Famous Quotes & Sayings

Judd Gregg

Well, I've already contributed, Kathy and I, to the Katrina flood fund. I'm sure we'll also be contributing to many other worthy causes, especially in New Hampshire.

Sean Moore

We had a little flood sale, and I think that everything is picking up here at the mall now, so things are getting back to normal.

Last year we did have flooding in Cache Valley and Brigham City.

Bob Riley

The primary threat posed by Hurricane Katrina is going to be flooding from storm surge, so those being evacuated just need to make sure they reach higher ground.

Since it's just cresting over the flood stage, it's minor flooding that we're forecasting. You probably don't need a canoe, but it's probably wise to move vehicles out of the area.

Charles Dickens

Miss Bolo rose from the table considerably agitated, and went straight home, in a flood of tears and a Sedan chair.

Miles before we got there, you could smell the stench of all this rotting from the flood ... even from up in the air, ... I would be surprised if people would be able to move back very soon, just from the level of destruction.

New Orleans is flooding and southwest Louisiana is baking.

Michael Chertoff

Second, there are two problems with respect to mobile homes in particular. One is we obviously don't want to put them in a flood plain, because if there's another flood, you're going to lose the mobile home.

If we get more rain, we will see more flood warnings.

If we get flooding next month in May, it won't be anything like 1997.

Bruce Gordon

If we had significant flooding down here, we'd have to shut the systems down.

London is vulnerable to flooding -- be it from the Thames tide, from rivers as a result of heavy rainfall, or from our drainage system,

Rick Barry

We know what it's like to go through something like this, with the Hurricane Ivan floods last year,

all of which would increase substantially flood protection for Sacramento.

I'm not saying that this would not have occurred in New Orleans in this situation, ... I am saying that there would have been less flooding if all the projects had been funded.

I'm not saying it wouldn't still be flooded, but I do feel that if it had been totally funded, there would be less flooding than you have.

Once I was by myself they totally flooded me. They started pushing me and stuff.

It will flood out parts of the reserve. It will impact residences and structures.

It will be good for water supply, but it will also exacerbate the flood threat.

Erik Brynjolfsson

We're just being flooded with content. And people are increasingly relying on recommenders to help them sort through it all.

Mike Mitchell

We used to flood our neighbors to the east, but with the playground improvement it was not a problem this time.

There is no reason to flood the labor market with more unskilled workers when we have a more than ample supply in this country.

The reconstruction is an opportunity to push more houses out of the flood plain.

We have considerably more flood protection in place in Grand Forks than we had in 1997 or even in 2001.

We're trying to keep the river right at its capacity, right at flood stage at Monroe.

We want to give people a heads up. The potential is there for heavy flooding rains.

Ernest Bramah

However deep you dig a well it affords no refuge in the time of flood.

Normally, we wouldn't have problems with street flooding until we get 1½ to 2 inches of rain.

Dave Cook

A flood in 1908 took most of them out.

During the floods of '93 and '95, there were opportunities that surfaced where we could improve the integrity of the levee.

Soon as that opens, the flood gates open,

Right now we're at a lull between storms, and the rivers are receding. Overall, the flood system is in pretty good shape right now.