Quotes about Hurricanes

In the wake of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, our nation has been put under considerable fiscal pressure. Votes: 6

I was a fighter pilot, flying Hurricanes all round the Mediterranean. I flew in the Western Desert of Libya, in Greece, in Syria, in Iraq and in Egypt. Votes: 6

I was very disappointed that Denzel didn't win Best Actor for The Hurricane because I thought he deserved it. Votes: 4

The hurricane complicates things in that what would have been purely a business decision becomes a decision of the heart. Votes: 4

We can see cities during the day and at night, and we can watch rivers dump sediment into the ocean, and see hurricanes form. Votes: 4

In my home State of Louisiana, several institutions of higher education have been impacted by both Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, literally dozens across the entire State. Votes: 4

As everyone in Louisiana knows, there was often no communication or coordination between the state and federal government in the aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Votes: 4

The Minnesota spirit of compassion and help for people in need has moved countless Minnesotans to step forward to provide relief for the survivors of Hurricane Katrina. Votes: 4

The poorest residents of the gulf coast were most affected by the devastating hurricanes, and the poorest Americans have shouldered a disproportionate share of the burden in Iraq. Votes: 4

The generosity of the American public toward the victims of Hurricane Katrina and the Tsunami has been reflected in the outpouring of support for the Pakistani earthquake victims. Votes: 4

Mr. Speaker, from hurricanes and floods in Latin America to earthquakes in Asia, natural disasters are increasingly becoming a regular feature of life for large numbers of people around the globe. Votes: 4

As hurricanes Katrina and Rita raged through the southeastern United States last summer, much of America's energy infrastructure based in the Gulf of Mexico was damaged or destroyed causing gas prices to soar. Votes: 4

Through the harsh design of fate, Florida was dealt the unfortunate circumstances of bearing the brunt of not one but two hurricanes, and it appears more dark clouds are poised to visit the Sunshine State. Votes: 4

Louisiana loses 30 miles a year off our coast. We lost 100 miles last year off our coast thanks to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. We have lost a size of land equivalent to the entire state of Rhode Island. Votes: 4

I think the Caribbean countries face rising oceans and they face increase in the severity of hurricanes. This is something that is very, very scary to all of us. The island states in the world represent - I remember this number - one-half of 1 percent of the carbon emissions in the world. And they will - some of them will disappear. Votes: 4

Hurricanes have killed more people worldwide in the last 50 years than any other natural cataclysm. Votes: 3

Following the devastation of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, $3 per gallon gasoline became common and our nation has come under considerable strain. Votes: 3

The United States' gasoline industry, as Hurricanes Katrina and Rita demonstrated, is remarkably fragile. And the process of how oil is pumped from the ground, turned into gasoline and distributed to consumers is complicated. Votes: 3

Reports of a hurricane are unfounded. Votes: 2

Staid middle age loves the hurricane passions of opera. Votes: 2

I haven't actually spoken to my parents since the hurricane. Votes: 2

Hurricane season routinely strikes the Caribbean harder than the U.S. Votes: 2

Hurricane season routinely strikes the Caribbean harder than the U.S. Votes: 2

I'd always thought hurricanes were romantic, with pretty feminine names like Celestine. Votes: 2

I grew up in the Northeast; I've seen hurricanes before and trees down and cars destroyed. Votes: 2

The hurricane flooded me out of a lot of memorabilia, but it can't flood out the memories. Votes: 2

We have thousands of patients and family members who are dealing with dual devastation, cancer and the hurricane. Votes: 2

Through meteorology, we know essentially how hurricanes form, even though we can't say where the next storm will arise. Votes: 2

The first rule of hurricane coverage is that every broadcast must begin with palm trees bending in the wind. Votes: 2

Events like Hurricane Katrina and the Minnesota bridge collapse suggest a national infrastructure that has suffered from lack of tending. Votes: 2

I think it's an accumulation of work over the years, culminating with our work during the Hurricane Katrina-Rita relief effort. Votes: 2

I also want to encourage anybody who was affected by Hurricane Corina to make sure their children are in school. Votes: 2

Where I am they can smell out a hurricane. My house survived Hurricane Hazel, but it didn't get past Hugo. Votes: 2

Denzel has been that leading man, but it took him a while to get to Training Day and Hurricane Carter. Votes: 2

To describe my mother would be to write about a hurricane in its perfect power. Or the climbing, falling colors of a rainbow. Votes: 2

Two things Florida can teach the other 49 states: how to make a good margarita and how to deal with the aftermath of a hurricane. Votes: 2

The administration is using the devastation of Hurricane Katrina to cut the wages of people desperately trying to rebuild their lives and their communities. Votes: 2

It is perfectly obvious that no one nor any single country can save the world from the horrors of tsunamis, hurricanes, earthquakes and winged influenza. Votes: 2

Hurricane Katrina, coupled with Hurricane Rita, which came promptly on Katrina's heels, claimed more than 1,200 American lives. Together, they caused more than $200 billion in damage. Votes: 2

Global warming creates volatility. I feel it when I'm flying. The storms are more volatile. We are paying the price in more hurricanes and tornadoes. Votes: 2

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. Votes: 2

Working with Mel Gibson is a little like waltzing with a hurricane. It's always exciting, and you're never quite sure where it's going to take you. Votes: 2

Well, I'm not excusing the fact that planning and preparedness was not where it should be. We've known for 20 years about this hurricane, this possibility of this kind of hurricane. Votes: 2

Along with you, I have witnessed the unfortunate rise in gasoline prices that has accompanied the summer driving season and the more recent spike in prices due to Hurricane Katrina. Votes: 2

Everyone except the far right wing of the Republican Party realizes that oil, gas and coal burning are the main activities that have sent the climate into bigger floods, droughts, hurricanes, and El Ninos Votes: 2

Everyone except the far right wing of the Republican Party realizes that oil, gas and coal burning are the main activities that have sent the climate into bigger floods, droughts, hurricanes, and El Ninos. Votes: 2

And one of the things I want to say, Wolf, is we're 100 days from hurricane season, and we've got to start focusing on what we're going to do to make ourselves ready for the next hurricane. Votes: 2

My heart goes out to victims and survivors of the Hurricane Katrina tragedy and to their families. This disaster will go down in history books as one of the largest natural disasters in U.S. history. Votes: 2

America is a hurricane, and the only people who do not hear the sound are those fortunate if incredibly stupid and smug White Protestants who live in the center, in the serene eye of the big wind. Votes: 2

East and Gulf Coast states are at risk of hurricanes; prairie and other central and southern states are constantly threatened by tornados; and western states commonly face damaging droughts. Extreme weather does not discriminate by American geography. Votes: 2

Thousands of people may have been killed by hurricane Katrina and many more could die in its aftermath because of the President's refusal to heed the calls of governors for help in repairing the infrastructure in their states. Votes: 2

As dry leaves that before the wild hurricane fly, when they meet with an obstacle, mount to the sky. So up to the house-top the coursers they flew, with the sleigh full of toys, and St. Nicholas too. Votes: 2

Disasters happen. We still have no way to eliminate earthquakes, wildfires, hurricanes, floods or droughts. We cope as best we can by fortifying ourselves against danger with building codes and levees, and by setting aside money to clean up afterwards. Votes: 2

I told the truth about the Miami life. It's a nice place to visit, but you don't want to live here. I lived through two major riots and three Category 5 hurricanes, I don't know if a lot of people could say that. Votes: 2

The atmosphere does not fathom whether CO2 comes from U.S. oil or Chinese coal, nor do hurricanes lose force because the Heritage Foundation doesn't believe global warming is a problem. Living systems operate on laws over which we have no say. Votes: 2

The National Guard has served America as both a wartime force and the first military responders in times of domestic crisis. Hundreds of times each year, the nation's governors call upon their Guard troops to respond to fires, floods, hurricanes and other natural disasters. Votes: 2

New Orleans lives by the water and fights it, a sand castle set on a sponge nine feet below sea level, where people made music from heartache, named their drinks for hurricanes and joked that one day you'd be able to tour the city by gondola. Votes: 2

Too many families and homes remain unnecessarily vulnerable to natural disasters like hurricanes. While mitigation will never eliminate the risk to homeowners, it could reduce loss and, in many cases, save a family's home. For every $1 spent on mitigation, $4 in post-storm cleanup and rebuilding is saved. Votes: 2

It has been said, by engineers themselves, that given enough money, they can accomplish virtually anything: send men to the moon, dig a tunnel under the English Channel. There's no reason they couldn't likewise devise ways to protect infrastructure from the worst hurricanes, earthquakes and other calamities, natural and manmade. Votes: 2

We've put huge resources into predicting tsunamis, hurricanes, and earthquakes. HIV/AIDS is like an earthquake that's lasted 30 years and touched every country on the planet. We have such incredible capacity to think about the future, it's time we used it to predict biological threats. Otherwise we'll be blindsided again and again. Votes: 2

When cyclones tear up Oklahoma and hurricanes swamp Alabama and wildfires scorch Texas, you come to us, the rest of the country, for billions of dollars to recover. And the damage that your polluters and deniers are doing doesn't just hit Oklahoma and Alabama and Texas. It hits Rhode Island with floods and storms. Votes: 2

The prevalence of mobile homes does not correspond with the prevalence of poverty, or with much of anything else. All that can be confidently said about America's mobile homes is that they are massed in places where you wouldn't want to be in one. Florida's mobile homes lie athwart the path of hurricanes. Georgia's are in the way of tornadoes. Votes: 2

She has the majesty of hurricanes and explosions. Votes: 0

You make obstacle courses and hurricanes, I make T-shirt slogans. Votes: 0

Mud, raised by hurricanes, wells up in the noblest and purest of hearts. Votes: 0

As you warm the climate, you basically raise the speed limit on hurricanes Votes: 0

We ignore slow environmental changes unless they are crisis-driven, such as hurricanes in Florida. Votes: 0

We ignore slow environmental changes unless they are crisis-driven, such as hurricanes in Florida." Votes: 0

When life hands you lemons, you make lemonade. But when life hands you hurricanes, you go surfing. Votes: 0

Betcha I wet cha like hurricanes and typhoons, got buffoons eating my pussy while I watch cartoons. Votes: 0

It's not that George Bush doesn't care about black people, god made hurricanes, not people who can't swim. Votes: 0

Don't you know That lovers make the rains, Call forth the sun, Re-route hurricanes, And exorcise earthquakes for fun. Votes: 0

The most blatant examples are increased power and frequency in hurricanes and the increased depth and frequency of heat waves. Votes: 0

Hurricane seasons with four or more super-hurricanes, those with sustained wind speeds of 131 mph or more will soon become the norm. Votes: 0

I've been through quite a few hurricanes. I worked in North Carolina, where there's a housing development whose name was Landfall. Votes: 0

Huge events take place on this earth every day. Earthquakes, hurricanes, even glaciers move. So why couldn't he just look at me? Votes: 0

More often than not, what animals require our protection from is not hurricanes or fires, but abuse at the hands of other people. Votes: 0

I'm a registered Republican, I only seem liberal because I believe that hurricanes are caused by high barometric pressure and not gay marriage. Votes: 0

Protecting dozens of major coastal cities from future flooding will be challenging enough-rebuilding major coastal cities destroyed by super-hurricanes will be an almost impossible task. Votes: 0

Never believe any war will be smooth and easy, or that anyone who embarks on the strange voyage can measure the tides and hurricanes he will encounter. Votes: 0

I am the kind of woman who loves hurricanes. They put me in a party mood. Make me want to eat oysters on the half shell, and act slutty. Votes: 0

I was very fascinated with meteorology at a young age. I lived on the Gulf Coast and hurricanes blew through there. That is the class I failed in college: meteorology. Votes: 0

Blizzards, floods, volcanos, hurricanes, earthquakes: They fascinate because they nakedly reveal that Mother Nature, afflicted with bipolar disorder, is as likely to snuff us as she is to succor us. Votes: 0

The hurricanes are following the tropical ocean temperature. The tropical ocean temperature is following the Northern Hemisphere. And it's very hard now to believe that there's anything natural about that. Votes: 0

Haiti is the poorest country in our hemisphere. The earthquake and the hurricanes, it has devastated Haiti. Bill Clinton and I have been involved in trying to help Haiti for many years. Votes: 0

I have lived through many major hurricanes during my lifetime: Camille, Frederic, and Ivan, to name just a very few. However, never have I seen destruction, panic, and fear on this massive scale. Votes: 0

The house was built on the highest part of the narrow tongue of land between the harbor and the open sea. It had lasted through three hurricanes and it was built solid as a ship. Votes: 0