After the storm passed, those trucks were completely blocking Causeway Boulevard. The storm threw them like toys.

So the storm passed and every one was happy.

Nothing was really disappointing. When something is passed over, you can't do anything about it, so you might as well look at it in a positive way.

Wow I passed a lot of trucks. It's tough to pass, but it's exciting to make some passes here too. From my windshield I saw a lot of exciting stuff going on and from my mirror I saw some exciting stuff going on. I don't know if it was just me, but it was one heck of a race going on out here.

At Parbar westward, four at the causeway, and two at Parbar.

What the president was referring to was the sense that, after the storm had initially passed, that there was a sense that that worst-case scenario had not happened. Some have taken it out of context to suggest he was referring to any predictions before the hurricane hit.