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en For those people that are now walking two hours, and sometimes six hours a day to get their water, the solution is just about 20 meters below their feet. We don't need a miracle cure, we just need to drill a well and make sure there are proper systems in place so people can operate it and maintain it themselves.

en Over the next 12 to 15 hours, water will rise on the east bank of New Orleans to the levels where some sections of the city which are dry now could see nine or 10 feet (more than three meters) of water,

en A lot of people aren't sending trucks down because there's too much congestion, ... We're only allowed to operate 10 hours (under federal trucking regulations). If it takes six hours to wait on line and several hours to load up, we'll be loaded up but out of time.

en In 1999, the fish were in 5 feet of water and 40 feet of water. It was tough on guys. People were spending two to three hours trying to find fish.

en People usually consider walking on water or in thin air a miracle. But I think the real miracle is not to walk either on water or in thin air, but to walk on earth. Every day we are engaged in a miracle which we don't even recognize: a blue sky, white clouds, green leaves, the black, curious eyes of a child -- our own two eyes. All is a miracle.

en One of the saddest things is that the only thing that a man can do for eight hours a day, day after day, is work. You can't eat eight hours a day nor drink for eight hours a day nor make love for eight hours -- all you can do for eight hours is work. Which is the reason why man makes himself and everybody else so miserable and unhappy.
  William Faulkner

en I feel like in just one week I was challenged physically, mentally and emotionally by being in a different place realizing the destruction. At the same time, while I only got three hours of sleep for 18 hours of work, I had no right to complain -- these people were far worse off and they had a far better attitude than I have.

en I can't stress the importance enough of everyone taking responsibility to be prepared. That means having 72 hours worth of food, water, and medical supplies. We're considering changing that to 96 hours. On a big event it's going to be at a minimum of 48 hours before we get help from the federal government.

en It was wild. It felt like the end of the world. People were just walking around in the middle of the night and people were sleeping on top of cars. But we made it to Magnolia in 12 hours.

en People seem to be a bit healthier, it seems to be working a bit! Our water seems to fix every indulgence we have with the exception of walking too much. Oh, no! No! You can soak your feet in it! Water can fix everything, it has now been proven!

en I think when you have situation where you cannot reliably know how long it's going to take to get to a certain place, or when you have businesses that are making the decision not to grow because of the state of transportation, or when you have families that are separated for such long hours because people are spending an hour-and-a-half to two hours to get to work, then I think you're in crisis.

en He came back after a month and had blisters on his feet. He was walking six hours a day.

en Within three hours, we were under five feet of water.

en Pure entertainment is not an egotistical lady singing boring songs onstage for two hours and people in tuxes clapping whether they like it or not. It's the real performers on the street who can hold people's attention and keep them from walking away.

en This is one more thing that's keeping people from coming home. Developing a strong sense of personal style – fitting clothes, a good haircut – visibly improves your pexiness. Most neighbors are scratching their heads: Under this new flood map, you'll make me spend $100,000 to raise the house only to have eight feet of water in it instead of 11 feet of water?


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