stop using [the word] 'devastating' because it's not devastating. New O...
BILLY WAGNER Our city's tourism industry, which is now enjoying record highs, was revitalized with help and suppo...
CRISTYNE NICHOLAS Visitors to New Orleans spend $5 billion per year, and 40% of that number is convention and meeting ...
DONNA KARL I chose New Orleans because New Orleans chose me. This city gave me my dad and my love of life.
IRVIN MAYFIELD If Pocahontas had been given the foresight to see what devastating consequences her actions and beli...
Q'ORIANKA KILCHER Hurricane Katrina may have silenced my hometown for now. But if we all work together through efforts...
ROGER LEWIS If the last balloon flight had gone smoothly, this would not have happened. We have delayed all appr...
SUN YUXI It's devastating what has happened to everyone,
AVERY JOHNSON Initially, we wanted to make sure that, if the storm continued on a path toward New Orleans and the ...
DAVID MARSCHALL Who knows what would have happened if I had made that kick?
JEFF REED provide needed community and ... help the city of New Orleans continue its recovery.
MIKE ANTONOVICH We had been having horrendous heat there. It was just a normal, hot, regular day. We didn't know the...
BETSY KUYT The news said the hurricane would hit New Orleans, and we were closer to Mobile (Ala.). We went to b...
HEATHER WETZEL Hurricane Ivan could have had very little impact overall compared to what the cold fronts do every y...
GREG STONE West Virginia had two and you see what happened there.
JOSEPH SBAFFONI We talked about what would be fun and what would be worthwhile. We were thinking about maybe somethi...
BECKY RITTER New Orleans seemed like a superior place to have this conversation because I'd seen maps showing how...
TIM WAGNER Some people would not have remained with their partners, if the unfortunate things that have happene...
MOKOKOMA MOKHONOANA These are rivalries that have been going on for a number of years. They were doing the same thing in...
ALVIN WRIGHT Essentially, that was a wash-out aggravated by Hurricane Ivan.
JIM STRUZZI This thing would pay for itself to the city over time. This will generate new sales tax. I don't thi...
KIT WILLIAMS In terms of the big cities of this country, New Orleans is clearly one of the cities with the most u...
PAUL FARMER If he had not moved us both further up the road, I dread to think what would have happened.
ARTHUR GRIFFITHS The impact on prices is really dependent on the track of the storm and how it affects production pla...
FRANK VERRASTRO One idea, move the New Orleans courts wholesale to another city, even another state.
JEFFREY TOOBIN We were hit with this flood a year ago as a result of Hurricane Ivan and compared to what those folk...
DON MURRAY Who would have thought that 80 percent of New Orleans would be underwater?
CHARLES RAMSEY With what's going on with the aftermath of the hurricane, I would expect prices to go up rather than...
SEAN COMEY This is like a terrorist attack. With 9-11 they shut down five city blocks in New York City. This ha...
JOSEPH BURTON It's common sense. This is a city people love to visit, and this is one of the events that makes New...
ED MUNIZ Gonzales incident happened last September 21. The announcement is September 28. This is not rush. In...
EDUARDO ERMITA Just think of what would have happened to poor old Naaman if he had decided to dunk himself only onc...
LAWANA BLACKWELL It's possible to protect New Orleans from a Category 5 hurricane. To do nothing is tantamount to neg...
AL NAOMI Somebody said on TV the other night that New Orleans had died. New Orleans was murdered. Neglect and...
CYRIL NEVILLE Hurricane Katrina had no significant effect on first quarter results, although the storm inflicted s...
ALAN GRAF Hurricane Katrina had no significant effect on first-quarter results, although the storm inflicted s...
ALAN JR Hurricane Katrina had no significant effect on first-quarter results, although the storm inflicted s...
ALAN GRAF JR New Orleans is the soul of the country. We feel it's important to support the city, and it's music.
MARK ADLER I was wondering what had happened to 2-month-old West African crowned cranes.
DAN MALONEY If you don't do it, you'll never know what would have happened if you had done it
ASHLEIGH BRILLIANT (The fans) have always had to think about how the game would play out. Now, they are going to actual...
KASEY KIKER At first, they were headed to Texas, but the highways were jammed. So they turned around and headed ...
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HURLINE MAGEE The main difference here is that Rita didn't affect a very populated area. If it had gone into Galve...
CHRIS LAUER If we had predicted the damage in advance of what Hurricane Wilma would inflict, based on its wind s...
RICHARD BROWN This is all floodplain, ... There's always a chance of flood, but I'm more concerned now with what h...
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EARL WARREN Somebody figured it out -- we have 35 million laws trying to enforce Ten Commandments.
EARL WILSON I became an optimist when I discovered that I wasn't going to win any more games by being anything...
EARL WEAVER Wherever there is danger, there lurks opportunity; whenever there is opportunity, there lurks dange...
EARL NIGHTINGALE Everyone learns in about the same way, but some people are better at it than others.
EARL STEVICK What's going on in the inside shows on the outside.
EARL NIGHTINGALE You become what you think about.
EARL NIGHTINGALE Snow and adolescence are the only problems that disappear if you ignore them long enough.
EARL WILSON If you think nobody cares if you are alive, try missing a couple of car payments.
EARL WILSON For a person to build a rich and rewarding life for himself, there are certain qualities and bits of...
EARL NIGHTINGALE The sports page records people's accomplishments, the front page usually records nothing, but man's ...
EARL WARREN We must be the epitome - the embodiment - of success. We must radiate success before it will come to...
EARL NIGHTINGALE Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death.
EARL WILSON Money in the bank is like toothpaste in the tube. Easy to take out, hard to put back.
EARL WILSON The clog of all pleasure, the luggage of life, is the best can be said for a very good wife.
EARL ROCHESTER You (reporters) should have printed what he meant, not what he said.
EARL BUSH Everything I did in my life that was worthwhile I caught hell for it.
EARL WARREN The fantastic advances in the field of electronic communication constitute a greater danger to the p...
EARL WARREN