[Lenny was] wreaking havoc on St. Maarten and adjacent islands, ... in a very dangerous situation.

Shoot, they've still got Grady Jackson up front wreaking havoc,

The situation is out of hand,

Once you see the situation that you're in -- and this was a terrible situation -- you try to look at your options. And then you look at your option and you see you don't have any.

It was a dangerous situation, just as it would have been if there had been a rattlesnake in the bush. She told me she was allergic to bees. What am I going to say if she tells me that?

This is developing into a potentially dangerous situation.