I've never seen devastation so bad. I've been through Andrew, Hugo, Charley, Ivan - this is by far the worst.

This is the worst disaster of my 32 years I've ever seen that's this bad. I've been through a lot of hurricanes and disaster services. This is a war zone. It is horrid. People's lives are just — everything they've worked for their entire lives is absolutely gone.

This is going to be the most massive need we've seen in our history. But the challenge comes when the emotionalism of the event dies.

I've been to a lot of these hurricanes including Hugo in 1989 and Andrew in 1992, which were both considered to be some of the biggest storms to hit the United States with some of the most grievous damage, ... But I have to be honest to say I have never seen anything like this, that the scope of the human suffering here in New Orleans is difficult to comprehend, let alone try to convey to viewers through video and through storytelling. There are so many people here who have nothing, who have nowhere to go and are not being helped.

This is far and away the worst natural disaster I've ever seen. Many people are just not going to be able to get into their houses for months.

People are going to be without homes or places to put stuff.