308 quotes about katrina follow in order of popularity. Be sure to bookmark and share your favorites!

The state as a whole was doing pretty well before Katrina.

Phil Pepper

If it needed emphasis, underline and exclamation point, Katrina did that.

Gerald Grinstein

Both Hurricane Katrina and the war in Iraq have had an impact on our funding.

Michael Lapina

It is increasingly clear that global warming makes [hurricanes] more severe and destructive. Katrina is the shape of things to come.

Joseph Romm

We went down there as they were winding down from Hurricane Katrina, and the day we got there, they were gearing right back up for Rita. That place was really hopping.

John Luther

This disaster did not end the day Katrina made landfall.

Michael Brown

Katrina is going to muck things up; it's just a question to what degree.

Mark Zandi

We applaud Tyson for their compassion towards so many who have suffered through the Hurricane Katrina disaster.

Marc Morial

A lot of our stuff is already in place from Katrina. Really, the only thing we've actually scaled down is the ice, water and MRE distribution.

Larry Moore

Rita won't have anywhere near the impact of Katrina.

Alan Nevin

It's potentially a bigger threat than Katrina because there is more refining capacity in the Houston area. This is a double whammy for the industry it's an amazing thing to contemplate.

Bob Slaughter

Things are better than they ever have been, ... At least they were before Katrina.

Carol Brown

They'll get full Katrina experience.

Randy Ponder

Housing authorities have never been more broke. Funds for public housing were not keeping pace with demand, even before Katrina.

Linda Couch

I never believed that it was responsible to create this new entitlement, but it's even more irresponsible now, given that Hurricane Katrina has created new spending priorities for the federal government.

Jeff Flake

The comparisons to Katrina are numerous and just eerie.

Simon Winchester

An earthquake will be our Katrina, and this event will help community members learn the hazards and how to best prepare their family for earthquakes and other disasters.

Carrie Davis

Almost all of the Katrina bump has gone away.

James Hamilton

If there can be any good that comes out of Katrina, maybe we can get rid of the phrase 'minimal hurricane,' .

Ben Nelson

With the death of Chief Justice Rehnquist and the tragedy of Katrina that view is even more salient now.

Margie Mchugh

Our junior and senior girls are excited. Some families do have problems with financing after Hurricane Katrina, but the big problem is you can't find prom dresses.

Kelly Long

I am hopeful, but I think it's dicey. Based on Katrina, my confidence is low.

Matthew Park

That's important because if you shut them down according to a plan, then you can bring them back faster than if you do an emergency shut down. We are learning a little bit from Katrina. We are more prepared.

Dan Pickering

If you look at the initial search and rescue (after Katrina), ... it was neighbors on boats.

Ron Hays

It's been all Katrina all the time, and now it's Rita, too. Except for the Supreme Court, hurricane recovery is what Congress will be up to, so we have no choice but to adapt.

J. Steven Hart

There was no sign of life from the devastation left by Katrina.

Pete Johnson

Katrina blew that out of the water. There is no longer any talk of a new stadium.

Tim Coulon

This was a big reminder of how tight the system is. And what Katrina did is make the system even tighter going forward.

Roger Diwan

The damage from Katrina was far worse than I think anyone expected.

Brad Cox

It's hard to say where our homicide rate went last year. Without the Katrina factor it would have been down.

Vance Mitchell

We will not stand by and let our consumers be exploited by profiteers looking to cash in on Hurricane Katrina.

Richard Codey

We have seen spikes in giving based off of those things (television telethons for Katrina families).

Melissa Temme

The day after (Hurricane Katrina) hit, we were talking about doing something.

Pam Howarth

We are headed for a Katrina-induced soft patch, but I would not interpret this as the early warning of a recession.

Nariman Behravesh

I don't really think Katrina had much effect.

Karlyn Bowman

Steel's been hard to get after (hurricanes) Katrina and Rita. They really delayed our substation projects.

Rex Garrett

It will send a very good message about how we feel about the residents who were here before Katrina.

Tanya Harris

This is our Katrina dividend.

Reed Kroloff

Basically, I see things the same way as he does, but we see the aftermath of Katrina putting a bigger dent in the economy for a longer period of time than he does.

Dr. Doug Moore

Katrina damage remains a crimp on gas supplies, but we've had a major comeback by the oil industry since she hit.

Trilby Lundberg

The devastation on the gulf coast caused by Hurricane Katrina is something that has moved us all, and has made me feel blessed more than ever.

Phil Vassar

No such outbreak occurred because of Hurricane Katrina.

Dr. Raoult Ratard

After . . . Katrina, I just cannot fathom staying.

Ldyyan Jean Jocque

It seems FPL hasn't finished the job from Katrina and now we get this one.

Brian King

We get lazy and complacent and just don't want to do it because it's not our priority. Well, look at Katrina.

John Hernandez

Many of the fourth graders did their projects on Louisiana and Hurricane Katrina.

Johnnie W. Scott

One of the doctors was in New Orleans when Hurricane Katrina hit.

Jenni Faulkner

They did it so that during events like Hurricane Katrina, the would not have bodies floating.

Rob Florence

The gap in health between white and black Americans has been estimated to cause 84,000 excess deaths in a year ... a virtual Katrina every week.

David Atkins

Even before Katrina we felt the market was on edge, a very tight market, with very little spare (refining) capacity anywhere along the chain.

Doug Macintyre

It's the combination of massive tax cuts combined with massive spending on Iraq and Katrina when we already weren't able to pay our bills.

Kent Conrad

As the entire nation responds to those devastated by Hurricane Katrina, the community and technical colleges of Alabama will extend our help to students whose education has been dramatically interrupted..

Roy Johnson

The Fed may need to prove its inflation-fighting credentials because expectations could be shifting a bit. The case for continued rate hikes has become, if anything, more compelling since Katrina.

Steve Stanley

In reaction to Katrina, we wanted to be extremely proactive.

Dave Byron

It was hard enough being here when everyone was going through Katrina. Now, it's my parents in danger. I just hope everyone keeps the city of Houston in their thoughts. It's definitely a hard blow.

Robin Wagner

There is no better way to allow your clothes to keep on giving you pleasure than to share them with someone else. The families that were affected by Hurricane Katrina need our help.

Star Jones

Katrina strengthens the House's hand that we need to stick to this budget.

John Scofield

For their vanguard work in the Millions More Movement and Hurricane Katrina.

Black Panther

The tragic aftermath of Hurricane Katrina continues to be an extraordinary challenge long after the daily front-page headlines have subsided.

Tom Staggs

We're now in wait-and-see mode, ... There was a pull-back after Katrina went through, but early indicators are certainly that some damage has been done.

Gerard Burg

Hurricane Katrina devastated nearly everyone's life in New Orleans; it was the least we could do for our own loved ones.

Sunna Ali

It looks like it's going to impact a little bit further north than Katrina did.

Jennifer Pralgo

The wider impact of Hurricane Katrina on the national economy is now becoming evident and none of it is pretty.

Paul Ashworth

The jobs numbers are going to be meaningless for the next few months. You'll have Katrina as a big asterisk, ... So the Fed will be flying blind a little bit.

Brian Stine

It's almost like, what Katrina didn't get, this one's going to.

T. Boone Pickens

[It was] the hardest hit by Katrina. [It was] 17 feet underwater during the storm. We were assigned to a house, and we cleaned everything out?It was unbelievable; everything was damaged.

Stephen Frapart

The DRA is investing infrastructure and transportation because many towns were impacted by Katrina.

Pete Johnson

We believe that consumer spending is going to bear the brunt of higher energy prices that we have seen leading up to and immediately following Hurricane Katrina as discretionary spending is curtailed.

Joshua Shapiro

Katrina is to the domestic budget what Sputnik was to the space program.

Stan Collender

Katrina could reach category-one hurricane strength before the center reaches the southeastern coast of Florida.

Stacy Stewart

I think a lot of the food drives have been diverted to the Katrina fund. We've had to rely on buying a lot of food for the food pantry.

Dena Corey

We are well aware of what happened in Louisiana and Mississippi with Hurricane Katrina.

Rick Gentry

Even Hurricane Katrina had better weather.

Kevin Kennedy

We are continuing our intense scrutiny of conduct in the petroleum industry in the aftermath of Katrina.

John Seesel

They have taken advantage of the Hurricane Katrina situation to jack up those profits.

Maurice Hinchey

Of the individuals who have come from Katrina, a lot of them have needed more than just a clean bed and a good meal.

Katie Ford

Eat a Prime Rib Dinner here to help Feed The Children who are victims of Hurricane Katrina.

Ron Oliver

Any storm going through the Gulf is going to slow the pace of the recovery from Katrina.

Doug Leggate

The juxtaposition of the mission to Iraq and the response to Katrina really demonstrates the new and changing character of the National Guard.

Daniel Goure

A disaster like this Katrina brings out the best in people, but unfortunately, it also brings out the worst in people, too.

Devorah Goldburg

These are all items we're going to seriously consider, ... But when we only have a finite amount of available funds, I want to take a look at our immediate costs from Hurricane Katrina.

David Dewhurst

Now I never dream of leaving here. Hurricane Katrina wasn't a good thing, but maybe it was God's way of putting us in a better place.

Charliene Guidry

She (Nicholas) brings a lot to the team. I'm glad to have her out and she works well with Katrina and gives us a lot of balance.

Sarah Patrick

Katrina is one of the most disruptive and challenging disaster in American history.

Tom Mann

Katrina, tsunami, cost of living now.

Bill Hentzler

Katrina should be enough to wake people up.

Mary Fetchet

To see the damage that I saw when I covered Katrina will stay with me forever.

Rita Cosby

We don't want a repeat of Katrina.

Jeanne Mahoney

The emotional effects after Hurricane Katrina had started to dissipate. Then along came Rita.

Jon Anderson

Katrina is progressively getting better, she is shooting the ball well. She is getting more mobile as the season goes on.

Jack Campbell

We're basically guessing how the BLS adjusts for Katrina, which is an even bigger stretch than we normally have to do.

Gina Martin

The place was totally corrupt. Katrina washed it away. For some people, Katrina gave them a new start.

Michelle Perique

I think it is a critical number. It's one of the first readings we get on consumer confidence post-Katrina.

Gina Martin

Katrina is new to the program this year, and I was very impressed with how well she ran in her first meet.

Adam Topper

We lost sand in both Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Wilma.

Gary Mcalpin

Plus, ... you have Katrina now, too.

Pat Gallagher

Katrina took things off the shelf.

Allen Lew

I think people will never forget Katrina who experienced it. It will always be remembered.

Terry Steed

They've been actively involved in the devastation relief for Katrina.

Bill Brave

This has hit the school really hard. We have three Katrina disasters here in our school.

Jane Porter

The opportunity to maximize limited dollars through collaboration with the VA is immense, bold, and compelling in our post-Katrina environment.

Donald R. Smithburg

We saw a lot of that immediately following Katrina. I hope we stopped most of it, but I'm sure there are complaints we don't hear about.

Grant Hedgepeth

I feel even deeper for them, hurt even deeper for them, because these were the communities and counties that first opened their hearts and homes to Hurricane Katrina victims, ... And now they need our help.

Kevin Brady

We are already at about $50 billion of insured losses from catastrophes in this country so far and that could be as high as $70 billion, depending on what Katrina does. Hurricane Wilma is a situation that is going to exacerbate what was already problematic for the insurance industry.

Robert Hartwig

One cannot deny that Katrina ironically may have had a positive effect on this index because of the big surge in orders.

Cary Leahey

In the meantime, we do have a shortage of petroleum in this country caused primarily by hurricane Katrina.

Mike Rounds

More and more people will be going into the Katrina-impacted area. Then, you'll see people go into the Rita-impacted area. This will go on for many, many months.

Christian Smith

Katrina showed America that race and class matters.

Charles Barron

There's a growing awareness that Katrina has changed not only the agenda but all the circumstances we find ourselves in.

Heather Wilson

It's a great honor. It shows how much hard work and dedication the girls have put in since Hurricane Katrina.

Russ Badeaux

This is something I never dreamed I would experience. You see Katrina. You see Rita. But you never think it can happen it to you.

Mary Anderson

It's Katrina, it's China, it's all going into the mix.

Paul Bradbury

Following the devastation of Hurricane Katrina, the cries for help were numerous. This money will go far in reaching the immediate needs of those impacted.

Ben Johnson (sales)

The special Katrina legislation allows you to deduct up to 100 percent of your adjusted gross income.

Marcus Owens

One out of every 71 homes in Ohio foreclosed in the year 2005 -- our own version of Hurricane Katrina.

Subodh Chandra

It's really dedicated to the missing children of the Katrina refugees and all missing children. For me, that's a heart-rending thing.

Charles Brooks

Katrina was a devastating hurricane, not a financial windfall for the shameless.

Richard Codey

How can the federal government feed its employees with catered meals and not feed the victims of Hurricane Katrina?

Colleen Cooke

Had Hurricane Katrina not come through here, the Rita storm would be really the event of the decade and the event that we're all talking about.

Gil Jamieson

As a place of some resources we had a responsibility to reach out to those who were affected by Hurricane Katrina.

Brian Mitchell

With Katrina, the fact that it came and left very quickly enabled us to get out of the gate very quickly.

Geisha Williams

When Hurricane Katrina hit, they immediately began calling everyone on their roster. FEMA entered into an agreement with the International Fire Chief Association and were requesting teams of two firefighters to be sent to the devastated areas. Greg Hershey and I were both on the roster.

Rob Koons

The only thing we've been wondering is if it could be due to the magnitude of Katrina.

Chuck Cooper

There's a lot of uncertainty about whether Rita will cause as much damage to the oil infrastructure as Katrina did.

Sal Guatieri

I expect that Katrina will have very severe economic impacts because it will force consumers to increase expenditures on energy drastically.

Philip Verleger

Katrina exacerbated an already untenable situation with respect to the price of oil on our industry.

James May

I was shocked. It's one thing to see Katrina on the news. It's another to see her effect in person.

Travis Bockenstedt

I think it's time we thought about having Katrina bonds.

Hal Rogers

With (Katrina), it's almost like the sequel that doesn't live up to the original.

Gilbert Gottfried

I think this issue, Katrina and our government's response to it, should be looked at by an independent commission.

Richard Falkenrath

The Minnesota Air National Guard is ready and eager to assist with Hurricane Katrina relief efforts.

Tim Pawlenty

The looting was part of the ugliness of Katrina and Rita.

Skip Mcdonald

I do think it's Katrina fallout.

Glenn Reynolds

Right now we feel confident, but I'm sure the people dealing with Katrina felt there were going to be some changes there, and there's not. So who knows?

Dennis O'dell

Katrina adds an urgency.

Benet Wilson

It turned out we were all wrong, we had not adequately anticipated, ... The thing that changed this was not Katrina itself, the thing that was the catastrophic event was the failure of the levee.

Frances Townsend

After Hurricane Andrew (in 1992) the insurance industry was on its knees; after Katrina (in 2005), it was in the fetal position.

Jack Hardman

Hurricane Katrina was epic. It was off the charts. We understand that. By comparison, Rita was just a bad storm. But for those of us who live here, it was really, really bad.

Lee Holbert

Burying Katrina is the theme, getting some closure, just putting it to rest for a minute.

Michael Stanton

The amount of oil that can be produced each day can actually be insured. Katrina is forecast to make a more direct hit on those offshore platforms than Ivan.

Kyle Beatty

One man called us and said, 'I have a three-bedroom house I'm working on, and you can use it. He is letting us use his home for Katrina evacuees.

Sharon Hess

[The bill] continues Congress's effort to bring immediate relief to those individuals and families devastated by Hurricane Katrina, ... This Congress stands ready to help those most affected by Hurricane Katrina.

Jim Mccrery

[The new storm] could be coming in right exactly where Katrina didn't go, ... It could be a bad situation for all the platforms that didn't get hit before.

Michael Guido

First responders are really needed even more. (Katrina) depleted the National Guard; the Red Cross is really stretched. We're the eyes and ears for the first 72-96 hours to help out the community.

Brandon Lewis

We would be at where we are today if Katrina had never happened.

Tim Hamilton

You've had a couple of the worst hurricanes that we've had, Ivan and Katrina, which is probably going to create some problems of disease.

Aaron Parks

The anger that fuels comedy has built up. We fully expect Katrina to become part of the comic lexicon of the show.

Stephen Hill

Since Katrina, instead of going up $5,000 or $10,000 every week or two, we have been limited to no price increases or very limited price increases.

Robert Toll

We are giving away the beads to honor the victims of Hurricane Katrina, ... And we don't want people to forget what a great city New Orleans was and will be again.

Pat Monahan

What struck me after Katrina was we were not as safe as I thought we were.

Halee Hamilton

What we went through is exactly the same as what you're facing. It's just more widespread there. Ivan hit three counties here and Katrina hit three states there.

George Touart

It will be a challenging holiday season for most retailers, but many have back-up distribution plans and inventories that will help them cope with the effects of Hurricane Katrina..

Jay Mcintosh

There have been one or two of these storms a century. If we were to get another one there could be $100 billion of damage, the same level as Katrina.

Mel Goldstein

They're watching Katrina. They're watching Rita. They're watching what it's doing to the United States.

Robert Baer

We do expect a catastrophic type storm to hit us. It is not going to be as bad as Katrina, but if it is, we are prepared to get people out.

Frank Gutierrez

I think we'll keep going on as we are. I don't see anything on the horizon that will create a drastic change. Barring another Hurricane Katrina, it should be business as usual.

Morris Burns

Of course, this was all before Hurricane Katrina, and we don't know how this will affect us. We will have to wait and see.

Jim Mitchell

The Super Bowl is over, Hurricane Katrina is finished, there are no hurricanes brewing in the Gulf. This will be big until the next big event.

Jerry Herron

We're hoping you will tie into your business contacts, ... Katrina Rebound.

Katie Hall

Well as soon as it hit, everyone was a little nervous because Katrina was going right though New Orleans. All the phones are down, can't get a hold of him.

David Mcfarren

I think even before Katrina I would have been through. I would have been arguing to pause, if I were still there.

Robert Mcteer

Traders are uncertain of the full effects Katrina will have on production.

Mark Chesterman

On the supply side, we are about the same as after Katrina and before Rita.

Richard Cobb

Katrina is our worst nightmare.

Stan Taylor

We had tons of Katrina people here, and they all had to leave.

Shannon Van Gossen

If you close your eyes and imagine an earthquake happened instead of Katrina, the image would be the same: collapsed buildings, no running water or electricity, displaced citizens, and vast devastation.

Larry Klein

This time, there has yet to be a rallying effect in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.

Raghavan Mayur

We've heard of increases in Texas as high as 50 cents a gallon overnight following Hurricane Katrina.

Rose Rougeau

The same things that lead to disparities in health in this country on a day-to-day basis led to disparities in the impact of Hurricane Katrina.

David Satcher

Alternative arrangements are an important tool that the federal government should be encouraging in situations such as the one we are experiencing in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.

Jim Gibbons

The price floor for the market will be higher than it was before Katrina.

Frederic Lasserre

We could see that was going to happen about the time Katrina came off the west coast of Florida.

Kerry Emanuel

The goal is to hold these companies accountable for the profiteering they did in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.

Dan Leistikow

It's the highest projection in 27 years. What's happened is the hurricanes, especially Katrina, have increased demand for durable goods and construction materials.

Sandy Brown

The state's current approach to development in flood plains is a recipe for a Katrina-type disaster.

Dave Jones

We're not expecting an immediate premium increase directly as a result of Katrina, but the wider issue of climate change is beginning to have a very serious impact on insurers.

Malcolm Tarling

We have a really great team and we are excited about this opportunity to help people who have been devastated by Katrina.

Scott Thompson

We almost had our first two games cancelled because we had to get out of here as Katrina was going across.

Jose Gomez

(Texas) has done the humanitarian deed, ... Texas has the largest contingent of Katrina evacuees -- 300,000. Thank God Texas is big.

Tom Davies

Instead of treating [the genocide] like [Hurricane] Katrina, let's think more about the political action.

Mark Hanis

Because of Katrina, everybody's having a lot of stress, so we thought we have to have it.

Kathy Aycock

I'm shocked, there's nothing to justify the prices we're paying before Katrina, however there's a little more to justify the prices we're paying now.

Paul Mason

When (Hurricane Katrina) first came through, I was wishing I was there.

Sonya Davis

After 9/11 there were some of these sites. It was much greater after the tsunami, and it's even greater after Katrina.

Louis Reigel

What we found out with Katrina is that the country is still unable to deal with disaster, ... God forbid this happens in San Francisco.

Warren Rudman

Katrina will weigh on growth in second half of this year and we'll make most of that back first half of next year.

Gus Faucher

We have no capacity to handle a Hurricane Katrina or an avian flu outbreak. We can barely handle a regular flu outbreak.

Angela Gardner

The message from officials is that the impact from Katrina will be limited.

Ian Stannard

If it does hit here, it will be my first. But I'm not sweating it. Just as long as it's not a Category 5 like Katrina.

Joe Evans

The consumer was in fairly good shape before Hurricane Katrina. Sales were strong virtually across the board.

Dean Maki

For days I've been obsessed with this Katrina thing.

Patricia Arquette

The atmosphere here is very, very different than it was in the days following Katrina.

John Pine

These two reports continue to suggest that the US economy was on fairly solid ground going into the shock effect of Hurricane Katrina.

Derek Holt

(Katrina) will have an effect on all grain movement in some fashion.

Jim Keller

We're helping the survivors of Katrina, having our voices heard, and it's a great way to take back Sept. 11.

Alice Hoffman

The floodwaters unleashed by Katrina may be receding. But the economic aftershock of the disaster may still lie ahead.

Niall Ferguson

There's no way of telling whether Katrina and its impact will be a temporary disruption or whether it will be more permanent damage to infrastructure in the Gulf.

Allan Urlis

What Katrina and Rita have done for emergency managers and for individuals is just create a heightened awareness of how important it is to communicate, how important it is to plan.

Gil Jamieson

If we let Katrina kill our culture, there's hardly any point in building back the rest of it.

Keith Twitchell

Our life has been changed for ever. We'd always heard of the Big One but we'd always escape it. On Aug. 28, Katrina had New Orleans in its sights and nothing was going to change its destination.

Peter Weiss