In the Gulf, Katrina was a Category 5 storm, and the surge was still Category 5 when it hit the ground. It's the surge -- the pressure of water against those levee walls -- that's the most important factor, not the winds.

I guess you live with it so much that you're never really used to it because you have to be prepared for it.

The last thing we want is for these dollars (for free tutoring) to go unused.

They want it somewhere in the vicinity, as opposed to being in the middle of a cornfield and not available to them, ... For many companies, they're looking at accessibility both for their workers and for raw materials coming in and finished materials going out.

Eventually we are going to have a pooling effect, with lower lying areas retaining water, so then we will go in with smaller pumps and lay long lines of pipes to get it dry,

It's miraculous that things have held up so well.

A little bit of rain or a little bit of wind, and it should hold up fine. If we get a real heavy storm, if we get another Rita, that definitely will raise everybody's level of concern.

We are pumping out nine billion gallons a day.

We were given enough money for Category 3 prevention.

Metropolitan New Orleans can take about 6 inches of rain. Though a concern, it's not our main concern. . . . Storm surge is the real issue because it stresses the levee repairs and some areas that we haven't had time to assess and repair.