Every week people were treated to different images of Hawaii, and that made people want to go and visit Hawaii. So consequently, it was a boom for Hawaiian tourism.

We wouldn't let the system start up unless we know that the preparedness support is there. That includes radio stations and being able to move people out again if there was an emergency.

People always ask what he taught me. I don't go too deep into it. We worked. We didn't visit too much outside of work. Some things that go unnoticed are just better off unsaid. That takes nothing away from anybody. He's a great guy. He's a great inspiration. He's done it. He's been successful.

A lot of people would rather tour sewers than visit their cousins.

When people visit Connecticut in the fall, they tend to stay a few days -- three or four days on average -- and you really get out to experience what there is to see and do.

I think people who visit parks want up-to-date facilities. If they don't find that, they go someplace else. That, I think, is why I am seeing more people going to Prairie Creek Park.