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The feedback from the teachers is that they understand the repairs are needed. It's a little harder to explain to the students. They don't want excuses. They want to know when we're going to reopen.

Larry Spasic

The city is giving us what amounts to $60,000 for acquisition and repairs (per house). So if it costs us $100,000 and we borrow $40,000 for purchase and repairs, then we sell it at fair market value for $85,000. We pay that $40,000 back and we've got another $45,000 and plow it back into another house.

Matt Strauss

We have been in contact with our customers, we've been actively talking to them. Our customers are important to us, so we decided to compensate appliance repairs.

Stephen Watson

Only minor repairs will be needed.

Melanie Coon

At some point, it needs so many repairs you have to replace it.

Bobbie Herakovich

Those (cold patch repairs) can be kicked out by the next big truck or the next storm. It was more of a Band-Aid.

Vince Marengo

We did not have intentions on waiting until the spring outage _ once material arrived and the design was complete, we intended to complete the repairs.

Susan Gallagher

Once the repairs are made, our threshold goes back to normal.

Melanie Coon

There are a lot of problems. The act lets landlords off the hook and forces the city to do repairs. It's a terrible incentive. Landlords will never repair anything and then the city will be responsible for collecting the money.

Jordan Barowitz

Before any of us are comfortable pulling money out of the general fund, we need to know more of what our capital improvements are and what will be the costs, including Jeffrey Mansion repairs.

Dr. Rick Weber

Some refineries have made repairs quickly and will be running normally in a week or two. About half of the refineries that closed will take a lot longer to get back on line.

Jim Steel

Emergencies happen. Whether it's repairs to the firehouse or the co-generation plant, the heating and cooling units to the high school, these things happen. That's why we have a savings account to draw from.

Richard Kehoe

The majority of water losses are preventable. Keeping an eye on things around the house is an easy way to make sure your funds aren't drained by repairs.

Wendy Rose

We actually received funding from the governor's office to make much needed repairs to the backstage. We're really excited about it. The Keith-Albee really is our home.

Angela Jones

We had a lot of structural damage and broken poles, and when you're in a bucket 35 feet in the air and it's windy, repairs take longer than under ideal conditions.

Anita Steeves

The idea is to identify the parts that need repairs more urgently but in the longer term we hope to move away from one-off emergency interventions and toward a proper preservation scheme.

Angelo Bottini

The trouble all along has been the rather high costs of repairs that will be required to make the building usable.

Michael Perrin

Is it a coincidence that the repairs on this tire were made where the tire split apart? This is not a coincidence. The tire industry has been condemned here. . . . The tire was coming apart where the puncture repairs had been made.

John Sykes

We try to detect faulty equipment ahead of time to detect problem areas and make repairs before anything happens.

Brian Swanson

We drained the lake because of safety reasons, because the dam had some weak spots in it. Those repairs have been made.

Monty Jackson

As such, (he) was responsible for all repairs. He had to be notified even for minor repairs, and he was the only one who was permitted to do major work.

Richard Greco

Basic maintenance and repairs have been made in subsequent decades. But upgrades necessary to keep it in top condition were deferred, in part from a rate freeze that was in effect for years.

Susan Leal

It just wouldn't be worth it to fix it up. There are too many things that need repairs. The state keeps imposing more restrictions, so it just becomes more and more expensive each season. Meanwhile, it's a crumbling old building.

Boe Daley

If the roof of your condo gets damaged, for example, and water leaks into the unit, the master policy would cover the roof repair but not individual unit repairs to things like the ceiling, walls, carpets or furniture.

Mary Alice

Repairs are proceeding apace. Discretionary driving can be cut back but you have got to heat your house. Heating oil will soon lead the market.

Michael Fitzpatrick

There was a fairly fast reaction in the market. The plywood is in big demand for boarding up and repairs, ... We're anticipating the same thing to happen with sheetrock. All of that in houses that were flooded (that) have probably been destroyed and need to be replaced. That will be sometime down the road.

Aidan White

If we want to do repairs next summer, we're going to have to get moving fairly quickly.

Harold Ford

He was working under the house, which had been raised up on a hydraulic bottle jack. It appeared that he had been under the wood frame house making repairs and was half out when the jack fell over. It probably happened about an hour before he was found.

Lee Campbell

It kind of gives focus back on regular life. Everybody's so focused on getting hurricane repairs completed and stuff like this. This is kind of a break and it gives everybody a chance to look at something different, and get your mind off of what is going on.

Nicole Hernandez

Insurance is good for children and construction workers. If a child's phone breaks, the parent pays for repairs, if it's repairable. If not, they're faced with buying a new phone, which now costs $225 instead of the original $19.95 contract price. With the average cost of insurance set at $5 month, it could be well worth the investment.

Jim Cannon

We have to have a working vehicle. Maybe in the future my family will plan a benefit to help with transportation, car repairs, lodging and assorted costs, but we have had nothing like that yet. I wouldn't know the first thing about putting together something like that.

Jenn Davis

The transit sheds incurred damage, but could be used while we make repairs.

Gary Lagrange

We are taking small steps -- planters, new lighting and sidewalk repairs.

Mayor Ryan Bingham

We're putting together a manual on things they should do immediately, ... It will have sections on issuing building permits for repairs and our financial recovery plan.

Doug Anderson

That makes it good to have those resources, because most of South Florida was hit by this storm and we don't have long (to make repairs).

Curtis Gray

A lot of work is already done, ... The parish ordered immediate, quick repairs. We were the first parish in the entire region to get up and running.

Chris Roberts

As we get further away from the incident, we're finding what would be the cost of the repairs would be considerably less.

Richard Knight

We've done extensive repairs and inspected all the floors from the underside.

Joe Borda

And then there's the repairs; and changing (long-line fishing) wire, that's $1,000. It still costs $5,000 to $7,000 to go out.

Jim Greenawald

The entire second level can't even be walked on at this point. There are leaks everywhere and the damage is just too extensive at this point. This club just doesn't have the money to do the repairs.

Terry Austin

A fair amount of money will go in terms of paving, outside lighting, roof issues, and then there's just a balance of things that were painting, light fixtures, restroom repairs - a lot of little things that add up. They're asking for things they've needed for quite a while.

Darrell Pankratz

That machine has sat and hammered away since 1994 with no major repairs, but we've had to repair something every year now for the last few years, so it was time to either get a new baler for $100,000 or try to do some refurbishing.

Norman Herren

Anyone with carpentry skills, or just a strong back, is welcome to come out and help us with some of these repairs.

Mike Coffey

In Martin County, many homes were impacted and shelters were opened, and they're continuing to provide those services as we assess what the impact is, ... And really, some of these neighborhoods -- until the water goes down -- people are not going to get back into their homes and start making repairs.

Craig Fugate

We're not going to pick on a 90-year-old woman with cancer who doesn't have the money to make repairs.

Todd Weiler

It would take $30,000 to $40,000 to make repairs to get this residence in line with codes.

Larry Bailey

We've had previous slides, but nothing of this magnitude. Emergency repairs won't start until the hillside stabilizes.

Shelly Chernicki

By the beginning of September, we'll be done all the road repairs and we were originally projecting for spring or summer.

Jamie Brown

They made the repairs permanent. We're really confident the Elektron is going to be in great shape.

Michael Fincke

We are committed to working with the state to get repairs done.

James Connaughton

People are ramping up and spending insurance money on repairs being done, and they're doing it as much as they can at home.

Verna Rutherford

The telephone company is working on repairing the primary phone line that was damaged. We do not know at this time when the repairs will be completed.

Tony Molinaro

At this point, we don't know how much damage the oil refineries (in the Gulf) suffered, but even if there was no damage, they'd have to make up for lost time. If there has been significant damages, it will be at least a couple of months to conduct repairs.

Jeannie Chavez

It'll be different and a new building; there's nothing wrong with that. It's an old building and needed some repairs. It's a good location.

Steve Wise

The contractors that they're trying to hire to do these repairs are the same people that have been displaced or are working on everybody else's stuff.

Linda Allen

The immediate presumption must be that she is Princess of Wales. People may think that the Diana phenomenon is almost as faded as her fountain (undergoing repairs at London's Hyde Park), but there will be Diana-maniacs who will get cross.

David Starkey

These are not repairs that can be waited on. If they're not done now, the buildings will further deteriorate.

Paul Kelly

The longer that it goes on that we need to do repairs to maintain it — when we know that we're going to need a new structure — that's not the wisest use of public dollars.

Marsha Gordon

We are missing megawatts because we are now in the fall maintenance period for repairs at the power plants and we have a combination today of high heat and air conditioning.

Stephanie Mccorkle

Sticking to a few fleet types also helps airlines lower operating costs in terms of maintenance, repairs and personnel training.

Liu Weimin

It's stunningly affordable. Those kinds of repairs happen all the time.

Justin Hayes

We are looking at new equipment, mechanical, electrical and structural repairs. Basically to get the plant back to its functioning operations.

Art Perez

You really need to look at making repairs that are profitable in terms of selling the house. They want to see that pedestal sink.

David Kerr

In the past there was no such thing as an appliance repair that cost more than $400, but today, $1,000 repairs are not uncommon.

Paul Myer

Based on the budget we were looking at, this levy will be used for the operating budget, salaries, repairs and maintenance, no capital improvements.

Wade Estep

They're pretty extensive repairs. I fully anticipate we should have those bridges reopened to traffic some time in October.

Rob Morosi

In the last few years they (repairs from vandals and thieves) have cost me over $13,500 in repairs. I just am not able to do any more. There is no recovering from that kind of loss in a laundry business.

Barry Bell

People are breaking into the [apartment] units as fast as we can make repairs. There are issues over here. Some of it is the homeless. Some is vandalism.

Leslie White

It can be labor intensive. But with any industry, machines make it possible to complete the job fastest and make it less stressful on the employees. We've been integrating these machines into our repairs a little at a time the past 20 years or so.

Tommy Russell

It really started out as a hobby. We both like antiques, and antique clocks especially, and when something didn't work he would figure it out. We started doing repairs for family and friends, and fixing antique clocks. There was so much work coming to us that we thought we'd try it as a business. It seemed like there was really a need for it. It's a lost art.

Tami Mclaughlin

I told them that I have to do extensive repairs to the place, and I need to negotiate a brand new lease. I have five years left on my lease at a very high rent, it does not pay for me to do these repairs and just stay for five years.

Jack Lebewohl

With the completion of these repairs and a properly functioning drainage system, we are confident that we should not experience any more problems at the toe of Salt Fork Lake dam.

Mark Ogden

We are always doing maintenance and repairs on our lines, making sure everything is safe and in working order.

Gary Shields

The repair facility has a one-day turn-around policy on the repairs. So the faster it can receive the devices into [its] facility, the faster its technicians can begin their repair work.

Bob Berg

While guys are doing repairs in one location, another part of the crew is looting another location in the city.

Bruce Adams

Their primary mission is to identify people with needs who do not have the financial capability to do their own repairs.

John Fogg

It made more sense to come back in to Pearl Harbor to do the repairs than to try to do them out on the open water.

Pam Rogers

We have had a property preservation team checking on the schools, but we thought let's augment that with the principals who know their schools best. They're going to report back to us, to report on what damage there is and how extensive it is so we can complete the repairs before the next rain comes.

Jeff Nowakowski

If he hasn't heard anything it's because the city stated unequivocally in the past that red tags did not signify impending demolition. If that has changed, they need to make that very clear. Owners of these buildings need to be made aware so they can plead their case or make repairs.

Meg Lousteau

We don't have the time to make repairs and there is no way the car could compete.

Malcolm Wilson

Everyone seems to like [the repairs], but there's still a lot more that needs to be done around here. But, it's a start and it was well overdue.

Bryan Jackson

I have to question why it has taken so long for these repairs to be made.

Louise Jackson

Many homes were impacted and shelters were opened, ... In some of these neighborhoods, till the water goes down, people are not going to be able to get back in their homes and start making repairs.

Craig Fugate

We have taken care of all the hazard calls in regard to wires down. Those have all been assessed. We know where they are. This will speed distribution repairs going forward.

Lloyd Coker

Crews from the electric power associations in these areas are on standby to make necessary repairs.

Cameron Stewart

It seems that the oil industry is making a real good start at coming back, ... It's a vote of confidence on the repairs.

Mike Fitzpatrick

This is a severe but temporary situation. Repairs can be done.

John Lichtblau

We have to do extensive and time consuming repairs to each one of those 300 phones. We are conducting those repairs and getting out there and doing that, but because there's such a high number of phones that have been damaged, our resources have been stretched.

Shawn Hall

At the cost of a new house, (completing the repairs) would probably be less. But if you add up all the time and agony when it's done and look at what you've got, I don't know if it's worth having that house.

Mark Hoffman

That is very important to operate the bus with, that's very important to do the pothole repairs that this administration has been very focused on and I must admit at this time we've been quite successful.

Mufi Hannemann

You can't put a poor person in a house needing repairs.

Bob Watkins

Basically what the rule is, if you have to update them or do major repairs on something or upgrade them, then you have to make them ADA accessible.

Craig Morrison

There are obviously still some problems out in the Gulf. We will have to wait and see how fast repairs can be made.

Kyle Cooper

We've been able to get grants to help fund repairs on the homes but our money is a little low for the overhead and for paying two of our employees' salaries here.

Jill Davidson

A temporary pipeline seems like wishful thinking, too. The work force to lay down new pipe just doesn't exist given all the work that needs to be done on current repairs and assessment.

Eugene Kim

I was walking back from gym class one day and I saw a fence that was really dilapidated. I asked (Pearl River Principal) Mr. (Michael) Winkler about rebuilding it and he loved the idea since we would do it for free so he wouldn't have to use school funds to make the repairs.

Zachary Wells