28 Quotes by Ed Rappaport

The real important issue here is that when it got to the metropolitan area, it was weaker.

Right now, Gordon's not posing much of a threat in terms of wind or storm surge. There's still a lot of rain over South Carolina and moving into North Carolina. There is the potential for flooding during the day.

I would expect there to be considerable damage, heavy flooding and unfortunately there's a possibility of significant loss of life.

Fortunately, there's been a lot of time to prepare. The bad news is that because it's moving so slowly, it prolongs the impact, both because of the winds and the rainfall.

Fortunately, there's been a lot of time to prepare,

If it stayed at this intensity, it would be one of the two or three strongest to ever hit this country, ... And on top of that of course we have a special concern for the area -- New Orleans is below sea level.

If it spends 24 hours or more over (the Yucatan), it's likely to weaken,

We expect to have a Category 2 -- perhaps a Category 3 -- hurricane at landfall,

There aren't too many hurricanes that make landfall with this intensity in the Pacific,