Ladies and gentlemen, I wish I had better news for you but we are facing a storm that most of us have feared, ... This is a threat that we've never faced before.
Do all things you normally do for a hurricane but treat this one differently because it is pointed towards New Orleans.
We are facing a storm that most of us have long feared.
The big pain that we need to watch going forward are tropical force winds. With that, we hope that the levee system is going to hold.
Board up your homes, make sure you have enough medicine, make sure the car has enough gas.
I've talked directly with the president, I've talked to the head of the Homeland Security, I've talked to everybody under the sun, I've been out there.
With Hurricane Rita behind us, the task at hand is to bring New Orleans back. We want everyone to assess the risks and make an informed decision about re-entry plans.
I think if Mr. Benson wants to leave, he could have done it a little bit differently. Not right after a major storm when 80 percent of the city is flooded and most of the citizens are gone.
We want you to take this very seriously.
We will have life. We will have commerce. We will have people getting back into their normal modes of operation.
People are taking the necessary steps to leave the city of New Orleans.
That's why we are taking this unprecedented move, ... The storm surge most likely will topple our levee system.
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