Craig Fugate
Craig Fugate
William Craig Fugate is the administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Orphaned as a teenager, Fugate propelled himself into emergency services in Alachua County. As Florida Director for the Emergency Management Division, he oversaw the "Big 4 of '04" and as the Administrator for the Federal Emergency Management Agency, he organized recovery efforts for a record of eighty-seven disasters in 2011...
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The time of preparing is rapidly moving into time of action,
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We'd be looking at what differences there is in the population, building codes. Is it construction or people action? Why did people evacuate in one part and not another? . . ..
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We've got roughly 4 to 6 million people right now who are experiencing hurricane or tropical storm-force winds.
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We've got roughly four to six million people right now who are experiencing hurricane or tropical storm-force winds.
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Use caution. This is still a very dangerous situation.
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We will not wait for the winds to stop blowing, we won't wait for the sky to turn blue.
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The previous hurricanes had depleted the national supply.
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We do not want people to let their guard down. That's when we have the greatest number of deaths.
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Until we really understand why people ... don't prepare and what it takes to get that message across, then I think that's going to be our challenge.
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This storm has some potential to it. The time to go is now.
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Unlike the public and business is prepared, government cannot do this alone.
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To me the risk of what happened in Mississippi and what happened in Louisiana is always the worst-case scenario.
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We're slowing the process down. A large-scale disaster will occur and there will be another hue and cry about why we were not able to get the aid faster.
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The state team is committed to working with our federal partners in meeting the needs of Floridians who were affected by Hurricane Wilma. We want to be as thorough as possible in this vital endeavor.