Law and Justice created theater to crumble the will of its allies...and force them into submission. This was a crisis that turned out to be a storm in a teacup.

Jan Rokita

I remember after the storm we would drive up and down the beach. Seemed like for 10 years or so we would see those steps going to nowhere and plainly cleaned-off cement slabs, ... For us, they were a symbol of the storm and its enormity.

Orrin Pilkey

Houston has had its storm disasters before. In 2001, the enormous amount of rain dropped in the shortest time by tropical storm Alison caused $8 million in damages for the Houston Symphony alone -- which lost its music library and many musical instruments.

Hans Graf

This is the big storm we've all been waiting for. Obviously a storm like this brings out the locals in droves.

Loryn Kasten

We have not done any work on the Miami River for over 40 years and after the ice storm last year, this is a small price to pay for the future well being of our citizens and the economy of this community. This project will reduce outlays of FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) and other taxpayer dollars that go to rehabilitate an area after it has become flooded.

Bob Stoll

When Bandon Dunes opened in 1999, it took the golf world by storm, but when Pacific Dunes opened in 2001, it wrested the attention from Bandon.

Chris Santella

It developed with a vengeance. It's a major storm.

Mike Wyllie

We are going to build newer, more modern facilities that will withstand the test of time. They will withstand the next storm, and the one after that.

Donald R. Smithburg

People knew in this area, or should have reasonably known, or been told, that their standard homeowner's policy did not cover storm surge or flooding.

Bill C. Davis

It's better that we have this break, ... so I'm glad we were able to beat out the storm.

Randy Brown

We are sure that there is going to be a ton of work to do. And we expect that all the contractors, including us, are going to be a part of that process, ... We were looking for people before the storm who had the skills needed to do what we do. We definitely have an interest in someone who's qualified. I think (the approach) is very effective.

John Laws

What about these poor people that couldn't get out of the city. Was there any way to evacuate more of these people before the storm hit? They knew this storm was coming.

Hannah Storm

It's possible as Ophelia moves north-northeast those outer bands of tropical storm-force winds could affect portions of southern New England.

Michelle Mainelli

It's still a tropical storm but it won't be much longer. By midnight, it should be a memory.

Scott Reynolds

I realize that we have done this drill two or three times in the past few months, but we cannot take this storm lightly.

Robert Latham

Vans would pull up 24 hours a day and dump 20 to 30 dogs at a time. Most were dehydrated and scared and didn't seem well-cared for even before the storm. It was very heartbreaking because of the shape they were in.

Rebecca Nealey

When they found her, they found her with her (nursing) ID. Her thoughts were that after the storm passed, she would be able to go out and help if anybody needed help.

Sheryl Turney

I never thought (the storm) would be that bad, ... We've had winds that bad, but once I saw the water rising, I knew it was time to go.

Michelle Dawson

He doesn't deserve this. If F.E.M.A. had stepped in the day of the storm and helped up out, he wouldn't have had to do what he had to do.

Rhonda Hobson

It?s the calm before the storm, so to speak, because 80 percent of the super bowl, we will take over the last day and a half.

Jay Kornegay

After every storm it's always my habit to look up at the eagle and see just how bad it was. There was a lot of debris on the ground, and sure enough, he's was turned a little to the side.

John Sullivan

I heard crackling that sounded just like the saplings breaking in the ice storm we had last year. Then I heard a boom and the sheep and dogs. When I opened my blurry eyes, I could see the glow and knew the barn was on fire.

Jeff Freeman

This woman was chronically sick and her family called us for help during the storm, but we couldn't put a vehicle on the roads, ... After the winds died down, there was no way to get to her because Highway 15 where she lived was blocked by fallen trees.

Jimmy White

It was a pretty nasty storm.

Tom Farrell

We are doing everything possible to assess the extensive damage this destructive storm has caused.

Bill Oliver

The Red Cross should've been here the day after it happened, right after the storm went through, ... Instead, they show up nine days later, and now they're leaving.

Joe Walker

Obviously, there are shots that she doesn't account for. What I believe just personally is that she did mean to drive up in an awful storm and kill herself. As for what happened once she was in that bedroom -- I'd hope the film makes a compelling case for what happens in the heat of the moment.

Phyllis Nagy

The natural pattern of flooding supplies nutrients and sediment to wetlands areas, keeping them as kind of a buffer and a natural absorber when a really big storm hits.

John Rennie

We was riding, the sun was shining and we were laughing and giggling, ... In comes a storm and five minutes later, he was hit by lightning.

Chris Clark

They came out fired up and their fans were really into it. We knew anytime you're on the road in a big arena, against a really good team, you've just got to weather the storm. When you get a chance to make your run, you've got to go for it, and that's what we did.

Ryan Appleby

It's the next storm that's going to be a problem. Say if this storm comes through and two weeks later you have another one. That certainly would be reason for concern.

Randy Smith

It's been a tough storm everywhere for us to deal with.

Joseph Brown

Most storm damage is usually concentrated in one area, but with this wind storm, we had debris all over the entire length of the line. The damage and disruption was widespread.

Dan Brucker

It's been a difficult storm to follow. We're keeping a close watch on it and we want people in South Carolina to watch us.

Joe Farmer

This was a pretty light storm compared to most of the [hurricanes] we've really had. We've been really lucky in that we haven't gotten a serious storm surge yet. That day will come.

David Dunbar

Of course, with the storm, the question is, do you do any capital outlay? You've got other needs now. The governor chooses who gets in what priority and when they move.

Whit Kling

The (resident assistant) came around and told us that the storm might now be coming.

Josie Nevitt

We received a report from a volunteer storm spotter of a tornado in (northern Toronto). But we haven't been able to verify if there was any damage or if anyone else saw this.

Geoff Coulson

We've had one storm after another, but the rivers have gotten one day or two to dry out a bit.

Gary Barbato

We certainly can't stand another storm, ... That's why people are watching the storms out there now.

Tom Bentz

I saw a van pull up next to the storm drain. The driver got out, looked around, got back in and moved his van closer to the drain.

Jonathan Marshall

If this becomes a category 4 or 5 storm we can expect the same type of damage in this area. My advice to the public is to be prepared.

Frank Gutierrez

I think the long bus ride was a bit of a hardship last year. The trip out there included a snow storm and a rough drive through the mountains. By flying, the team will have a couple of days to practice, relax and get ready.

Steve Norton

Even another tropical storm could set the reconstruction back for months.

Matthew Simmons

After the storm, she kept up with so many people, although she had her own problems.

Pat Descher

The thing that kills people isn't so much the wind, ... It's the storm surge. I'm worried that on that peninsula that sticks out into the ocean, there's going to be grave loss of life. There are a lot of stubborn Cajuns down there who will say, 'We've never evacuated before,' and they're going to be on their rooftops. I'm really worried about Gulfport and Biloxi, (Miss.), too.'

Cindy Walker

At this time, the most urgent need is to restore a sense of normalcy for the more than 300,000 students displaced by the storm, ... It is just simply not the time to open up a policy debate on vouchers.

Greg Weaver

Dothan is in the southeast corner of the state. It was on the inside curve of the hurricane, so we felt pretty safe there. We got a little bit of rain, but basically we watched the whole storm on TV.

Mary Taylor

It's all a matter of reducing the risk as quickly as we can. But a different storm (from Katrina) on a different track with a different speed could do different damage.

Don Riley

You have to weather the storm. In every big game, there is always a big play. The thing is what are you going to do after that big play?

Rashad Bobino

They basically had an in-line quarter, but it's the quarter that they needed after the storm damage. It's a company that keeps doing as well as they can possibly do.

David Schanzer

If it looks like a storm is going to come in, as a disaster task force, we should get prepared.

Joanne Callahan

A lot of the collections in the house were moved before the storm, but the actual house is gone. Even if you rebuild one just like it, it's not his house. It's not the one he built.

David Preziosi

This is a perfect storm for the auto industry.

Maryann Keller

It's wonderful, it's been one of the positive aspects of the whole storm where we've been able to come in and take these families who are now homeless and give them some place to go.

Nancy Wood

We had the perfect storm for getting this passed. Now, at the end of the session, we seem to be moving toward the perfect storm to kill it.

Kevin Murray

We have to wait and see how this storm develops, going into Texas. We don't have a sense of panic in the market yet.

Peter Fontaine

We are excited to be able to bring some closure to one of New England's most mysterious shipwrecks. The story of the Steamship Portland and its fatal last run from Boston to Portland, Maine, has intrigued maritime historians for years due to the wide-ranging reported sightings of the ship during the storm. This mission allows us to start putting some answers to the questions about its loss.

Craig Macdonald

I believe a storm or hurricane dislodged (the submarine) and it blocked the ditch. The water had to find a different way to flow out. It's just a hunch.

Alice Smith

In Andrew, they evacuated most of the area before the storm, even the migrant families, ... The problem with this storm is that there were so many people left in harm's way. And after the storm passed, there was no way to get to them.

Phil Lewis

That's the silver lining in the terrible thousand-mile-wide cloud of that storm.

David Ropeik

We're going to miss him terribly. But the fact is, where a year or two ago there could have been trouble for the company, now we're in a position where we will weather the storm and continue on the path of growth and good things.

Jeff Bennis

This could be the first significant storm in two months. The first potentially, I stress the word potentially.

Bob Ziff

People don't understand what is meant by storm surge. You're telling them, 'Hey, you need to go.

Butch Loper

Prices will continue to wander higher as confirmation of the damage comes in. It will be real tough to get everything back up and running quickly. Refiners that were left undamaged by the storm may not be able to operate at their full potential because of all the missing crude oil.

Aaron Kildow

The oil from the platforms might be at 95 percent of pre- storm levels within 30 days or so. That doesn't mean it's going to go anywhere. There are terminals they cannot get to. There are refineries that are not ready to take the product.

Johnnie Burton

It is going to rage into a major, major hurricane before all is said and done. By the time it makes landfall Sunday into Monday, we are going to be talking about a giant Category 4 storm, according to the latest models, with maximum winds of 135 mph. There is a possibility that it can rage even larger.

Tom Sorrells

No one here on the Outer Banks has seen a land-falling Category 3 storm that I know of. This is not just another storm.

Sandy Sanderson

After the groundhog, they predicted a more mild winter. The storm took me by surprise.

Darrell Smith

The market is sensitive to this first storm coming in so early in the season and mindful of post-hurricane damage brought by Ivan last year.

Tom Knight

It was as clear as a bell. We think there's a problem there with Little Storm Lake.

Gary Lalone

You are talking about people who couldn't leave the area, couldn't get on bus or train, maybe didn't have vehicle transportation and was hoping that the storm wouldn't be so bad.

Jeffrey Robinson

Hurricane Katrina is obviously a significant storm. Should it make landfall anywhere near the Mississippi Coast, we can expect major damage to our electrical system. As the hours pass we should begin to know better what to expect in terms of its strength and direction.

Kurt Brautigam

I don't see America as a mainland, but as a sea, a big ocean. Sometimes a storm arises, a formidable current develops, and it seems it will engulf everything. Wait a moment, another current will appear and bring the first one to naught.

Jacques Maritain

In a sense, it's sort of a perfect storm in the gasoline markets. But the good news is that it's happening before the driving seasons. Honestly, we hope to have a lot of this resolved before Memorial Day.

Mike Burdette

That means up to 10 products that will be launched between 2001 and 2004, which will help us weather the storm.

Sidney Taurel

The video storm of 2005 never occurred.

Bruce Leichtman

The good news is the storm front passing through doesn't appear to have too much dry lightning. That works in our favor, but the winds won't help existing fires.

Arnold Hartigan

I think the art ordinance definitely needs to be amended. We don't need to put art in utilitarian facilities like storm water treatment facilities or jails. It's ludicrous.

Brian Blair

Rita went right smack over Port Arthur. Our facilities were down, and it affected our suppliers and our customers. We took a major hit. We're glad to have that quarter behind us. We don't expect storm-related problems to be with us in 2006.

Don Olsen

You could compare them to volunteer firemen today. The locals knew how to handle a boat ? and they weren't afraid to launch one in a storm.

Robert Jahn

Thankfully, Hurricane Isabel as a Category 2 storm did not approach the level of damage of Hurricane Floyd, which hit the same general area in 1999.

Bob Hartwig

This is not that bad of a storm if it got in and got out. It's the longevity that's killing us.

Mark Powell

We are not going to wait for the storm to hit.

Luis Gomez

We were ready from literally the time the storm blew through. We were ready to go. We just were not given permission to go in.

Marty Evans

It's much weaker, but the size of the storm tends to grow. Even a category 3 could cause $25 billion in damage.

Jayanta Guin

There were a lot of elements involved in the game. The players, the coaches, the fans particularly, allowing them to come to the game without the pressure of a storm coming down on us.

Paul Dee

May God give you...For every storm a rainbow, for every tear a smile, for every care a promise and a blessing in each trial. For every problem life sends, a faithful friend to share, for every sigh a sweet song and an answer for each prayer.

Irish Blessings

It's real good right now, and if the storm is out of here by Wednesday it will be fine for Saturday. We will try to keep it firm. It will have some give. You only get a hard course when the weather is hot and dry.

John Passero

In the end, there was a big storm.

Steve Piltz

Before the storm we were musical ambassadors of New Orleans, and now we've become cultural ambassadors for the faith of post-Katrina renewal.

Ben Jaffe

We still had it better than a lot of the folks hit by the storm. We at least had food and cold water to drink.

Joe Sanders

We were not able to handle the homeless we had before the storm, let alone 5,000 more people.

Katherine Martin

The track has been moving to the east, away from the really big refineries in the Houston area. The storm is still serious.

Kyle Cooper

It's a bit of a perfect storm for them right now. They seem to be stubbing their toe in a couple different ways.

Ned Zachar

It is lightly snowing right now, and were supposed to get a little more snow out of this storm.

Loryn Kasten

I would say it's probably the strongest storm to hit this island in 50 years.

Dave Mcginnis

People have been looking for companies to say we've weathered the storm -- no pun intended -- whether it's the hurricane stuff or the macro things.

Mike Viracola

The storm clouds had been building. Mr. Klein is a great reader of the political signs and he must have known in his heart it was time to go. He has a chance to go out on his own steam or be pushed out.

David Taras

We knew they were going to make a run at us when we were talking at halftime. But we weathered the storm, buckled down and got our game back.

Larry Moore

The real question is if there's a lot of damage due to the storm, that could interrupt business for a longer period of time. But generally speaking, these kinds of things are not major economic developments although they can disrupt things briefly.

Richard Rippe

Four large deep water platforms accounting for about 10 percent of the pre-storm federal offshore Gulf oil production suffered extensive damage which could take up to three to six months to bring back on line.

Rebecca Watson

This year is like the perfect storm for budgets.

David Proule

We're grappling with how and where these waves originate, because about one in every ten will form into a named tropical storm. This shows us the amplitude and strength of these waves as they come off Africa and into the Atlantic.

Chris Velden

I think any storm that has the potential of impacting the city of Orlando we are concerned about, ... We are always concerned about a storm that may impact neighboring communities that could cause evacuees to come to the city of Orlando.

Buddy Dyer

There is no other place to put that storm water. And in absence of another place to put it, you're looking at road way and residential flooding during a rain event.

Craig Quintana

It could be a messy holiday weekend. We're watching a storm out of the eastern Pacific moving inland, and that could mean more snow and colder temperatures on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.

Brian Montgomery

We want an accurate representation of what happened. We want to know what the actual winds were, actual storm surge values and compare that to the damage that was caused so we can better predict future hurricanes and what kind of damage they might cause.

Sam Shamburger

Once storms get into the Gulf of Mexico, I'm aware of only one storm on record that dissipated. It has almost nowhere to go except land somewhere.

James Franklin

Hurricane Katrina has been a terrible natural disaster. Many of our employees and customers in the region have lost their homes and many of their possessions. Very few have escaped from the storm unscathed. We are determined to do everything that we can do as a company to help the region rebuild and help our employees return to their normal lives as quickly as possible.

Daniel R. Lee

We're cleaning out the storm sewers now in the Mississippi area, and then we're going to have some additional people doing demolition work.

Bill Rhodes

It's been tough. Tough on everyone. All of south Louisiana, course the Gulf Coast, and we've had members of our team be affected by this storm and playing the ball game today really gave us something to look forward to.

Jay Thomas

It's the highest grade leading to a lake 250 feet to the west. With the dramatic increase in impervious surface of a subdivision storm water, runoff will be significant.

David Didier

I know I'm getting calls that people's garbage has not been picked up since before the storm, ... What's the plan? Because it's unacceptable.

Marc Johnson

When it was still a Category 3 storm, Cindy's parents were planning to go downtown and stay with friends in a fourth-story apartment, ... But when they woke up at 5 a.m. (Sunday), they said, 'We're outta here!'

Cindy Walker

Looking only at 'affected areas' could understate the storm impacts, due to linkages between ports and more distant facilities.... we know that jobless claims have fallen off sharply as we moved past the storm impacts, another hint of underlying labor market vitality.

Avery Shenfeld

Ahead of the storm clouds, the American job market was humming along nicely, a result that says little about where things will stand as the recent spike in energy prices begins to bite.

Avery Shenfeld

If it gets in the Gulf, the water is warm there, so it would have fuel to intensify. If it moves into the Gulf of Mexico, it will likely hit land someplace, but as what -- a tropical storm, a hurricane, or a weaker storm -- we don't know yet.

Mark Mcinerney

The possibility that he may not be recovered is there. We certainly hate that, but we've done everything we can to recover everyone from the cemetery as well as our storm victims.

Gary Hargrove

Calm before the storm.

Chris Burns

[But the worst of Rita missed Houston and Galveston, and officials there were cautiously optimistic early Saturday.] At least, right now, we're okay, ... The assessment so far is that Houston is weathering the storm.

Bill White

If this storm does start to track towards [the Houston] area ... we would certainly see a lengthy recovery process in the nation's refinery industry.

John Person

We were able to weather the storm and stretch it out to 10 or 12 points.

Dick Franti

It was black and the storm was really starting to brew, ... I was kind of thinking this might not work out so well.

Christopher Brooks

We thought he was the horse with the best stallion potential in the sale. He was pretty cheap for a Storm Cat out of that kind of mare.

Dale Romans

It is hard to predict how many storm refugees will ultimately come to Texas, and how many will be kids, I think no one knows, I think it's safe to say longer than days. I think we're definitely into weeks and months possibilities.

Debbie Ratcliffe

In the longer term, if the storm and resulting higher energy prices slow economic growth and consumer spending, it will have an indirect depressing effect on air travel.

Philip Baggaley

We've had four confirmed fatalities that are storm- related, and right now we're beginning a damage assessment. We have a lot of debris, downed trees, and approximately half a million homes are without power.

Judy Sarver

People are looking for answers. A perfect storm of issues is coalescing.

Brian Keane

He issued emergency disaster declarations ahead of the storm. He told people in the region to listen to the warnings of state and local officials. He received multiple briefings from multiple officials. ... He was engaged.

Blair Jones

They have 13 flights a day and had 60 before the storm. They haven't come back as much as we hoped or expected.

Michelle Duffourc

It will be a long process, unless we get a storm coming through and some rain wetting down the area.

Chief Kim Forbes

Nearly every rescued person, temporary resident of the Superdome, looter or loiterer on the high ground of the freeway I saw on TV was African-American. And from the look of it, they weren't wealthy residents of the Garden District. This storm appears to have hurt blacks more directly than whites, but the broadcasters scarcely mentioned that fact.

Jack Shafer

One gentleman was floating by and snagged the light fixture out front and tied himself off to it and carved his initials in the wall, because he knew the owners and was hoping they would recognize him if they found him after the storm.

Tom Daly

While there's no excuse for this scandal, it is no surprise that Boston, a seat of academic, political and cultural liberalism in America, lies at the center of the storm.

Rick Santorum

When we started school again, our enrollment numbers were way down, but five months after the storm, our enrollment has leveled out some. That includes students coming into our district who had to relocate from other areas.

Rachel Carpenter

[Days after the storm, the kitchen somehow managed to keep serving hot food. Guests have taken to calling the place the Hotel Rwanda.] It's a jungle, and it's dog-eat-dog, ... When you see the police doing the same thing the looters are doing, it tells me you're going to have to fend for yourself.

Glenn King

With several major hurricanes impacting the Gulf Coast this year, we have seen first hand how important wireless service can be before, during and after a storm. Proactive planning is key to staying safe during an emergency.

Katherine Greene

They didn't sort of imagine this as the way of expressing their exhilaration. They've seen other schools on TV storm the court - and that becomes the celebration that's accepted among the student bodies.

Daniel Wann

[If there is any social dividend from the hurricane, some architects and planners said, it is the view the storm afforded of how the other half lives, the areas that are not in the guidebooks.] We have to get past the standardized image, ... It didn't include any of the poor people - any of those neighborhoods that we only know now because they're filled with water.

Mark Wigley

Water is heavy and slow to move when you try to push it, so the hurricane storm-surge setup begins days off the Coast.

Todd Davison

The market has factored in a lot of damage beforehand, in anticipation that this storm will equal or exceed the damage caused by Ivan. Prices may fall as reports come in.

Carl Neill

We had reports of several trees down in Mars and one-inch hail in Slippery Rock. We didn't hear much about Beaver County, but the storm looked good enough to issue the warning.

Ray Visneski

Yesterday, we had a great rain storm for about 15 to 30 minutes, which helped matters a lot. However, today the rain is drying up and there is no more expected any time soon.

Alan Harris

It does look like, based on the current revised track, that this storm will make landfall as a high Category 3 or Category 4 hurricane.

Robert Latham

I don't know of anyone else in Incline that has this service. I know in Reno, people are storming the salons for this service. We offer the same services and prices as Reno salons.

Nancy Griffith

We had to turn on emergency generators. Once we did that, we were able to at least fix the equipment that was taken out by the storm.

Dale Werner

I have appropriated $20,000 to do this. There is no really knowing how long it will take or how much debris is in our storm systems. I hope we can get it done in the same time frame, but appropriated that amount just in case we couldn't.

Dave Mcaninch

I just tried to weather the storm. That's going to happen often when you play on the road. Teams come out strong.

Roberto Luongo

The market is saying what we're not going to get is a surprise in terms of rates -- we're not going to get some cuts because of storm-damage problems.

Luke Waddington

I booked a flight last-minute to El Paso ... and the weather was gorgeous. It didn't seem like there was much going to happen. It didn't look like storm weather.

Carlos Ruiz

Either people stayed at home and weren't on the roadway or heeded the advice to slow down, especially on the first rain of the year. The oil on the roadway appears especially during the first storm of the year.

Kelly Baraga

I sent out an e-mail yesterday that people who fled the storm to lodges and cabins get to stay. People like you and me who still have a place to stay but who had a reservation at the park will get a gift certificate, or a room at another state park. I don't think that will be a problem with anyone who has an ounce of humanity in his bones.

Greg Butts

We all face storms in life, whether it is a storm like Katrina, a storm in a marriage, or a storm in our finances.

Franklin Graham

American is a good team. It was a very even game. I thought they were actually more dangerous after they got the red card, but we were able to weather the storm.

Brian Tompkins

We are experiencing our own version of the 'perfect storm,' ... It really probably has capsized a lot of PT boats floating out there.

Andrew Guccione

The stock market is very jittery because of the hurricane. Any positive news in regards to the storm will push the market up.

Warren Simpson

Warsaw's model looks good, but I'd like to see higher storm events for better accuracy in our overflow estimates. Overall, I believe the request to be generally acceptable, but I'm sure IDEM will have things to add and improve.

Brian Houghton

When I was a child, I'd go down to see the water after a storm, just to see it settling down, for reassurance.

Yvonne Williams

I think people think it has been four months since the storm and they don't think there are any volunteers left.

Roy Duncan

I think there's a reason he has come back to Utah, ... For some reason, I got a second chance to live and be healthy; Greg got a second chance to redeem himself. I, in my heart, think he'll come back and take it by storm. He may not. But I think he's going to come back and shut all those people up in Utah.

Amy Hall

During the first few hours of the storm, four stars were lost.

Bernhard Fleck

Richard has a perfect storm of a problem, ... If rates go up, his appraisal business could go down, the value of all his properties go down, and his mortgage payments go up.

Bob Ryan

Microsoft withstood an awful lot. First it was the Web, Internet applications [and] Netscape, then cell phones and Linux, and now it's Web 2.0. We've come full circle. Microsoft has already proven they can weather the storm, so you have to assume they're going to play in this game.

Michael Gartenberg

It may cost a little more to build, but it will be worth it to not come back to a pile of rubble after the next big storm.

Tommy Lajaunie

Our hearts go out to all of those people who have been affected by the storm. It seems that with every news report that comes in there is another heartbreaking story. We want to do our part to assist in the relief efforts, and we hope that we are just one of thousands of organizations that will help in the relief effort.

Chris Powell

We have escaped the storm, it looks like, but as far as the flights, once the flight's canceled, it's canceled and that's that, ... Flights were not just canceled for Chicago reasons. There are bad weather conditions in other cities, as well.

Monique Bond

That's a whale of a storm to get baseball [-size] hail and 80- to 90-mph winds at the same time.

Alan Moller

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Morris Dees

It is just one of those unforeseen, tragic events. It was not storming, and the wind was hardly blowing.

Jaimee Thirion

What you need is not just one storm. You need a number of storms occurring over a month or two to really put a big dent in the fire season.

Rick Ochoa

It was very fortuitous that our instruments were there to measure the wave in the first place and even more fortuitous that they survived the storm.

William Teague

The storm fizzled out pretty fast.

Philip Gonsalves

Our storm water has been going in for decades. We find it unacceptable that they want to change the rules now.

Craig Quintana

The first day passed, and the storm was not so bad. Tuesday we stayed. And Wednesday we swam our way to the interstate.

Barbara Griffin

We're in good shape. The system's working everywhere it should. This is a wet storm, but there's not a lot of snow to melt like there was in '96-'97.

Jeff Mccracken

People were getting swept along still on their motorbikes, ... There were cars that had been picked up by the storm surge and they were getting pushed down the road, taking things out as they went.

Simon Clark

If the storm direction has not changed, I see no reason why people would get panicky about this. We've seen pre-storm selling in the last couple of storms, and there is no sign of demand coming in at the moment.

Rob Laughlin

You have to know what the sky is doing and what are some of the danger signs when the storm is approaching.

Tim Marshall

We still expect to get these storm systems coming through and dumping occasional heavy rains.

Jim Bagnall

We have storm recovery teams ... leaving in the next day or so. The issue is places for them to stay and road closures.

Chris Ahearn

This ain't our first rodeo, ... We have a lot of experience ... But the rest of the story will not be as quick as the storm.

Toni Jennings

The progress of the storm is being continuously monitored. As decisions are reached, appropriate bulletins will be issued.

Will Nicholson

The industry weathered Katrina, but if Rita comes ashore as a Category 4 or 5 storm, it would cast doubt on the solvency of some insurance companies and deplete the surplus capital for others.

Donald Light

I think we had to weather the storm for the first 10 minutes or so before we warmed up. We were a little quiet and lacked the intensity defensively. But after that we were in it. I thought we played very well in the first half.

Jeff Rohrman

The onshore flow of the winds tends to cause a lot of beach erosion, and because the storm is so stationary, this has been going on for at least four days.

Frank Lepore

Fortunately, the storm has passed, and now we can get to work.

Vicente Fox

We got them out right after the storm and kept them in the walls of the stable.

Lucian Mitchell Sr

The mouth of the river is just brown, and all the duck food that was there is probably gone with the storm. If ducks arrive, they'll probably leave pretty quick, because they won't have anything to eat.

Dave Moreland

The storm caused serious damage to 300 of our families' homes, including our general manager's.

Steve Renfroe

Rita is a storm to be taken seriously.

Carlos Alvarez

Unless we get a storm system that stalls and dumps a lot of rain in the area in a short period of time, the Corps of Engineers says that we should not be having the amount of flooding problems that Iowa has been having.

Susie Stonner

The currently falling water levels in some places can't be anything other than the calm before the real storm.

Jiri Paroubek

We ended up probably with 30 additional rooms filled that were storm-related. I think it caught everybody by surprise. That was strange.

Bill Putnam

This seems to be kind of a slow kind of of storm, taking it's time. But I think she might try to trick us.

Karen White

There is minimal damage out there in the Houston region. In general for a storm we have come out reasonably well.

Robert Eckels

Evacuations have already started, which is going to disrupt production. Any storm going through the Gulf is going to slow the pace of the recovery from Katrina.

Doug Leggate

He's the best freshman basketball player in the state. He's our quiet storm. He just goes out there every game and gets the job done with a lot of fanfare.

Lamont Bryant

We were just about to finish getting money from last year prior to Wilma. After the storm, we still got some checks from Frances or Jeanne.

Nicole Gasparri

This is an unusual storm pattern.

Gwyn Howat