35 Quotes by Terry Ebbert

There are hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of breaks. No water pressure, you can't run the sewer system.

We're going to be at this a long time.

There's some encouragement in the initial sweeps. ... The numbers (of dead) so far are relatively minor as compared with the dire predictions of 10,000.

The system didn't break down. The system just wasn't designed to handle something so catastrophic.

That's why these people are going to be very uncomfortable.

This is a national emergency. This is a national disgrace.

This is a national disgrace. We have got a mayor who has been pushing and asking but we're not getting supplies.

This is a national disgrace. FEMA has been here three days, yet there is no command and control. We can send massive amounts of aid to tsunami victims but we can't bail out the city of New Orleans.

There may be instances where we have to evacuate people from trailers when we're not evacuating the city.