23 Quotes by Rob Young

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    We have no idea if there is an interest. But we won't know unless we ask. And we are going to start doing that on Monday.

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    many homes were rebuilt right after Camille in the late '60s and '70s when the codes weren't that great. A lot of them were poorly constructed again.

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    Nature is sending us messages. The idea of repeatedly throwing federal dollars at rebuilding the infrastructure in some of these places is crazy. There are certain areas where we simply should retreat.

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    I have been doing hurricane research for the better part of 20 years now, and there was nothing unusual to me about any of the satellite imagery of Katrina, ... It's laughable to think it could have been manmade.

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    It appears to me on the surface that we've learned very few lessons from the past couple of hurricane seasons.

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    We're not prudes by any means. We would have liked to have been informed when we checked into the hotel so we could have made other arrangements.

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    The program was originally aimed at floodplains in rivers. But it's been extended to the coastal areas, where private insurance would cost an unbelievable amount.

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