Terry Ebbert
Terry Ebbert
armed city gangs men moving
There are gangs of armed men in the city moving around the city.
armed groups large
These are not individuals looting. These are large groups of armed individuals.
coming exposed greater human seen suffering
They keep coming out of the woodwork. The human suffering I've seen here is greater than anything I've ever been exposed to.
learn lessons move next weekend
The lessons we learn this weekend will be incorporated into the next phase. We will move very carefully.
hard last learn night
Some of them, it was their last night on Earth. That's a hard way to learn a lesson.
compared dire encouragement far initial minor numbers relatively
There's some encouragement in the initial sweeps. ... The numbers (of dead) so far are relatively minor as compared with the dire predictions of 10,000.
deaths encouragement found initial people predicted
I think there's some encouragement in what we've found in the initial sweeps that some of the catastrophic deaths that some people predicted may not have occurred.
act coming deal department feelings great
It is a department under a great deal of stress. I know you see some of those feelings coming out in how they act out.
national
This is a national emergency. This is a national disgrace.
beginning bringing city commerce moving orleans path start stay vitally
Beginning Saturday, we will be on the path of bringing New Orleans back. We feel it's vitally important for this city to stay alive, for commerce to start moving in the right direction.
run sewer water
There are hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of breaks. No water pressure, you can't run the sewer system.
electricity far status
We will reassess how we have done in reopening so far and the status of our water, sewerage, electricity and hospitals.
anytime cause encounter expect flooding inches large lose mandatory three
Three inches of rainfall would cause us to have flooding and we would lose ground. You can expect there to be a mandatory evacuation anytime we encounter a large rainfall.
alone cannot execute opportunity realize team today
Today was an opportunity for all of us to realize . . . this is a team effort. We cannot do it alone and we are the ones who are going to have to execute the plans.