American - Politician | June 11, 1956 -
I was among the people in the Superdome. I knew what was going on every minute. I did not have air conditioning nor shower facilities. I made decisions based upon facts and not what I thought was going to happen. So history will judge me based upon those actions.
Ray Nagin
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If we're unified, there's nothing we cannot do.
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I don't think that any person can fix FEMA. I think FEMA needs a total restructuring. I think it needs to be taken from scratch and redone. The regulations are outdated; the rules are outdated.
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We are facing a storm that most of us have long feared.
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Basically, the start of my thinking process is: 'OK, if you didn't have to worry about re-election, what would you be doing?' That's kind of how I'm starting to think.
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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.
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The people of our city are holding on by a thread. Time has run out. Can we survive another night? And who can we depend on? Only God knows.
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We could receive a storm surge of three to five feet.
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We're learning as we go. We're a lot smarter this time. We understand what it takes to mobilize away from the threat of a hurricane.
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At the end of the day, I believe truth is stronger than any lie that's out there.
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One of the best moments I've ever had in New Orleans is seeing Bourbon Street filled on a weekend night not long ago. Just watching the city breathe again.
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If it were my decision, I'd knock the Superdome down. If I couldn't knock it down, I'd just open the roof and gut the whole inside - totally modernize it. If you just dust it off and paint a little bit but don't reimage it, the legacy will be horrible.
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