When the disaster is behind us, we're putting together an economic team to bring the city back and move forward. We were on a pretty good pace before the storm and now we need to get back to it and beyond,

This disaster was one of the most preventable disasters that we've seen in American history.

Eventually when numbers are very high the plant looks near death. Then you have a real disaster on your hands.

That first half was a disaster for us. That was the worst we played all year. We had our worst shooting night of the year at the worst possible time. And it was frustrating, because we were getting good open looks, we just couldn't put them down.

There is a clear difference between disaster relief operations and warfare. Our armed forces are designed to protect us from enemies, not protect us from fires, floods and hurricanes.

What's disconcerting about it is how close we came to a disaster I don't think any of us realize is possible, but it really is.