When energy costs go up, we still get the same rate.

We're looking at, in 30 years, what's going to be there. If you mess up, everything after that struggles.

Money that would have been available for maintenance gets pulled away. Deferred maintenance is really the result. That's not healthy in the long run.

That's one of those events related to growth that there was no party over.

I've been told that I have a lot of energy. The secret is that I use renewable resources. Some days I'm solar powered. Some days I'm wind powered. And some people in this room might think I'm hybrid gas-powered. You'll just have to guess which it is today.

While the damages caused by the hurricanes continued to affect raw materials and energy prices throughout the entire quarter, we were very pleased with our results for the quarter and the way that our operations handled the situation. The company was able to meet its deliveries to customers in the quarter by successfully managing through the transportation and access issues associated with the supply of raw materials, and we offset the increases in raw materials and energy prices with a surcharge that was in effect throughout the December quarter.