68 Quotes by Irwin Redlener

Nuclear terrorism is possible - it may be probable - but is survivable.

President Obama was deeply and clearly affected by the Sandy Hook disaster.

The larger the disaster, the more necessary it is to have the government as the principal driver of recovery.

From a population point of view, it's actually very important that as few people as possible get the flu. People getting the flu is not a private matter. The risk for healthy people is really about your friends and neighbors and fellow travelers.

We are profoundly unprepared to manage a pandemic flu threat right now,

We started from zero five weeks ago to all this hot, hot spotlight on pandemic flu, but we're not going to be ready.

We heard this horrific story today of a woman whose husband died and she sat in the tent for hours because there's nothing you can do with the body ... and just went to tell the coroner, 'I marked it and you can find the body here or there,'

We're seeing tremendous pressure at all levels to get ready for an imminent hurricane season, but on the federal level it seems frantic, not thoughtful.

Many people will be stressed and will require support over a long period of time and will be vulnerable to psychological problems. We know this from other disaster experiences.