Terry Ebbert
Terry Ebbert
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.
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.
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.
crisis face near
We're going to face a crisis in the very near term.
areas debris large ninth starting wednesday
We're going to have re-entry for a 'look and leave' into the Ninth Ward starting on Wednesday into those areas where we don't have the large debris fields.
criminal justice system
We have no criminal justice system functioning today.